Hadith No: 1
Ibn al-Maghazili al-Shafi'i - al-Manaqib
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (222)
- Al-Khwarizmi al-Hanafi said: Sheikh Imam Shihab al-Din Afdal al-Huffaz Abu al-Najib Sa'd ibn Abdullah ibn al-Hasan al-Hamdani, known as al-Marwazi, informed me in a letter he wrote to me from Hamadan, saying: Al-Hafiz Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Haddad informed me while I was allowed to narrate from him: Sheikh al-Adib Abi Ya'la Abdul Razzaq ibn Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Tahrani informed me in the year 473 AH. Imam al-Hafiz Taraz al-Muhaddithin Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Marduyah al-Isfahani said: Sheikh Imam Shihab al-Din Abu al-Najib Sa'd ibn Abdullah al-Hamdani and Ali al-Imam al-Hafiz Sulayman ibn Ibrahim al-Isbahani narrated to us this hadith in his book to me from Isfahan in the year 488 AH, from Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Marduyah, who said: Sulayman ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad narrated to me that Ya'li ibn Sa'd al-Razi narrated to him that Muhammad ibn Hamid narrated to him from Zaher ibn Sulayman ibn al-Harith ibn Muhammad, from Abu al-Tufayl Amir ibn Wathila, who said: I was with Ali in the house on the day of the council, and I heard him say to them: "I will confront you with something that neither your Arab nor non-Arab can change." Then he said:
- "I ask you by Allah, O you group, is there anyone among you who has unified Allah before me?" They said: "No."
- He said: "Then I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you who has a brother like Ja'far al-Tayyar in Paradise with the angels?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you who has an uncle like my uncle Hamza, the Lion of Allah and the Lion of His Messenger, the Master of Martyrs, besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you who has a wife like my wife Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, the Mistress of the Women of the Paradise, besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you who has two sons like my sons Hasan and Husayn, the Masters of the Youths of Paradise, besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "Then I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you who spoke privately with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) ten times, with charity given before my private audience?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you to whom the Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever I am your master, Ali is your master. O Allah, befriend those who befriend him and oppose those who oppose him, and support those who support him, for he is not me'?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you whom the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: 'O Allah, bring me Your dearest creation to You and to me, and the one who loves You and loves me the most, to eat with me from this bird'?" And he came and ate with me." They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you whom the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: 'I will give the standard tomorrow to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love. He will not return until Allah opens a victory through him'? And when he returned, he was not defeated, besides me." They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you whom the Messenger of Allah said to the delegation from Banu Wali'ah: 'I will send you a man whose soul is like my soul, whose obedience is like my obedience, and whose disobedience is like my disobedience. He will kill you with the sword, besides me'?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you whom the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: 'It is a lie for anyone to claim that he loves me and hates this one,' besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, do you know that three thousand angels, including Gabriel, Michael, and Israfil, greeted him in a single hour, while he brought water to the Messenger of Allah from the well, besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, do you know that Gabriel said to him: 'This is mutual support'?" And the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: "He is from me, and I am from him." And Gabriel said: "I am from both of you," besides me." They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you who was called from the heavens: 'There is no sword except Dhu'l-Fiqar, and no youth except Ali,' besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you who fought the renegades, the unjust, and the outlaws on the Prophet's tongue, besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you whom the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: 'I fought for the revelation of the Quran, and you will fight for its interpretation,' besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you to whom the sun was returned so that he prayed the afternoon prayer in its time, besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you whom the Messenger of Allah commanded to take a declaration from Abu Bakr, but Abu Bakr said: 'O Messenger of Allah, something has been revealed about this,' and he replied: 'Only Ali can deliver it for me,' besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you whom the Messenger of Allah said: 'No one loves you except a believer, and no one hates you except a disbeliever,' besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, do you know that He, the Exalted, commanded the doors to be closed and my door to be opened, and you spoke about this? Then the Messenger of Allah said: 'I did not close your doors or open mine. Rather, Allah closed your doors and opened mine,' besides me." They said: "O Allah, yes."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, do you know that he spoke privately with me on the day of Ta'if, without the people, for a long time, and you said: 'He is speaking privately with him, but not with us'?" He replied: "I did not choose him; it was Allah who chose him," besides me." They said: "O Allah, yes."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: 'The truth is with Ali, and Ali is with the truth. The truth will revolve with Ali wherever Ali goes'?" They said: "O Allah, yes."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, do you know that the Messenger of Allah said: 'I am leaving behind two weighty things for you: the Book of Allah and my Ahlul Bayt. You will not go astray as long as you hold onto them, and they will not separate until they return to me at the pond'?" They said: "O Allah, yes."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you who protected the Messenger of Allah from the polytheists with his own self and lay in his bed, besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you who faced Amr ibn Abd Wudd al-Amiri when he challenged you to a duel, besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you concerning whom Allah revealed the verse of purification when He said: {Indeed, Allah only wishes to remove the impurity from you, O people of the Prophet's household, and to make you pure and spotless} (Surah Al-Ahzab 33:33), besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you whom the Messenger of Allah said: 'You are the master of the Arabs,' besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- He said: "I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you whom the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: 'I did not ask Allah for anything except that I asked for you as well,' besides me?" They said: "O Allah, no."
- And Amir ibn Wathila said: "I was at the door on the day of the council and heard Ali say: 'I ask you by Allah, is there anyone among you whom the Messenger of Allah appointed on the day of Ghadir Khumm for leadership, besides me?'" They said: "O Allah, no."