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ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. Mūsā, may God be pleased with him, narrated to us, he said:
Ḥamzah b. al-Qāsim al-ʿAlawī narrated to us, he said: Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās b. Bassām narrated to us, he said: Muḥammad b. Khālid b. Ibrāhīm al-Saʿdī narrated to us, he said: al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Yamānī narrated to us, he said: ʿAlī b. al-ʿAbbās al-Muqriʾ narrated to us, he said: Ḥammād b. ʿAmr al-Naṣībī narrated to us; from Jaʿfar b. Burqān; from
Maymūn b. Mihrān; from
ʿAbd Allāh b. al-ʿAbbās, who said
"The Messenger of God (ṣ) stood up to give a sermon in our presence. At the end of his sermon, he said, 'God - Mighty and Exalted - has gathered in us ten distinguishing characteristics which He had never gathered in anyone else before us, nor will He in anyone other than us. For within us, He has gathered judgement, prudence, knowledge, prophecy, liberality, bravery, resolve, truthfulness, purity, and self-restraint. We are the Word of Truth, the Path of Guidance, the Highest Example, the Greatest Proof, the Firmest Link, and the Strong Rope. And we are those for whom God has commanded affection. What, therefore, lies beyond truth other than falsehood? Whither, then, are you being led?' (Qurʾān 10:32)"