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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه
Musnad of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
مُسْنَدُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Musnad of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Abi Ya'la 563 — he dispatched his police officer and asked him
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا السَّكَنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْبُرْجُمِيُّ أَبُو عَمْرٍو ، حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَشْوَعَ ، عَنْ حَنَشٍ الْكِنَانِيِّ ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ، أَنَّهُ بَعَثَ عَامِلَ شُرْطَتِهِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : تَدْرِي عَلَامَ أَبْعَثُكَ ؟ أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنْ أَنْحِتَ لَهُ كُلَّ زُخْرُفٍ - قَالَ : يَعْنِي كُلَّ صُورَةٍ - وَأَنْ أُسَوِّيَ كُلَّ قَبْرٍ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he dispatched his police officer and asked him: "Do you know for what purpose I am sending you? I am sending you on the same task that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) assigned to me: that I should efface every decoration, that is, every image, and level every (raised) grave."
