al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 579
✧ Those named 'Ali
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمِصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْكِسَائِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الرَّصَاصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:
إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ شَجَرَةً مَثَلُهَا مَثَلُ الرَّجُلِ الْمُؤْمِنِ، فَقُلْتُ: وَأَنَا أَصْغَرُ الْقَوْمِ: هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm b. al-ʿAbbās al-Miṣrī
- Sulaymān b. Shuʿayb al-Kisāʾī
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ziyād al-Raṣāṣī
- al-Masʿūdī
- Muḥammad b. Sūqah
- Nāfiʿ
- Ibn ʿUmar
- Rasūl Allāh Ṣallá Allāh ʿAlayh Wālih and Sallam
✧ I know a tree whose likeness is that of a believing man. I, being the youngest of the people, said, 'It is the date-palm.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'It is the date-palm.'
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- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a well-known jurist (faqīh)d. 116 AH, or 117 AH, or 118 AH, or 119 AH, or 120 AHنَافِعٍثقة ثبت فقيه مشهورعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), approvedd. between 141 AH and 150 AHمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَثقة مرضيعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq); he became confused (ikhtalaṭa) before his death, and the rule is: whoever heard from him in Baghdad heard after the confusion.d. 160 AH, also said: 165 AHالْمَسْعُودِيُّصدوق ، اختلط قبل موته ، وضابطه : أن من سمع منه ببغداد فبعد الاختلاطحدثنا
- عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الرَّصَاصِيُّحدثنا
- d. 273 AH, or: 278 AHسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْكِسَائِيُّحدثنا
- علي بن إبراهيم بن العباس المصريحدثنا
- d. 360 AHالطبراني
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