The Meanings of Reports · Hadith 124 (#Ḥadīth #1)

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن بن عبدويه القطان، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى بن زكريا القطان، قال: حدثنا بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، قال: حدثنا تميم بن بهلول، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن صالح بن أبي سلمة النصيبي، قال: حدثنا أبو عوانة، عن أبي بشير، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن عائشة قالت، كنت عند النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فأقبل علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فقال: هذا سيد العرب. فقلت: يا رسول الله ألست سيد العرب؟ قال: أنا سيد ولد آدم وعلي سيد العرب. قلت: وما السيد؟ قال: من افترضت طاعته كما افترضت طاعتي.

1. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan bin ‘Abdawayh al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Yahya bin Zakariya al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Bikr bin Abdullah bin Habib, that he said: We were told by Tamim bin Buhlul, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Saleh bin Abi Salama al-Nusaybi, that he said: We were told by Abu ‘Awana, from Abu Basheer, from Sa’eed bin Jubayr, from Aisha, that she said: I was at the place of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and then Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, approached, and he said: This is the Master of the Arabs. Then I said: O Allah’s Messenger, are you not the Master of the Arabs? He said: I am the Master of the sons of Adam, and Ali is the Master of the Arabs. I said: And what is a Master? He said: The one to whom obedience is made obligatory, like how obedience to me is made obligatory.

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