Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 1, narration 124

Translation

1. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan bin ‘Abdawayh al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Yahya bin Zakariya al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Bikr bin Abdullah bin Habib, that he said: We were told by Tamim bin Buhlul, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Saleh bin Abi Salama al-Nusaybi, that he said: We were told by Abu ‘Awana, from Abu Basheer, from Sa’eed bin Jubayr, from Aisha, that she said: I was at the place of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and then Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, approached, and he said: This is the Master of the Arabs. Then I said: O Allah’s Messenger, are you not the Master of the Arabs? He said: I am the Master of the sons of Adam, and Ali is the Master of the Arabs. I said: And what is a Master? He said: The one to whom obedience is made obligatory, like how obedience to me is made obligatory.

Translation: Basel Kadem — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.