Hadith No: 1
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq (History of Damascus) - Letter 'Ayn - 4933
Ali ibn Abi Talib, whose name was Abd Manaf ibn Abd al-Muttalib ...
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- Abu al-Qasim ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, saying: Abu Ali ibn al-Madhhab narrated to me, saying: Ahmad ibn Jaafar narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Ahmad, who said: My father narrated to me, from Afan, from Hammad, from Samak ibn Harb
from Anas ibn Malik, that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent Abu Bakr to the people of Mecca with Surah al-Bara'ah (Surah 9) and then called him back. He then sent Ali, saying: "None will deliver it except a man from my family."- Abu al-Qasim ibn al-Samarqandi narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Fadl Umar ibn Ubaydullah ibn Umar ibn al-Baqal narrated to me, saying: Abu Ali Isma'il ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali 'Ayash al-Maliki al-Mahrami al-Sayrafi narrated to me, saying: Abu Abdullah al-Husayn ibn Yahya ibn 'Ayash al-Qattan narrated to us, from al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabah, from Afan, from Hammad, from Samak
from Anas, that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent Surah al-Bara'ah with Abu Bakr to the people of Mecca, and when he had gone, called him back and sent Ali, saying: "None will deliver it except a man from my family."- Abu Sa'd Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Baghdadi and Abu al-Qasim Isma'il ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sufi, known as al-Hamami, both narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Fath Abd al-Jabbar ibn Abdullah ibn Barzah al-Urdistani narrated to me in Isfahan, saying: Abu Tahir ibn Mahmash narrated it to me by dictation in Nishapur, saying: Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Muhammadi Abadhi narrated to me, saying: Abu Qulabah narrated to us, from Abd al-Samad ibn Abd al-Warith, from Hammad Salamah, from Samak ibn Harb, from Anas ibn Malik:
that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent Surah al-Bara'ah and entrusted it to Ali, saying: "None will convey it except I or a man from my Ahl al-Bayt (holy family)."