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the one among Your creatures most beloved to You and to me, so that he may eat some of this bird with me.’ Then ʿAlī came and knocked at the door. Anas (1) said, ‘The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is attending to something (2).’ So he went away. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, then repeated what he had said the first time. ʿAlī knocked at the door (3), and Anas said, ‘Did I not tell you that he was attending (4) to something (5)?’ So he departed (6).

The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, repeated his supplication, and ʿAlī returned and knocked at the door (7) more forcefully than on the first two occasions (8). The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, heard him and granted him permission (9) to enter.

He said, ‘What kept you (10) from coming to me?’

ʿAlī replied, ‘I came, but Anas turned me away. Then I came again, but (Anas) (11) turned me away. Then I came a third time, and he turned me away (12).’

He then said, ‘Anas, what prompted you to do this?’

Anas replied, ‘I hoped that the supplication would be for a man of the Ansār (13).’

He said, ‘Anas, is there among the Ansār

(1) K reads: “Anas ibn Mālik.” (2) B reads: “attending to his own need.” (3) K reads: “Then ʿAlī, peace be upon him, knocked at the door.” (4) K reads: “Did I not tell you that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace—was attending to . . .” (5) B reads: “his own need.” (6) K reads: “He therefore left. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace—then said what he had said on the first two occasions, whereupon ʿAlī, peace be upon him, came.” (7) “and knocked at the door.” (8) N, S, and B read: *al-ūlatayn* (“the first two occasions”). (9) K reads: “The Prophet—may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace—heard him, although Anas had told him, ‘He is attending to something,’ and gave permission . . .” (10) K reads: “He said, ‘O ʿAlī, what delayed you?’” (11) “Anas” is omitted from N, S, and B. (12) K reads: “Then I came a third time, but he turned me away.” (13) K reads: “for one of the Ansār”; B reads: “for the Ansār.”

بِأَحَبِّ خَلْقِكَ إِلَيْكَ، وَإِلَيَّ يَأْكُلُ مَعِي مِنْ هَذَا الطَّائِرِ، فَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ، فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ (١) : إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى حَاجَةٍ (٢) فَرَجَعَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَمَا قَالَ أَوَّلًا، فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ (٣) فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ: أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّهُ عَلِيٌّ (٤) حَاجَةٍ (٥) ؟ فَانْصَرَفَ (٦) ، فَعَادَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَعَادَ عَلِيٌّ فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ (٧) أَشَدَّ مِنَ الْأَوَّلَيْنِ (٨) ، فَسَمِعَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَذِنَ (٩) لَهُ بِالدُّخُولِ، وَقَالَ: مَا أَبْطَأَكَ (١٠) عَنِّي؟ قَالَ: جِئْتُ فَرَدَّنِي أَنَسٌ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَرَدَّنِي (أَنَسٌ) (١١) ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَرَدَّنِي الثَّالِثَةَ (١٢) ، فَقَالَ يَا أَنَسُ: مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ: رَجَوْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الدُّعَاءُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ (١٣) ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَنَسُ، أَوَ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ

(١) ك: أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ (٢) ب: عَلَى حَاجَتِهِ (٣) ك: فَدَقَّ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ الْبَابَ (٤) ك: أَوْ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَآلِهِ عَلَى. . (٥) ب: حَاجَتِهِ (٦) ك: فَانْصَرَفَ: فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَآلِهِ كَمَا قَالَ فِي الْأَوَّلَيْنِ، فَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ (٧) فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ (٨) ن، س، ب: الْأُوْلَتَيْنِ (٩) ك: فَسَمِعَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَآلِهِ وَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُ أَنَسٌ: إِنَّهُ عَلَى حَاجَةٍ، فَأَذِنَ. . (١٠) ك: فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيٌّ مَا أَبْطَأَكَ. (١١) أَنَسٌ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (س) ، (ب) (١٢) ك: ثُمَّ جِئْتُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَرَدَّنِي (١٣) ك: لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ ; ب: لِلْأَنْصَارِ