Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-679b
"عن صِلَةَ بن زُفَرَ قال: كَانَ عَلِىٌّ إِذَا ذكُرَ عِنْدَهُ أبُو بَكْر قَالَ: السُّبَّاقُ يُذْكَرُونَ، السُّبَّاقُ يُذْكَرُونَ، وَالَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ مَا اسْتَبَقْنَا إِلَى خَيْرٍ قَطُّ إلَّا سَبَقَنَا إِلَيْه أبُو بَكْرٍ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ṣilah b. Zufar
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Silah ibn Zufar said: When Abu Bakr was mentioned in the presence of 'Ali, he would say: The foremost ones are mentioned, the foremost ones are mentioned. By He in whose hand is my soul, we never competed for any good except that Abu Bakr outstripped us to it."
No source translates this, so this English was written by a computer model. It can be wrong; rely on the Arabic. Report a problem below.
Notes
[طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط
Grades by grader
No grade is recorded for this wording. Ask what scholars say about its grade