al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-ʿAnbarī > ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from his father > Manṣūr > Ribʿī > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

"That the Prophet ﷺ said, 'I will surely give the flag to a man whom Allah and His Messenger love.' Or he said, 'Whom Allah and His Messenger love.' So he called Ali, while he was suffering from an eye infection, and Allah opened for him on his hands."

أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَينٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ» أَوْ قَالَ «يُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