Hadith No: 2
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq (History of Damascus) - Letter 'Ayn
4933 - Ali ibn Abi Talib, whose name was Abd Manaf ibn Abd al-Muttalib ...
Volume: (42) - Page Number: (368/369)
- Abu al-Hasan ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Najm al-Shaykhi and I heard it from Abu Bakr al-Khatib, saying: Abu al-Ala Muhammad ibn Ali narrated to me, saying: Abu al-Abbas al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Muhammad al-Halabi narrated to us in Baghdad, saying: Qasim ibn Ibrahim narrated to me, saying: Abu Umayya al-Muhtat narrated to me that Malik ibn Anas told him, from al-Zuhri, from Anas ibn Malik, from Umar ibn al-Khattab, who said: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq told me, that he heard Abu Huraira say: "I came to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) while there were dates before him. I greeted him, and he returned my greeting and offered me some dates from the heap, filling his hand. I counted them, and they numbered seventy-three dates. Then I went from him to Ali ibn Abi Talib, who also had dates before him. I greeted him, and he returned my greeting, smiled at me, and offered me some dates from the heap, filling his hand. I counted them, and there were also seventy-three dates. I was astonished by this, so I rushed back to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I came to you while there were dates before you, and you offered me from your hand, and I counted seventy-three dates. Then I went to Ali ibn Abi Talib, who had dates before him, and he offered me from his hand, and I also counted seventy-three dates.' I was amazed at this." The Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) smiled and
said: "O Abu Huraira, do you not know that my hand and the hand of Ali ibn Abi Talib are equal in justice?"- Abu al-Hasan ibn Qubays narrated to us, saying: Abu Mansur ibn Khayrun and I heard it from Abu Bakr al-Khatib, who said: Muhammad ibn Talha ibn Muhammad al-Na'ali narrated, saying: It was read to Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Ibrahim al-Shafi'i while I was listening. He was asked, "Did Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salih al-Tammar narrate to you?" He replied, "Yes." Then he continued: Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Warra narrated to us, saying: Abdullah ibn Rajaa narrated to us, from Isra'il, from Abu Ishaq, from Habashi ibn Junada, who said: "I was sitting with Abu Bakr, and he said: 'Whoever has an appointment with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) should stand up.' A man stood and said: 'O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) promised me three handfuls of dates.' Abu Bakr said: 'Send for Ali.' Then he said: 'O Abu al-Hasan, this man claims that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) promised him three handfuls of dates.' Ali then filled three handfuls for him. Abu Bakr said: 'Count them.' They counted, and found that in each handful were sixty dates, with none exceeding another by one.' Then Abu Bakr said: 'Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth.'"
He said to him, "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said to Ali ibn Abi Talib and me on the night of the Hijrah, as we were leaving the cave and heading to the city: 'My hand and the hand of Ali in justice are equal.'"