Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2337b
"عَنْ أَبِى الْبَخْتَرِىَّ: أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى عَلِيًّا فَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ قَدْ بَلَغَهُ عَنْهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ شَئٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِىٌّ: لَيْسَ كَمَا تَقُولُ وَأَنَا فَوْقَ مَا فِى نَفْسِكَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abiá al-Bakhtari
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"From Abu al-Bakhtari: A man came to 'Ali and praised him, and he had previously heard something about him. 'Ali said to him: 'It is not as you say, and I am above what is in your mind.'"
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Notes
ابن أبى الدنيا في الصمت، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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