Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-772b
"عَنْ عَلقَمةَ قَال: خَطَبَنَا عَلِىٌّ فَحِمَد الله وأَثْنَى علَيه ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِى أَنَّ نَاسًا يُفَضِّلُونِى عَلَى أَبِى بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، وَلَو كُنْتُ تَقَدَّمْتُ فِى ذَلِكَ لَعاقَبتُ فيه، وَلكِنِّى أكْرهُ العُقُوبة قَبْل التَّقَدُّم، فَمن قَالَ شَيئًا مِن ذَلكَ بَعْدَ مَقَامِى هَذَا فَهُو مُفْتَرٍ، عَلَيه مَا عَلى المفْتَرِى، حيْرُ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ أَبُو بَكْر، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ أحْدَثْنَا بَعْدَهم أَحْدَاثا يَقْضِى الله فِيهَا مَا يَشَاءُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAlqamh
- Khaṭabanā ʿAli Faḥimad Allāh Wʾathná ʿLayh Thum
- Innah Balaghaniá
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"Alqamah said: 'Ali delivered a sermon to us. He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: 'It has reached me that some people prefer me over Abu Bakr and 'Umar. Had I proceeded in this matter, I would have punished for it, but I dislike punishment before proceeding. Whoever says anything of that after this standing of mine is a slanderer, and he deserves what the slanderer deserves. The best of people after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar. Then we introduced after them new matters, and Allah decides in them what He wills.'"
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Notes
ابن أبى عاصم، وابن شاهين، واللالكائى جميعا في السنة، والغازى في فضائل الصديق، والأصبهانى في الحجة، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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