Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 33738 — A man who embraces Islam at the hands

Al-Rabi' bin Abi Salih al-Aslami reports from a shaykh whose kunyah was Abu Mudrik that a man from the people of Iraq called Hashi came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) to enter into muwalah (a clientage pact) with him. He refused to enter into muwalah with him and sent him back. He said: Then he went to Sayyiduna al-Abbas or Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and entered into muwalah with him.