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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4626

✧ The Virtue of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, ᴿᴬ

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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: سَمِعْتُ جَرِيرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، يَقُولُ:

إِنْ لَمْ أُفَضِّلْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ أَكُونُ قَدْ كَذَّبْتُ عَلِيًّا، وَإِنِّي إِلَى تَصْدِيقِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ أَحْوَجُ مِنِّي إِلَى تَكْذِيبِهِ

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  1. Isḥāq
  2. Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd

✧ If I do not prefer Abu Bakr and Umar over Ali ؓ, I would have belied Ali; and I am more in need of affirming Ali ؓ than of belying him.

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