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Sahih al-Bukhari, 4711
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Narrated `Abdullah:

During the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance if any tribe became great in number, we used to say, "Amira the children of so-and-so." Narrated Al-Humaidi: Sufyan narrated to us something and used the word 'Amira'.

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَنْصُورٌ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ كُنَّا نَقُولُ لِلْحَىِّ إِذَا كَثُرُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَمِرَ بَنُو فُلاَنٍ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ وَقَالَ أَمِرَ‏.‏

Isnad

7 transmitters
  1. 1'Ali bin al-MadiniBasra · d. 234 AH
  2. 2Sufyan bin 'UyaynahKufa/Makkah · d. 196 AH
  3. 3Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-SalmiKufa · d. 132 AH
  4. 4Shaqayq bin Salmah al-Asadial-Kufa · d. ~ 100 AH
  5. 5ibn Mas'udMakkah/Abyssinia/Medina/kufah · d. 32 AH/ 652 CE
  6. 6'Abdullah bin al-Zubair bin 'IsaMakkah · d. 219 AH or after
  7. 7Sufyan bin 'UyaynahKufa/Makkah · d. 196 AH
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 65, Hadith 233
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 234 (deprecated numbering scheme)