Hadith
Sunan an-Nasa'i #33
The Book of Purification· كتاب الطهارة
sunan_al_nasai:33أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَزْهَرُ، أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَوْصَى إِلَى عَلِيٍّ لَقَدْ دَعَا بِالطَّسْتِ لِيَبُولَ فِيهَا فَانْخَنَثَتْ نَفْسُهُ وَمَا أَشْعُرُ فَإِلَى مَنْ أَوْصَى قَالَ الشَّيْخُ أَزْهَرُ هُوَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ السَّمَّانُ .
"They say that the Prophet (ﷺ) made a will for 'Ali, but he called for a basin in which to urinate, then he went flaccid suddenly (and died), so how could he leave a will?!" The Shaikh said: Azhar (one of the narrators) is Ibn Sa'd As-Samman. Meaning, appointing him as the Khalifah.
Chain 1·4 narrators
3
Ibrahim ibn Adham← Oldest
إبراهيم
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
2
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “أنبأنا”
narrated to
1
Azhar ibn Sa'id al-Sayrafi
أزهر
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “أنبأنا”
narrated to
0
ʿAmr ibn ʿAlī← Compiler
عمرو بن علي
Taba Tabi'inunknown
Transmitted via “أخبرنا”
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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