al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 21343
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( أَخْبَرَنَا ) أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ الْحَافِظُ، أَنْبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، أَنْبَأَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْقَطَّانُ، ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عِيسَى، أَنْبَأَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، أَنْبَأَ سُفْيَانُ عَنْ قَابُوسَ، عَنْ أَبِي ظِبْيَانَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ:
أَتَاهُ رَجُلَانِ وَقَعَا عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ فِي طُهْرٍ فَقَالَ: الْوَلَدُ بَيْنَكُمَا وَهُوَ لِلْبَاقِي مِنْكُمَا
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- Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Bayhaqī
وروي من وجه آخر عن علي رضي الله عنه مرسلا وفي ثبوته عن علي رضي الله عنه نظر
in سنن البيهقي الكبرى, p. 21343
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- One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 89 AH, or 90 AH, or 95 AH, or 96 or thereaboutsأَبِي ظِبْيَانَثقةعن
- He has some leniency (layyin)d. it is said he died in the caliphate of Marwān b. Muḥammad, also said: in Abū al-ʿAbbās's caliphateقَابُوسَفيه لينعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), devout (ʿābid), an imam and authority (ḥujjah)d. 159 AH or 160 AH or 161 AH or 162 AHسُفْيَانُثقة حافظ , فقيه عابد ، إمام حجةأنبأ
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh) and scholar, generous and a fighter in the way of God, in whom the qualities of goodness were gathered.d. 181 AH, or 182 AHابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِثقة ثبت ، فقيه عالم ، جواد مجاهد ، جمعت فيه خصال الخيرأنبأ
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 239 AH, also said: 240 AHالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عِيسَىثقةحدثنا
- d. 315 AHإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْقَطَّانُأنبأ
- d. 373 AHإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّأنبأ
- d. 428 AHأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ الْحَافِظُأخبرنا
- d. 458 AHالبيهقي
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