Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qattan narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Yahya b. Zakariyya al-Qattan narrated to me. He said: Bakr b. `Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Tamim b. Bahlul narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Salih b. Abi Salama al-Nasiyyini narrated to us. He said: Abu `Awana narrated to us from Abi Bishr from Sa`id b. Jubayr from `A’isha.

She said: I was with the Messenger of Allah (s) and `Ali b. Abi Talib came forward. So, he said: This is the Master of the Arabs. So, I said: O Messenger of Allah! Are you not the Master of the Arabs? He said: I am the Master of the Children of Adam, and `Ali is the Master of the Arabs. So, I said: What is a Master? He said: One to whom obedience is made obligatory; just as obedience to me was made obligatory.