al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8729
✧ The Starting of the Imam
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أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْبُ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ
لَمَّا غَزَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ خَلَّفَ عَلِيًّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالُوا فِيهِ مَلَّهُ وَكَرِهَ صُحْبَتَهُ فَتَبِعَ عَلِيٌّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى لَحِقَهُ بِالطَّرِيقِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ خَلَّفْتَنِي بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَعَ الذَّرَارِيِّ وَالنِّسَاءِ حَتَّى قَالُوا مَلَّهُ وَكَرِهَ صُحْبَتَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا عَلِيُّ «إِنَّمَا خَلَّفْتُكَ عَلَى أَهْلِي أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي»
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Chain of narrators
- Bishr b. Hilāl al-Baṣrī
- Jaʿfar / Ibn Sulaymān
- Ḥarb b. Shaddād
- Qatādah
- Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib
- Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on the expedition of Tabuk, he left Ali behind in Madinah. They said about him: "He has become weary of him and dislikes his company." So Ali followed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until he caught up with him on the road. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, you left me behind in Madinah with the children and women, so much so that they said: 'He has become weary of him and dislikes his company.'" The Prophet ﷺ said to him: "O Ali, I only left you behind over my family. Are you not pleased that you are to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me?"
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