قال الإمام أحمد بن حنبل: لم يُرْوَ لأحدٍ من أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ من الفضائل ما رُوِيَ لعليٍّ رضي الله عنه. أخرجه الحاكم.

Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: Those merits which have been related about cAli, may Allah be pleased with him, have not been related about any of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Al-Hakim narrated it.

أخرج الشيخان عن سعد بن أبي وقاص قال: استخلف رسول الله ﷺ عليا بن أبي طالب على المدينة في غزوة تبوك، فقال: يا رسول الله، أتخلفني في النساء والصبيان؟ فقال: «أما ترضى أن تكون مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى، إلا أنه لا نبي بعدي؟» ﷺ وأخرجه أحمد والبزار في حديث أبي سعيد الخدري، وأخرجه الطبراني في حديث أسماء بنت عميس، وأم سلمة، وحبشي بن جنادة، وابن عمر، وابن عباس، وجابر بن سمرة، والبراء بن عازب، وزيد بن أرقم.

The two Shaykhs narrated from Sacd ibn Abi Waqqas that: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, deputised cAli ibn Abi Talib (as his khalifah in Madinah in the Battle of Tabuk. He said, ‘Messenger of Allah, will you leave me behind with the women and children?’ He said, ‘Are you not pleased to be in the same relation to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me?’ Ahmad and al-Bazzar narrated it in hadith of Abu Sacid al-Khudri, and at-Tabarani narrated it in a hadith from Asma’ bint Qais, Umm Salamah, Habashi ibn Jinadah, Ibn cUmar, Ibn cAbbas, Jabir ibn Samurah, al-Bara’ ibn cAzib and Zaid ibn Arqam.

وَرَوَاهُ الشَّيْخَانِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ: «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ، يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، وَيُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ». فَبَاتَ النَّاسُ يَدُوكُونَ لَيْلَتَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يُعْطَاهَا. فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ غَدَوْا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، كُلُّهُمْ يَرْجُو أَنْ يُعْطَاهَا، فَقَالَ: «أَيْنَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟». فَقَالُوا: هُوَ يَشْتَكِي عَيْنَيْهِ. قَالَ: «فَأَرْسِلُوا إِلَيْهِ». فَأُتِيَ بِهِ.

They both narrated from Sahl ibn Sacd said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, said on the day of Khaybar, ‘I will give the standard tomorrow to a man at whose hands Allah will give victory, who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love.’ The people spent the night wondering about and discussing who would be given it. When people awoke in the morning they went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, and all of them were hoping that they would be given it. He said, ‘Where is cAli ibn Abi Talib?’ They said, ‘He is complaining of an ailment in his eyes.’ He said, ‘Send for him.’ They brought him.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: بَصَقَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَدَعَا لَهُ، فَشُفِيَ حَتَّى كَأَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهِ أَلَمٌ.

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, spat in his eyes and supplicated for him and he was healed to such an extent that it was as if he had not had a pain.

ثُمَّ أَعْطَاهُ الرَّايَةَ.

Then he gave him the standard.

رَوَى الطَّبَرَانِيُّ هَذَا الحَدِيثَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، وَعَلِيٍّ، وَابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، وَعِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، وَرَوَاهُ البَزَّارُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ.

At-Tabarani narrated this hadith from Ibn cUmar, cAli, Ibn Abi Layla, cImran ibn Husayn and al-Bazzar narrated it from Ibn "Abbas.

