Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 1-218b
"عَنِ الشَّعْبِىَّ قَالَ: قَالَ أبُو بَكْرٍ لِعَلِىًّ: أَكَرِهْتَ إِمَارَتِى؟ قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنَّى كُنْتُ فِى هَذَا الأَمْرِ قَبْلَكَ".
Notes
[ش] ابن أبى شيبة
machine translation[Note] Ibn Abī Shaybah
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