Hadith No: 4
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq - Letter 'Ayn
4933 - Ali ibn Abi Talib, also known as Abd Manaf ibn Abd al-Muttalib ...
Volume: (42) - Page Number: (373/374)
- Abu Mansur ibn Khayrun narrated to us, as did Abu al-Hasan ibn Said, who said: Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali al-Khatib narrated to us, saying: al-Hasan ibn Abi Talib narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Qutayi, who said: Abu Muhammad al-Alawi, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya, the keeper of the Book of Nasab, narrated to me, from Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-San'ani, from Abd al-Razzaq ibn Humam, who said: Sufyan al-Thawri narrated to me, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir
from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said, "Ali is the best of mankind; whoever doubts this has disbelieved." Al-Khatib said, "This is a strange hadith; I do not know anyone who transmitted it except al-Alawi with this chain, and it is not authentic. The preserved part of this hadith is Jabir’s statement, which is not raised to the level of the Prophet."
- Abu al-Qasim ibn al-Samarqandi narrated to us, as did Isma'il ibn Mas'uda, who said: Abu Amr Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Farisi narrated to us, and Abu Ahmad ibn Adi narrated to us: al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Saluli narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saluli, from Salih ibn Abi al-Aswad, from al-A'mash
from Atiyya al-'Ofi, who said: I asked Jabir, "What was Ali's position among you?" He said: "He was the best of mankind." Ibn Adi said, "This is what was narrated from al-A'mash, but not by Salih."
- In what was narrated to us by Abu Ghalib and Abu Abdullah ibn al-Banna, who said: Abu al-Husain ibn al-Ibnusi narrated to us: Ahmad ibn Ubayd ibn Bayri narrated to us, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Husain, Ibn Abi Khaythuma narrated to us, from Fudayl ibn Abd al-Wahhab, from Sharik, from al-A'mash, from Atiyya
from Jabir, who said: "Ali is the best of mankind; only a hypocrite would doubt this."- Abu Muhammad ibn al-Akfani narrated to us by reading, and Ali ibn al-Husain ibn Ahmad ibn Psari said: Tamam ibn Abi Khaythuma narrated to us: Ibrahim ibn Abdullah al-Ansi narrated to us, from Waki' ibn al-Jarrah, from al-A'mash
from Atiyya ibn Sa'd, who said: "We entered upon Jabir ibn Abdullah, who was an old man, and we said: 'Tell us about this man, Ali ibn Abi Talib.' He raised his eyebrows for a while and then said, 'That is one of the best of mankind.'"- Abu al-Qasim Zahir ibn Tahir narrated to us, and Abdul Rahman ibn Ali said: Yahya ibn Isma'il narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, from Abdullah ibn Hashim, from Waki', from al-A'mash, from Atiyya al-'Ofi, who said: We entered upon Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, whose eyebrows had fallen over his eyes due to old age.
We said to him, "Tell us about Ali." He raised his eyebrows with his hands and then said, 'That is one of the best of mankind.'"- Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Muslim al-Faqih narrated to us: Abdul Aziz al-Katani narrated to me via ijaza: Abu al-Qasim Talha ibn Ali al-Saqr al-Kinani narrated to us from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Hasan, namely, Ibn al-Suwwaf, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdul Aziz al-Washa, from Ahmad ibn Abdul Malik ibn Abdul Rabbah, from Muawiya ibn Ammar al-Duhani,
who said: Abu al-Zubair narrated to me, saying: "I asked Jabir, 'How was Ali among you?' He replied, 'That is one of the best of mankind. We did not recognize the hypocrites except by their hatred of Ali.'"- Abu al-Qasim Isma'il ibn Muhammad and Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Shuja both said: Abu Muhammad al-Tamimi narrated to us: Abu al-Husain ibn Bashran narrated to us: Isma'il al-Saffar narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ubayd ibn Utba, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Sharik, from his father,
from al-A'mash, from Ata, who said: "I asked Aisha about Ali (peace be upon him), and she said, 'That is the best of mankind; only a disbeliever would doubt this.'"