روى مسلمٌ عن سعد بن أبي وقاص قال: لما نزلت هذه الآية: {فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا نَدْعُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ} [آل عمران: 61]

Muslim narrated that Sacd ibn Abi Waqqas said: When this ayah was revealed, 'Let us call our sons and your sons ...’ (Qur’an 3: 61)

ثم دعا رسول الله ﷺ عليًّا وفاطمةَ والحسنَ والحسينَ فقال: «اللهم هؤلاء أهلي». وروى الترمذي عن أبي سُرَيْحة أو زيد بن أرقم أن النبي ﷺ قال: «مَن كنتُ مولاه فعليٌّ مولاه». ورواه أحمد عن علي، وأبي أيوب الأنصاري، وزيد بن أرقم، وعمرو بن ذي مُرّ، وروى أبو يعلى عن أبي هريرة، ورواه الطبراني عن ابن عمر، ومالك بن حويرث، وحبشي بن جنادة، وجرير، وسعد بن أبي وقاص، وأبي سعيد الخدري، وأنس، وروى البزار عن ابن عباس، وعمارة، وبريدة، وفي أكثرها زيادة: «اللهم والِ مَن والاه، وعادِ مَن عاداه».11

then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, called for cAli, Fatimah, al-Hasan, al-Hussein and said, ‘O Allah, these are my family.’ At-Tirmidhi narrated from Abu Surayhah or Zaid ibn Arqam that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘He for whom I am his master (mawla), then cAli is his master.’ Ahmad narrated it from cAli, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Zaid ibn Arqam and cAmr ibn Dhi Murr, Abu Yacla narrated it form Abu Hurayrah, at-Tabarani narrated it from Ibn cUmar, Malik ibn Huwayrith, Habashi ibn Jinadah, Jarir, Sacd ibn Abi Waqqas, Abu Sacid al-Khudri, Anas, and al-Bazzar narrated it from Ibn cAbbas, cAmmarah, and Buraydah, and in most of them there is the addition, ‘O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and be an enemy to whoever is his enemy.’11

رَوَى أَحْمَدُ أَنَّ أَبَا الطُّفَيْلِ قَالَ: جَمَعَ عَلِيٌّ النَّاسَ فِي سَنَةِ 35 هـ فِي الرَّحْبَةِ (رَحْبَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ)، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنْشُدُ اللَّهَ كُلَّ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ مَا قَالَ، لَمَّا قَامَ». فَقَامَ ثَلَاثُونَ رَجُلًا فَشَهِدُوا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ، اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ، وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ». وَرَوَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْحَاكِمُ وَصَحَّحَهُ، أَنَّ بُرَيْدَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَنِي بِحُبِّ أَرْبَعَةٍ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّهُمْ». قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، سَمِّهِمْ لَنَا. قَالَ: «عَلِيٌّ مِنْهُمْ» – يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثًا – «وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ، وَالْمِقْدَادُ، وَسَلْمَانُ». وَرَوَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ أَنَّ حُبْشِيَّ بْنَ جُنَادَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «عَلِيٌّ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْ عَلِيٍّ». وَرَوَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ: آخَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَفِيضَانِ بِالدُّمُوعِ فَقَالَ: «يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، آخَيْتَ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِكَ وَلَمْ تُؤَاخِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَحَدٍ». فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «أَنْتَ أَخِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ». وَرَوَى مُسْلِمٌ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ: وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ، إِنَّهُ لَعَهْدُ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ ﷺ إِلَيَّ: أَنْ لَا يُحِبَّنِي إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ، وَلَا يُبْغِضَنِي إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ.

Ahmad narrated that Abu’t-Tufayl said: cAli gathered people together in the year 35 AH in the court (of the mosque) and said to them, ‘I adjure you by Allah, of every Muslim man who heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying on the day of Ghadir Khumm what he said when he arose.’ Thirty men stood up and bore witness that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘He for whom I am his master, then cAli is his master. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and be an enemy to whoever is his enemy.’ At-Tirmidhi narrated, as did al-Hakim who declared it sahih that Buraydah said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Allah has told me to love four and informed me that He loves them.’ It was said, ‘Messenger of Allah, name them 11 The Arabic equally translates as, ‘O Allah befriend whomever he befriends and be an enemy to whomever he is an enemy.’ for us.’ He said, ‘cAli is of them,’ - saying that three times - ‘And Abu Dharr, Miqdad and Salman.’ At-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa’i and Ibn Majah narrated that Habashi ibn Jinadah said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘cAli is from me and I am from cAli.’ At-Tirmidhi narrated that Ibn cUmar said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, made pacts of brotherhood between his companions, so cAli came with his eyes full of tears and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you made pacts of brotherhood between your companions and you did not make brotherhood between me and anyone.’ The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘You are my brother in the world and in the hereafter.’ Muslim narrated that cAli said: By the One Who split the grain and created the soul, the Unlettered Prophet promised me that no-one would love me except for a believer and that no-one would hate me except for a hypocrite.

