in the Companions and disparaged them. May Allāh deal with him as he deserves. The ḥadīth has also been narrated in another wording through the route of Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar al-Faydī, who said: Muḥammad ibn Faḍl informed us from al-Ajlāḥ, who said: Qays ibn Muslim and Abū Kulthūm informed us from Ribʿī ibn Ḥirāsh, who said: I heard ʿAlī say while he was in al-Madāʾin: Suhayl ibn ʿAmr came to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) and said: Some of our slaves have come out to you not out of religious devotion, so return them to us. Abū Bakr and ʿUmar said to him: You have spoken the truth, O Messenger of Allāh! The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: "You will not cease, O people of Quraysh, until Allāh sends upon you a man whose heart Allāh has tested with faith, who will strike your necks while you flee from him like frightened camels." Abū Bakr said: Is it I, O Messenger of Allāh? He said: No. ʿUmar said to him: Is it I, O Messenger of Allāh? He said: No, but it is the one mending the sandal. He said: And in ʿAlī's hand was a sandal he was mending for the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam)." It was recorded by al-Khaṭīb in "al-Tārīkh" (1/133-134 and 8/433), and by Ibn ʿAsākir (12/149/2). I say: Its isnād is good if al-Faydī preserved it, for he has ḥadīths in which he was contradicted, as the ḥāfiẓ said in "al-Tahdhīb," and he inclined to the view that he is not the one from whom al-Bukhārī narrated in "al-Ṣaḥīḥ," but rather it is al-Qawsī, and thus he did not authenticate him in "al-Taqrīb," but said about him: "acceptable," meaning when corroborated. This indicates that he did not consider Ibn Ḥibbān's inclusion of him in "al-Thiqāt" as reliable, and he was not followed in this as far as I know. And Allāh knows best. Then I found another route for it from Ribʿī, which strengthens it, narrated by Sharīk from Manṣūr from him from ʿAlī, who said: "Some people from Quraysh came to the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) and said: O Muḥammad! We are your neighbors and allies, and indeed from..
في الصحابة وطعنا فيهم، عامله الله بما يستحق. وقد روي الحديث بلفظ آخر من طريق محمد بن جعفر الفيدي قال: نبأنا محمد ابن فضيل عن الأجلح قال: نبأنا قيس بن مسلم وأبو كلثوم عن ربعي بن خراش قال: سمعت عليا يقول وهو بالمدائن: جاء سهيل بن عمرو إلى النبي ﷺ فقال: إنه قد خرج إليك ناس من أرقائنا ليس بهم الدين تعبدا، فارددهم علينا. فقال له أبو بكر وعمر: صدق يا رسول الله! فقال رسول الله ﷺ: "لن تنتهوا يا معشر قريش! حتى يبعث الله عليكم رجلا امتحن الله قلبه بالإيمان يضرب أعناقكم، وأنتم مجفلون عنه إجفال النعم". فقال أبو بكر: أنا هو يا رسول الله؟ قال: لا. قال له عمر: أنا هو يا رسول الله؟ قال: لا، ولكنه خاصف النعل. قال: وفي كف علي نعل يخصفها لرسول الله ﷺ ". أخرجه الخطيب في "التاريخ" (١ / ١٣٣ - ١٣٤ و ٨ / ٤٣٣)، وابن عساكر (١٢ / ١٤٩ / ٢). قلت: وإسناده حسن إن كان الفيدي قد حفظه، فإن له أحاديث خولف فيها كما قال الحافظ في "التهذيب"، ومال إلى أنه ليس هو الذي حدث عنه البخاري في "صحيحه"، وإنما هو القوسي، ولذلك لم يوثقه في "التقريب"، بل قال فيه: "مقبول"، يعني عند المتابعة. وفيه إشارة إلى أنه لم يعتد بإيراد ابن حبان إياه في "الثقات"، ولم يتابع عليه فيما علمت. والله ﷾ أعلم. ثم وجدت له طريقا أخرى عن ربعي، يتقوى بها، يرويه شريك عن منصور عنه عن علي قال: "جاء النبي ﷺ أناس من قريش فقالوا: يا محمد! إنا جيرانك وحلفاؤك، وإن من