al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8093
✧ The virtues of Ali
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أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ لَأُعْطِيَنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ غَدَا رَجُلًا يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ غَدَوْا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «كُلُّهُمْ يَرْجُو أَنْ يُعْطَاهَا» قَالَ أَيْنَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالُوا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَشْتَكِي عَيْنَيْهِ قَالَ «فَأَرْسِلُوا إِلَيْهِ» فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَبَصَقَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَدَعَا لَهُ فَبَرَأَ حَتَّى كَأَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهِ وَجَعٌ فَأَعْطَاهُ الرَّايَةَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُقَاتِلُهُمْ حَتَّى يَكُونُوا مِثْلَنَا قَالَ «انْفُذْ عَلَى رِسْلِكَ حَتَّى تَنْزِلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ ثُمَّ ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَوَاللهِ لَأَنْ يَهْدِيَ اللهُ بِكَ رَجُلًا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ حُمْرُ النَّعَمِ»
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Chain of narrators
- Qutaybah b. Saʿīd
- Yaʿqūb
- Abū Ḥāzim
- Sahl b. Saʿd
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Khaybar: "I will surely give this banner tomorrow to a man through whose hands Allah will grant victory; he loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him." When morning came, the people went early to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, each hoping to be given it. He said: "Where is Ali b. Abi Talib?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, he is suffering from sore eyes." He said: "Send for him." So he was brought, and he spat into his eyes and prayed for him, and he was healed as if he had no pain. Then he gave him the banner. Ali said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall I fight them until they become like us?" He said: "Go at your ease until you descend upon their open ground, then invite them to Islam. By Allah, if Allah guides one man through you, it is better for you than having red camels."
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