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حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، قَالَ: أُتِيَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ بِكِتَابٍ فِيهِ قَضَاءُ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، فَمَحَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْرَ، وَأَشَارَ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ بِذِرَاعِهِ.
Translation: ʿAmr al-Nāqid narrated to us; Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from Hishām ibn Ḥujayr, from Ṭāwūs, who said: “A book containing judgments ascribed to ʿAlī, may Allah be pleased with him, was brought to Ibn ʿAbbās. He erased it except for a certain amount.” Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah indicated that amount with his forearm.

The gesture after “qadr” indicates an approximate small remainder, not an exact number of pages or percentage. Together with the preceding report, it shows why a written attribution to a Companion still requires authentication.

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Second report about the attributed judgments of ʿAlī

Avoiding Unreliable Transmitters: Critical Reception of Reports and Historical Claims

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، قَالَ: أُتِيَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ بِكِتَابٍ فِيهِ قَضَاءُ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، فَمَحَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْرَ، وَأَشَارَ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ بِذِرَاعِهِ.
Translation: ʿAmr al-Nāqid narrated to us; Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from Hishām ibn Ḥujayr, from Ṭāwūs, who said: “A book containing judgments ascribed to ʿAlī, may Allah be pleased with him, was brought to Ibn ʿAbbās. He erased it except for a certain amount.” Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah indicated that amount with his forearm.

The gesture after “qadr” indicates an approximate small remainder, not an exact number of pages or percentage. Together with the preceding report, it shows why a written attribution to a Companion still requires authentication.