Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-900b
" عن أبى مارق صالح مولى عياض بن ربيعة الأشدى قَالَ: أَتْيتُ عَلِىَّ بْنَ أَبِى طَالِبٍ وَأَنَا مَمْلُوكٌ فَقْلتُ: يَا أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنينَ؟ ابْسُطْ يَدَكَ أُبَايِعْكَ، فَرَفَعَ رَأَسَهُ إِلَىَّ فَقَالَ: مَا أَنْتَ؟ قُلتُ: مَمْلُوكٌ، قَالَ: لاَ! إِذَنْ، قُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ! إِنَّمَا اقُولُ: إِنِّى إذَا شَهِدْتُكَ نَصرتُكَ وَإِذَا غِبْتُ نَصَحْتُكَ، قَالَ: فنعم إِذَنْ، فَبَسَط يَدَهُ فَبَايَعْتُهُ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ سَيَأتِيكُمْ رَجُلٌ يَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى سَبِّى، وِإلَى الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنِّى، فَأَمَّا السَبُّ فَإِنَّهُ لَكُمْ نَجَاةٌ وَلِىَ زَكَاةٌ، وَأَمَّا الْبَرَاءَةُ فَلاَ تَبرَأوا عنى؟ فَإِنِّى عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Bá Mārq Ṣālḥ Mwlá ʿYāḍ b. Rbyʿh al-Shdá
- Atyt ʿAli b. Abiá Ṭālib
- Mamlūk Faqlt
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Abu Mariq Salih, the freed slave of 'Iyad ibn Rabi'ah al-Ash'ari, he said: I came to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib while I was a slave, and I said: 'O Commander of the Believers! Extend your hand so I may pledge allegiance to you.' He raised his head to me and said: 'What are you?' I said: 'A slave.' He said: 'No! Then...' I said: 'O Commander of the Believers! I only mean: when I am present I will support you, and when I am absent I will give you counsel.' He said: 'Then yes.' He extended his hand, and I pledged allegiance to him, and I heard him say: 'There will come to you a man who calls you to revile me and to disavow me. As for reviling, it is a salvation for you and a purification for me. As for disavowal, do not disavow me, for I am upon the fitrah.'"
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Notes
المحاملى، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه وروى الحاكم في الكنى آخره
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