Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-934b
"عَن سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ قَالَ: إِنِّى لأَمْشِى مَعَ عَلِىٍّ بِشَطِّ الْفُرَاتِ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ بَنِى إِسْرَائِيلَ اخْتَلَفُوا فَلَمْ يَزَلِ اخْتَلاَفُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ حَتَّى بَعَثُوا حَكَمَيْنِ فَضَلَّا وَأَضَلاَّ، وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةَ سَتَخْتَلِفُ فَلاَ يَزَالُ اخْتَلاَفُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ حَتَّى يَبْعَثُوا حَكَمَيْنِ ضَلَّا وَضلَّ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمَا".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sūwayd b. Ghafalah
- Inniá Lʾamshiá Maʿ ʿAli Bishaṭ al-Furāt
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"Suwayd ibn Ghaflah narrated: Indeed I was walking with 'Ali on the bank of the Euphrates, and he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The Children of Israel disagreed, and their disagreement continued among them until they sent two arbiters, and they went astray and led astray. Indeed this Ummah will differ, and their disagreement will continue among them until they send two arbiters; they will go astray and whoever follows them will go astray.'"
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[ق] البيهقى في السنن في الدلائل
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