The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 1336 (#Ḥadīth #1)

1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَنِكَاحَ الزِّنْجِ فَإِنَّهُ خَلْقٌ مُشَوَّهٌ.

1. Ali b. Ibrahim from Harun b. Muslim from Mas’adah b. Ziyad ¹ from Abu Abdillah who said that Amir al-Mu’mineen said: ’Be aware of marrying the people of al-Zanj, for they are a distorted creature.'

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).