روى الترمذي عن أبي سعيد الخدري قال: كنا نعرف المنافقين ببغضهم علي بن أبي طالب.

At-Tirmidhi narrated that Abu Sacid al-Khudri said: We used to recognise the hypocrites by their hatred of cAli.

روى البزار كما روى الطبراني في الأوسط عن جابر بن عبد الله، وروى الترمذي والحاكم عن علي، أن كلاهما قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: «أنا مدينة العلم وعلي بابها». وهذا حديث حسن، كما هو الصواب، لا صحيح كما قال الحاكم، ولا موضوع كما قال جماعة منهم ابن الجوزي والنووي. وقد بيّنتُ حاله في التعقبات على الموضوعات.

Al-Bazzar narrated as did at-Tabarani in al-Awsat from Jabir ibn cAbdullah and at-Tirmidhi and al-Hakim narrated from cAli that both of them said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘I am the Madinah of knowledge and cAli is its (the Madinah’s) gate.’ This is a good (hasan) hadith as is the correct position, not sahih as al-Hakim said, nor fabricated as a group of them said including Ibn al-Jawzi and an-Nawawi. I have explained its status in at-Tacaqqubatcala’L-maivducat.

رَوَى الْحَاكِمُ وَصَحَّحَهُ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، تُرْسِلُنِي وَأَنَا shابٌّ، لِأَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ، وَلَا أَدْرِي مَا الْقَضَاءُ؟ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى صَدْرِي وَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ قَلْبَهُ، وَثَبِّتْ لِسَانَهُ». قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَوَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ، مَا شَكَكْتُ فِي قَضَاءٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ. وَرَوَى ابْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لَهُ: مَا بَالُكَ أَكْثَرُ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا؟ قَالَ: كُنْتُ إِذَا سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْبَأَنِي، وَإِذَا سَكَتُّ ابْتَدَأَنِي. وَرَوَى أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: عَلِيٌّ أَقْضَانَا. وَرَوَى الْحَاكِمُ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ بَيْنَنَا أَنَّ أَقْضَى أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ.

Al-Hakim narrated and he declared sahih that cAli said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent me to the Yemen, so I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you have sent me, and I a youth, to judge between them, and I don’t know what the nature of judgement is.’ He struck my chest with his hand and said, ‘O Allah, guide his heart and make firm his tongue.’ (cAli said), ‘By the One Who split the grain, I have not had any doubt about passing judgement (in a dispute) between two (people).’ Ibn Sacd narrated from cAli that someone said to him, ‘Why is it that you have the most hadith of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?’ He said, ‘I was such that when I asked him, he informed me, and when I was silent, he began (to teach) me.’ He narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: cUmar ibn al-Khattab said, ‘cAli is the best of us in judicial decision.’ Al-Hakim narrated that Ibn Mascud, may Allah be pleased with him, said: We used to say among ourselves that the best of the people of Madinah in judicial decision was cAli.

روى ابنُ سعدٍ أنَّ ابنَ عباسٍ قال: إذا حدَّثنا الثقةُ بفتوى عليٍّ لم نتجاوزْها.

Ibn Sacd narrated that Ibn cAbbas said: When a trustworthy person relates to us a fatwa of cAli, we do not go beyond it.

رَوَى أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ قَالَ: كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَسْتَعِيذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ كُلِّ مُعْضِلَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا أَبُو حَسَنٍ.

He narrated that Sacid ibn al-Musayyab said: cUmar ibn al- Khattab used to seek refuge with Allah from every difficult question or case for which there is no Abu Hasan (in which he was not present).

