Hadith No: 4
Al-Hakim al-Haskani - Shawahid al-Tanzil li Qawaid al-Tafdeel
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (309)
316 - Abu Abd Allah al-Jurjani narrated to us, saying: Abu Tahir al-Sulami narrated to us, saying: My grandfather Abu Bakr narrated to us, saying: Abdul Warith ibn Abdul Samad narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, saying: Hammad narrated to us from Samak
from Anas that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent Bera'ah (the Declaration of Innocence) with Abu Bakr, and when he reached Dhul-Hulaifah, he said: "No one is to announce it except me or a man from my Ahlul Bayt." So he sent it with Ali.317 - Abu Abd al-Rahman Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Balawi narrated to us, saying: Abu Sa'id Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Qurashi narrated to us, saying: Abu Ya'qub Yusuf ibn Asim al-Razi narrated to us, saying: Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Maqdisi narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Abdul Samad narrated to us, saying: Hammad narrated to us from Samak
from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent a chapter of Bera'ah with Abu Bakr, and when he reached Dhul-Hulaifah, he sent for him, returned him, and took it from him, handing it to Ali, and said: "None shall establish it except me or a man from my Ahlul Bayt."318 - Abu al-Qasim Mansur ibn Khalaf al-Maqri narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Abdān narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: Ismail ibn Yahya narrated to us, saying: al-Kurmānī ibn Amr narrated to us, saying: Hammad narrated to us from Samak
from Anas that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) sent Bera'ah with Abu Bakr and then said: "No one is to deliver a sermon with it except me or a man from my family." So he sent it with Ali (peace be upon him).