English narration
Narrated by عبيدة بن عمرو السلمانى
A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Ibrahim (al-Nakha’l) through a different chain if narrators. I (Ibrahim) said to Ubaidat al-Salmant: Do you think that his one of them, that is al-Mukhtar (al-Thaqaff)? He said: He is from the leaders.
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ ، عَنْ جَرِيرٍ ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عُبَيْدَةُ السَّلْمَانِيُّ بِهَذَا الْخَبَرِ ، قَالَ : فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : أَتَرَى هَذَا مِنْهُمْ يَعْنِي الْمُخْتَارَ ؟ فَقَالَ عُبَيْدَةُ : أَمَا إِنَّهُ مِنَ الرُّءُوسِ .