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Bayhaqi 6895 — Those who said the ruler has more right

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، ثنا قَبِيصَةُ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الْجَحَّافِ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي: مَنْ شَهِدَ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ حِينَ مَاتَ الْحَسَنُ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لِسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ: " أَقْدِمْ فَلَوْلَا أَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ مَا قُدِّمْتَ " وَأَمَّا الرِّوَايَةُ فِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ.
Isma'il bin Raja' al-Zubaydi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was informed by someone who was present with Sayyiduna al-Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) at the time Sayyiduna al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) died, that he was saying to Sa'id bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him): "Step forward; were it not the Sunnah, you would not have been put forward."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6895
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