hadith
920
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7-110 Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Bandar al-Furqany in Furqan narrated that Abu Bakr Mosadat ibn Asma’ quoted Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Zahri, on the authority of Ubaydullah ibn Musa, on the authority of Israel, on the authority of Abi Ishaq, on the authority of Al-Minhal ibn Amr, on the authority of Ebad ibn Abdullah (Al-Asady al-Kufy), on the authority of Ali (MGB)
“I am God’s servant and the Prophet (MGB)’s brother. I am the greatest friend. No one will claim that he has this rank after me unless he is a liar. I have prayed for seven years before other people did.”
7-110 حدثنا أبوأحمد محمد بن جعفر البندار قال: حدثنا أبوبكر مسعدة بن أسمع قال: حدثنا إبراهيم بن إسحاق الزهري قال: حدثنا عبيدالله بن موسى قال: أخبرنا إسرائيل، عن أبي إسحاق، عن المنهال بن عمرو، عن عباد بن عبد الله ، عن علي عليه السلام
أنه قال: أنا عبد الله وأخو رسوله وأنا الصديق الاكبر، لايقولها بعدي إلا كذاب، صليت قبل الناس بسبع سنين
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