Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1104b
" عَنْ سُفْيانَ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَلِىٍّ وَكَلَّمَهُ فَقَالَ فِى عَرَضِ الحَدِيثِ: إِنِّى لأُحِبُّكَ، فقالَ لَهُ علِىٌّ: كذَبْتَ، قَالَ: لِمَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمؤمِنينَ؟ قالَ: لا أدْرِي قلبِى يُحبُّكَ، قَالَ النَّبىُّ ﷺ إِنَّ الأَرْواحَ كَانَتْ تَلاَقَى فِى الهَواءِ فتشامُّ، فَمَا تعارَفَ مِنْها ائْتَلَفَ وَمَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْها اخْتَلَفَ، فَلمَّا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ عَلىٍّ مَا كانَ، كانَ ممن خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِ ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sufyān b. Salamah
- Jāʾ a man
- ʿAli and Kallamah
- Fiá ʿAraḍ al-Ḥadīth Inniá Lʾuḥibbuk Fqāl Lah ʿLi Kdhabt
- Lim Yā Amīr al-Mʾminyn
- Lā Drī Qlbiá Yuḥbbuk
- al-Nab ﷺ In al-Arwāḥ
Machine translation, not reviewed
" From Sufyan ibn Salamah, he said: A man came to 'Ali and spoke with him, and in the course of conversation said: 'I love you.' 'Ali said to him: 'You lie.' He said: 'Why, O Commander of the Faithful?' He said: 'I do not know; my heart loves you.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Souls used to meet in the air and sniff one another. What was familiar among them became attached, and what was unfamiliar among them differed. When there came to pass what came to pass with 'Ali, he was among those who rebelled against him.'"
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Notes
السلفى في أصحاب حديث الفراء، ورجاله ثقات
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