عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا ع قَالَ:
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مَعْنَى يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا أَيْ لَا يَخْلُوَانِ وَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَهُمَا ثَالِثٌ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
2. Ali has narrated from his father from Hammad from Aban ibn ‘Uthman in a marfu‘ manner who has said the following: “One of the two Imam, (abu Ja’far or abu ‘Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, has said, ‘The meaning of separating them is that they must not stay together without a third person being with them.’”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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1- مرفوعAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/348)