وَرَوَى أَنَّهُ (سَعِيد بْن الْمُسَيِّب) قَالَ أَيْضًا: لَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ يَقُولُ: "سَلُونِي"، إِلَّا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ.

He narrated that he (Sacid ibn al-Musayyab) also said: None of the Companions would say, ‘Ask me (about anything you like)!’ except for cAli.

روى ابنُ عساكرٍ عن ابنِ مسعودٍ أنه قال: أعلمُ أهلِ المدينةِ بالفرائضِ والقضاءِ عليُّ بنُ أبي طالبٍ.

Ibn cAsakir narrated that Ibn Mascud said: The most knowledgeable of the people of Madinah in the laws of inheritance and in judicial decisions is cAli ibn Abi Talib.

روى عن عائشة رضي الله عنها أنه ذُكر عندها عليٌّ، فقالت: "أما هو فأعلم من بقي بالسنّة". وقال مسروق: انتهى علمُ أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ إلى عمرَ وعليٍّ وابنِ مسعودٍ وعبدِ الله، رضي الله عنهم.

He narrated about cA’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, that cAli was mentioned in her presence and she said, As for him, he is the most knowledgeable, of those who remain, in the Sunnah.’ Masruq said: The knowledge of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, culminated in cUmar, cAli, Ibn Mascud and cAbdullah, may Allah be pleased with them.

قال عبد الله بن عياش بن أبي ربيعة: كان لعلي من العلم ما شاء من ناب قاطع، وكان له من الفضل بسبب قرابته، والسبق إلى الإسلام، ومعرفته برسول الله ﷺ، والفقه في السنة، والشجاعة في الحرب، والسخاء بالمال.

cAbdullah ibn cAyyash ibn Abi Rabicah said: cAli had whatever you will of a cutting tooth in knowledge, he had excellence by reason of his family relations, priority in (accepting) Islam, his acquaintanceship with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, discernment {fiqh) in the Sunnah, courage in war, and liberality with property.

رَوَى الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ بِسَنَدٍ ضَعِيفٍ أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «النَّاسُ مِنْ مَعَادِنَ شَتَّى، وَأَنَا وَعَلِيٌّ مِنْ مَعْدِنٍ وَاحِدٍ». وَرَوَى الطَّبَرَانِيُّ وَابْنُ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ:

At-Tabarani narrated in al-Awsat with a weak isnad that Jabir ibn cAbdullah said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘People are from all sorts of different stocks, and I and cAli are from one stock.’ At-Tabarani and Ibn Abi Hatim narrated that Ibn cAbbas said:

لم ينزل الله آيةً تبدأ بـ «يا أيها الذين آمنوا» إلا وعلي أميرها وشريفها، ولقد عاتب الله أصحاب محمدٍ ﷺ في أكثر من موضع، ولم يذكر عليًّا قط إلا بالرضا.

Allah did not reveal an ayah beginning, ‘0 you who believe ...’ but that cAli is its amir and its eminence. Allah reproached the Companions of Muhammad in more than one place but He never mentioned cAli but with approval.

روى ابن عساكر عن ابن عباس قال: لم ينزل في أحد من كتاب الله ما نزل في علي.

Ibn cAsakir narrated that Ibn cAbbas said: There has not been revealed about anyone in the Book of Allah what has been revealed about cAli.

روى ابن عساكر عن ابن عباس قال: نزلت في علي ثلاثمائة آية.

Ibn cAsakir narrated that Ibn cAbbas said: Three hundred ayat were revealed about cAli.

روى البزار عن سعد قال: قال النبي ﷺ لعلي: «لا يحل لأحد أن يجنب في هذا المسجد غيري وغيرك». وروى الطبراني، وكذلك الحاكم الذي صححه، عن أم سلمة رضي الله عنها قالت: كان رسول الله ﷺ إذا غضب لم يجترئ أحد أن يكلمه إلا علي.

