Hadith 129
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6. He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar al-Ji’abi reported to me from Abu Abdillah Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Muharibi, who reports from Ismail ibn Ishaq al-Rashidi, who reported from Muhammad ibn al-Harith, who reported from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, from Muslim al-A’awar, from Habbah al-Arni, from Abu al-Haytham ibn al-Teehan al-Ansari, who reported that
The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "Allah, Most High, created the souls two thousand years earlier then the bodies, attached it to the Throne and ordered them to greet me and obey me. So the first one among men who greeted me and expressed his obedience to me was the soul of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him."
6 - قال: حدثنا أبو بكر محمد بن عمر الجعابي قال: حدثنا أبو عبد الله محمد بن القاسم المحاربي قال: حدثنا إسماعيل بن إسحاق الراشدي قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحارث قال: حدثنا إبراهيم بن محمد، عن مسلم الأعور، عن حبة العرني، عن أبي الهيثم بن التيهان الأنصاري قال
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: إن الله عز وجل خلق الأرواح قبل الأجساد بألفي عام وعلقها بالعرش، وأمرها بالتسليم علي والطاعة لي، وكان أول من سلم علي وأطاعني من الرجال روح علي بن أبي طالب [عليه السلام].
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