وكَانَ المُس'لِمونَ إذا رَجعُوا من سفرٍ بدأوا برَسُولِ...

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِي'بٌ لا نَع'رِفُهُ إلا من حَدِيثِ جعفرِ بنِ سُلِيمَان. (ش) وابن جرير وصححه. Reference: o Sunan al-Tirmidhi, vol 5, #3796 (مَنَاقِبُ عَليّ بن أبي طالب رضي اللَّهُ عنهُ، يُقَالَ ولهُ كُنيتانِ أَبُو ترابٍ وأَبُو الحسنِ) o Kanz al-U'ummal, by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, vol 13, #36444 (Fada'il Ali) o Imam al-Nisa'i in his Al-Khasa'is al-Alawiyya o Mustadrak al-Hakim, by Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Hakim al-Nisaburi, vol 3, #177/4579 (كتاب معرفة الصحابة رضي الله تعالى عنهم.

ومن مناقب أمير المؤمنين: علي بن أبي طالب -رضي الله تعالى عنه- مما لم يخرجاه) o al-Thahbi in his book Talkhis al-Mustadrak o Mu'ujam al-Tabarani al-Kabir, by Imam al-Tabarani (باب الظاء. عمران بن حصين يكنى أبا نجيد. يزيد الرشك عن مطرف) Buraydah narrated: "The Messenger of Allah sent two armies to Yemen. One of them was led by Ali ibn Abu Talib (as), and the other by Khalid ibn al-Walid. He instructed them thus: When you combine your forces, let Ali be the ovrall leader.

But if you disperse, then each one of you is the leader over his own troops.' We then battled Banu Zubayda, and Ali selected one of the captives, a slave-girl, for himself; so, Khalid and I wrote to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his progeny, to inform him of the incident.