Hadith No: 5
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq - Letter 'Ayn
4933 - Ali ibn Abi Talib, whose name was Abd Manaf ibn Abd al-Muttalib ...
Volume: (42) - Page Number: (549)
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- .... Abu al-Mathfar ibn Abi al-Qasim narrated to us, saying: Abu Sa'd narrated to us, saying: Abu Umr narrated to us, from his father, from Abu Ya'la, who said: Suwayd ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahim ibn Sharus al-Yamani, from Ibn Mitha, from his father,
from Aisha, who said: I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) embracing Ali and kissing him, and saying: "Blessed be my father, the alone one, the martyr! Blessed be my father, the alone one, the martyr!"