The Meanings of Reports · Hadith 93 (#Ḥadīth #11)

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى بن زكرياالقطان، قال: حدثنا بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، عن تميم بن بهلول، عن أبيه، عن أبي الحسن العبدي، عن سليمان بن مهران، عن عباية بن ربعي، قال: جاء رجل إلى ابن عباس - رضي الله عنه - فقال له: أخبرني عن الأنزع البطين علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فقد اختلف الناس فيه. فقال له ابن عباس: أيها الرجل والله لقد سألت عن رجل ما وطأ الحصى بعد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أفضل منه، وإنه لأخو رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وابن عمه ووصيه و خليفته على أمته، وإنه لأنزع من الشرك، بطين من العلم، ولقد سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: من أراد النجاة غدا فليأخذ بحجزة هذا الأنزع يعني عليا عليه السلام.

11. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan 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, from Tamim bin Buhlul, from his father, from Abu’l-Hasan al-‘Abdi, from Sulayman bin Mahran, from ‘Abaya bin Rab’I, that he said: A man came to Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, and said to him: Tell me about the anza’, the bateen [1], Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, for the people have differed about him. Then Ibn Abbas said to him: O man, by Allah, you have certainly asked about a man whom none stepped on pebbles after Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, who was better than him. Indeed, he is, verily, the brother of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, the son of his paternal uncle, his Bequeathed and Successor over his nation. Indeed, he is, verily, stripped from polytheism, filled with knowledge. I have, verily, heard the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, say: The one who wants salvation tomorrow, let him hold onto the waist cloth of this anza’. Referring to Ali, peace be upon him.

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