Al-Bazzar narrated that Sacd said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to cAli, ‘It is not permitted for anyone to be in a state oijunub (requiring the complete washing of the body known as ghusl) in this mosque apart from me and you.’ At-Tabarani narrated as did al-Hakim who declared it sahih that Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, became angry, none dared to speak to him except for cAli.

رواه الطبراني والحاكم عن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه أن النبي ﷺ قال: «النظر إلى علي عبادة». وإسناده حسن.

At-Tabarni and al-Hakim narrated from Ibn Mascud, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Looking at cAli is an act of worship.’ Its isnad is hasan.

رواه الطبراني والحاكم في حديث عمران بن حصين.

At-Tabarani and al-Hakim narrated it in hadith of Tmran ibn Husayn.

رواه ابن عساكر في حديث أبي بكر الصديق، وعثمان بن عفان، ومعاذ بن جبل، وأنس، وثوبان، وجابر بن عبد الله، وعائشة، رضي الله عنهم.

Ibn cAsakir narrated it in hadith of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, cUthman ibn cAffan, Mucadh ibn Jabal, Anas, Thawban, Jabir ibn cAbdullah and cA’ishah, may Allah be pleased with them.

روى الطبراني في الأوسط عن ابن عباس قال: كان لعلي ثمانية عشر خصلة لم تكن لأحد من هذه الأمة.

At-Tabarani narrated in al-Awsat that Ibn cAbbas said: cAli had eighteen excellences which no-one else of this ummah had.

عن أبي يعلى، عن أبي هريرة قال: قال عمر بن الخطاب: أُعطي عليّ ثلاث خصال، لأن تكون لي واحدة منهن أحبّ إليّ من حمر النعم. قيل: وما هنّ؟ قال: زوّجه ابنته فاطمة، وسكناه المسجد، يحلّ له فيه ما يحلّ لرسول الله ﷺ، والراية يوم خيبر. رواه أحمد، وروى مثله عن ابن عمر بإسناد صحيح.

Abu Yacla narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: cUmar ibn al-Khattab said, ‘cAli was given three qualities the gift of any one of which I should prefer over high-bred camels.’ He was asked, And what are they?’ He said, ‘He married him his daughter Fatimah; his dwelling at the mosque, wherein what is not permitted to me in it is permitted to him; and the standard on the day of Khaybar.’ Ahmad narrated the like of it is from Ibn cUmar with a sahih isnad.

أخرج أحمدُ وأبو يعلى بإسنادٍ صحيحٍ عن عليٍّ رضي الله عنه قال: ما اشتكيتُ عينيَّ ولا صداعًا منذ أن مسح رسولُ الله ﷺ يدَه على وجهي، وتفلَ في عينيَّ تفلةً خفيفةً يومَ خيبرَ حين أعطاني الرايةَ.

Ahmad and Abu Yacla narrated with a sahih isnad that cAli said: I have not been afflicted with swelling of the eye nor a headache since the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, drew his hand over my face and spat lightly in my eyes on the day of Khaybar when he gave me the standard.

رَوَى أَبُو يَعْلَى وَالْبَزَّارُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ:

Abu Yacla and al-Bazzar narrated that Sacd ibn Abi Waqqas said:

قال رسول الله ﷺ: «مَنْ آذَى عَلِيًّا فَقَدْ آذَانِي». وروى الطبراني بإسناد صحيح، عن أم سلمة أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: «مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِيًّا فَقَدْ أَحَبَّنِي، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّنِي فَقَدْ أَحَبَّ اللهَ، وَمَنْ أَبْغَضَ عَلِيًّا فَقَدْ أَبْغَضَنِي، وَمَنْ أَبْغَضَنِي فَقَدْ أَبْغَضَ اللهَ». وروى أحمد والحاكم، وقال: صحيح، أن أم سلمة سمعت النبي ﷺ يقول: «مَنْ سَبَّ عَلِيًّا فَقَدْ سَبَّنِي». وروى أحمد والحاكم بإسناد صحيح، عن ابن أبي سعيد الخدري أن النبي ﷺ قال لعلي: «سَتُقَاتِلُ عَلَى تَأْوِيلِ الْقُرْآنِ كَمَا قَاتَلْتُ عَلَى تَنْزِيلِهِ». وروى البزار وأبو يعلى والحاكم أن علي بن أبي طالب قال: دعاني رسول الله ﷺ وقال: «يَا عَلِيُّ، فِيكَ شَبَهٌ مِنْ عِيسَى، أَبْغَضَتْهُ الْيَهُودُ حَتَّى بَهَتُوا أُمَّهُ، وَأَحَبَّتْهُ النَّصَارَى حَتَّى أَنْزَلُوهُ بِالْمَنْزِلَةِ الَّتِي لَيْسَتْ لَهُ». ثم قال: «أَلَا وَإِنَّهُ سَيَهْلِكُ فِيَّ اثْنَانِ».

