Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 420-549b
✧ Abdullah b. Abbas
"عَنِ ابْن عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ رَجُلًا في حَاجَةٍ قَدْ أَهَمَّتْهُ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ يَمينِه وَعُمَرُ عَنْ يَسَارهِ، فَقَالَ عَلِىٌّ: مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنْ هَذَيْنِ؟ قَالَ: كَيْفَ أَبْعَثُ هَذَيْنِ وَهُمَا مِنَ الدِّيْنِ بمَنْزِلَة السَّمعْ وَالْبَصَرِ مِنَ الرَّأس".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn ʿAbbās
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"From Ibn 'Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to send a man on a errand that was weighing on his mind, while Abu Bakr was on his right and 'Umar on his left. 'Ali said: 'What prevents you from (sending) these two?' He said: 'How can I send these two, when they are to the religion what hearing and sight are to the head?'"
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Notes
ابن النجار
machine translationIbn al-Najjār
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