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Whoever harms cAli, harms me.’ At-Tabarani narrated with a sahih isnad from Umm Salamah that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Whoever loves °Ali, loves me, and whoever loves me, loves Allah. Whoever hates cAli, hates me and whoever hates me, hates Allah.’ Ahmad and al-Hakim, who declared it sahih, narrated that Umm Salamah heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying, ‘Whoever reviles cAli, reviles me.’ Ahmad and al-Hakim narrated with a sahih isnad from Ibn Abi Sacid al-Khudri that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to cAli, ‘You will fight for the sake of the Qur’an, as I fought for the sake of its revelation.’ Al-Bazzar, Abu Yacla and al-Hakim narrated that cAli said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, called me and said, ‘cAli, there is in you a resemblance to cIsa; the Jews hated him so much that they slandered his mother, and the Christians loved him so much that they gave him a degree which wasn’t his.’ Now surely, two (sorts) will be destroyed because of me:

محبٌّ يتجاوز الحدّ، يمدحني بما ليس فيّ إفراطًا، ومبغضٌ يحمله بغضه لي على أن يفتري عليّ.

a lover who goes beyond the limits, who praises me immoderately for what is not in me, and one who hates (me), whose hatred of me brings him to slander me.

رواه الطبراني في الأوسط والصغير، عن أم سلمة رضي الله عنها قالت: سمعت النبي ﷺ يقول: «عليٌّ مع القرآن، والقرآن مع عليٍّ، لن يفترقا حتى يردا عليّ الحوض». وروى أحمد والحاكم بإسناد صحيح عن عمار بن ياسر أن النبي ﷺ قال لعليٍّ: «إن أشقى الناس اثنان: أحيمر ثمود الذي عقر الناقة، والذي يضربك يا عليّ على هذه» — يعني يافوخه — «حتى تُبَلّ هذه» — يعني لحيته — «من هذا» (يعني الدم). وقد روي هذا في حديث علي، وصهيب، وجابر بن سمرة وغيرهم.

At-Tabarani narrated in al-Awsat and as-Saghirtha.t Umm Salamah said: I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying, ‘cAli is with the Qur’an and the Qur’an is with cAli; they will not separate until they come to me to drink from the Pool.’ Ahmad and al-Hakim narrated with a sahih isnad from cAmmar ibn Yasir that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to °Ali, ‘The most grievous of people are two men: the fair-complexioned one of Thamud who hamstrung the female camel, and the one who will strike you, cAli, upon this’ — meaning his cranium above the forehead - ‘until this becomes moistened from it (from the blood)’ - meaning his beard. This has been narrated in hadith of cAli, Suhayb, Jabir ibn Samurah and others.

رَوَى الْحَاكِمُ، وَصَحَّحَهُ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ: شَكَا النَّاسُ عَلِيًّا، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِينَا خَطِيبًا، فَقَالَ: «لَا تَشْكُوا عَلِيًّا، فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَأَخْشَنُ فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ، أَوْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ».

Al-Hakim narrated, and he declared it sahih, that Abu Sacid al- Khudri said: People complained about cAli so that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, rose among us delivering an address and said, ‘Do not complain about cAli for, by Allah, he is somewhat rough for the sake of Allah, or in the way of Allah.’