50. Specialties

1. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8332No grade recorded

   سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ «أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»

   ✧ I heard ‘Ali say, “I am the first person to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

2. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8333No grade recorded

   «أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ»

   ✧ “The first person to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was ‘Ali.”

3. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8334No grade recorded

   «أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ»

   ✧ “The first person to embrace Islam with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was ‘Ali b. Abi Talib.”

4. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8335No grade recorded

   «أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ عَلِيٌّ»

   ✧ “The first person to embrace Islam was ‘Ali.”

5. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8336No grade recorded

   سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ يَقُولُ «أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ» وَقَالَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ «أَسْلَمَ عَلِيٌّ»

   ✧ I heard Zayd b. Arqam say, “The first person to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was ‘Ali.” And in another version he said, “‘Ali embraced Islam first.”

6. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8337No grade recorded

   عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ حَتَّى جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَامَتْ خَلْفَهُمَا فَرَكَعَ الشَّابُّ فَرَكَعَ الْغُلَامُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ فَرَفَعَ الشَّابُّ فَرَفَعَ الْغُلَامُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ فَخَرَّ الشَّابُّ سَاجِدًا فَسَجَدَا مَعَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَبَّاسُ «أَمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ» فَقَالَ لِي أَمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ؟ فَقَالَ «أَتَدْرِي مَنْ هَذَا الشَّابُّ؟» فَقُلْتُ لَا فَقَالَ هَذَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ هَذَا ابْنُ أَخِي وَقَالَ «تَدْرِي مَنْ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ؟» فَقُلْتُ لَا قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ هَذَا ابْنُ أَخِي «هَلْ تَدْرِي مَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي خَلْفَهُمَا؟» قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ «هَذِهِ خَدِيجَةُ ابْنَةُ خُوَيْلِدٍ زَوْجَةُ ابْنِ أَخِي» هَذَا حَدَّثَنِي «أَنَّ رَبَّكَ رَبُّ السَّموَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَمَرَهُ بِهَذَا الدِّينِ الَّذِي هُوَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا وَاللهِ مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا أَحَدٌ عَلَى هَذَا الدِّينِ غَيْرُ هَؤُلَاءِ الثَّلَاثَةِ»

   ✧ Then a woman came and stood behind them. The young man bowed, and the boy and the woman bowed. The young man rose, and the boy and the woman rose. The young man prostrated, and the two prostrated with him. I said, “O ‘Abbas, this is a momentous matter.” He said to me, “A momentous matter?” Then he said, “Do you know who this young man is?” I said, “No.” He said, “This is Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Abd al-Muttalib, my nephew.” He said, “Do you know who this boy is?” I said, “No.” He said, “‘Ali b. Abi Talib b. ‘Abd al-Muttalib, my nephew. Do you know who this woman behind them is?” I said, “No.” He said, “This is Khadijah bt. Khuwaylid, the wife of my nephew. He told me that your Lord, the Lord of the heavens and the earth, commanded him with this religion that he is upon, and by Allah, there is no one on the entire face of the earth upon this religion except these three.”

7. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8338No grade recorded

   قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «أَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ وَأَخُو رَسُولِهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا الصِّدِّيقُ الْأَكْبَرُ لَا يَقُولُهَا بَعْدِي إِلَّا كَاذِبٌ صَلَّيْتُ قَبْلَ النَّاسِ بِسَبْعِ سِنِينَ»

   ✧ ‘Ali said, “I am the servant of Allah and the brother of His Messenger ﷺ, and I am the greatest truthful one. No one after me will say it except a liar. I prayed seven years before the people.”

8. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8339No grade recorded

   «مَا أَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عَبَدَ اللهَ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ﷺ غَيْرِي عَبَدْتُ اللهَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بِسَبْعِ سِنِينَ»

   ✧ «I do not know anyone from this ummah who worshipped God after its Prophet ﷺ other than me. I worshipped God before anyone from this ummah worshipped Him by seven years.»

9. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8340No grade recorded

   سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْجُحْفَةِ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَخَطَبَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ «إِنِّي وَلِيُّكُمْ» قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَرَفَعَهَا وَقَالَ «هَذَا وَلِيِّي والْمُؤَدِّي عَنِّي وَإِنَّ اللهَ مُوَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَمُعَادٍ مَنْ عَادَاهُ»

   ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, on the Day of Judgement, he took the hand of Ali and gave a sermon in which he praised and thanked Allah. Then he said, "O people, I am your guardian." They said, "You have spoken the truth, O Messenger of Allah." Then he took the hand of Ali and raised it and said, "This is my successor and the executor of my will. Indeed, Allah is the protector of whoever supports him and the enemy of whoever opposes him."

10. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8341No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ طَائِرٌ فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ ائْتِنِي بِأَحَبِّ خَلْقِكَ إِلَيْكَ يَأْكُلُ مَعِي مَنْ هَذَا الطَّيْرِ» فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَرَدَّهُ وَجَاءَ عُمَرُ فَرَدَّهُ وَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ had a bird with him, and he said: «O God, bring me the most beloved of Your creation to You to eat with me from this bird.» Then Abu Bakr came and he sent him back. Then Umar came and he sent him back. Then Ali came and he gave him permission.

11. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8342No grade recorded

    أَمَا مَا ذَكَرْتُ ثَلَاثًا قَالَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَنْ أَسُبَّهُ لَأَنْ تَكُونَ لِي وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَهُ وَخَلَّفَهُ فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «تُخَلِّفُنِي مَعَ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نُبُوَّةَ بَعْدِي؟» وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ فِي يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَتَطَاوَلْنَا لَهَا فَقَالَ «ادْعُوا لِي عَلِيًّا» فَأُتِيَ بِهِ أَرْمَدَ فَبَصَقَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَدَفَعَ الرَّايَةَ إِلَيْهِ وَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ زَادَ هِشَامٌ {إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ} [الأحزاب 33] دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيًّا وَفَاطِمَةَ وَحَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ يَعْنِي هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلِي»

    ✧ As for what I have mentioned of three things that the Messenger of God ﷺ said, I will never revile him. That one of them be mine is dearer to me than red camels. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say to him when he left him behind in one of his expeditions, and Ali said to him: 'O Messenger of God, do you leave me behind with the women and children?' The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: «Are you not pleased to be to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophethood after me?» And I heard him say on the day of Khaybar: «I will surely give the banner to a man who loves God and His Messenger, and whom God and His Messenger love.» We stretched out our necks for it, and he said: «Call Ali for me.» He was brought to him with sore eyes, and he spat in his eyes and handed the banner to him. And when the verse {God only desires to remove impurity from you, O People of the House} [al-Ahzab 33] was revealed, Hisham added: The Messenger of God ﷺ called Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husayn and said: «O God, these are my family.»

12. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8343No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَهُ خِصَالٌ ثَلَاثَةٌ لَأَنْ تَكُونَ لِي وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ سَمِعَتْهُ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهُ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي» وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say to him three qualities, that one of them be mine is dearer to me than red camels. I heard him say: «He is to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me.» And I heard him say: «I will surely give the banner tomorrow to a man who loves God and His Messenger, and whom God and His Messenger love.» And I heard him say: «Whoever I am his mawla, Ali is his mawla.»

13. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8344No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأَدْفَعَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا إِلَى رَجُلٍ يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ» فَاسْتَشْرَفَ لَهَا أَصْحَابُهُ فَدَفَعَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: «I will surely hand the banner tomorrow to a man who loves God and His Messenger, and whom God and His Messenger love; God will grant victory at his hands.» His companions craned their necks for it, and he handed it to Ali.

14. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8345No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ وَكَانَ يَسِيرُ مَعَهُ «إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ أَنْكَرُوا مِنْكَ أَنَّكَ تَخْرُجُ فِي الْبَرْدِ فِي الْمُلَاءَتَيْنِ وَتَخْرُجُ فِي الْحَرِّ فِي الْحَشْوِ وَالثَّوْبِ الْغَلِيظِ» قَالَ «أَوَلَمْ تَكُنْ مَعَنَا بِخَيْبَرَ؟» قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ «فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعَقَدَ لَهُ لِوَاءً فَرَجَعَ وَبَعَثَ عُمَرَ وَعَقَدَ لَهُ لِوَاءً فَرَجَعَ بِالنَّاسِ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّه اللهُ وَرَسَولُهُ لَيْسَ بِفَرَّارٍ» فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ وَأنا أَرْمَدُ قُلْتُ «إِنِّي أَرْمَدُ فَتَفَلَ فِي عَيْنِي» وَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ اكْفِهِ أَذَى الْحَرِّ وَالْبَرْدِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُ حَرًّا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَلَا بَرْدًا»

    ✧ He said to Ali while he was traveling with him: 'The people have criticized you for going out in the cold in two cloaks and going out in the heat in padded and heavy clothing.' He said: 'Were you not with us at Khaybar?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ sent Abu Bakr and tied a banner for him, and he returned. Then he sent Umar and tied a banner for him, and he returned with the people.' The Messenger of God ﷺ said: «I will surely give the banner to a man who loves God and His Messenger, and whom God and His Messenger love, not one who flees.» He sent for me while I had sore eyes. I said: 'I have sore eyes.' He spat in my eye and said: «O God, spare him the harm of heat and cold.» I have felt neither heat nor cold since then.

15. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8346No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ أَبِي بُرَيْدَةَ يَقُولُ حَاصَرْنَا خَيْبَرَ فَأَخَذَ اللِّوَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَلَمْ يُفْتَحْ لَهُ وَأَخَذَ مِنَ الْغَدِ عُمَرُ فَانْصَرَفَ وَلَمْ يُفْتَحْ لَهُ وَأَصَابَ النَّاسَ يَوْمَئِذٍ شِدَّةٌ وَجَهْدٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي دَافِعٌ لِوَائِي غَدًا إِلَى رَجُلٍ يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ لَا يَرْجِعُ حَتَّى يُفْتَحُ لَهُ» وَبِتْنَا طَيِّبَةً أَنْفُسُنَا أَنَّ الْفَتْحَ غَدًا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ ثُمَّ قَامَ قَائِمًا وَدَعَا بِاللِّوَاءِ وَالنَّاسُ عَلَى مَصَافِّهِمْ فَمَا مِنَّا إِنْسَانٌ لَهُ مَنْزِلَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا هُوَ يَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ صَاحِبَ اللِّوَاءِ فَدَعَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ فَتَفَلَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَمَسَحَ عَنْهُ وَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ اللِّوَاءَ وَفَتَحَ اللهُ لَهُ قَالَ «وَأَنَا فِيمَنْ تَطَاوَلَ لَهَا»

    ✧ I heard my father Buraydah say: We besieged Khaybar. Abu Bakr took the banner but no victory was granted to him. The next day Umar took it and withdrew, and no victory was granted to him. The people suffered hardship and exhaustion that day. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: «I will hand my banner tomorrow to a man who loves God and His Messenger, and whom God and His Messenger love. He will not return until victory is granted to him.» We spent the night with our hearts at ease that victory would come the next day. When the Messenger of God ﷺ prayed the dawn prayer, he stood up and called for the banner while the people were in their ranks. There was no one among us with any standing with the Messenger of God ﷺ except that he hoped to be the bearer of the banner. Then he called Ali b. Abi Talib, who had sore eyes. He spat in his eyes, wiped over them, and handed him the banner, and God granted victory to him. He said: 'And I was among those who craned their necks for it.'

16. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8347No grade recorded

    لَمَّا كَانَ حَيْثُ نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِحَضْرَةِ أَهْلِ خَيْبَرَ أَعْطَى رَسُولُ اللهِ اللِّوَاءَ عُمَرَ فَنَهَضَ مَعَهُ مَنْ نَهَضَ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَلَقُوا أَهْلَ خَيْبَرَ فَانْكَشَفَ عُمَرُ وَأَصْحَابُهُ فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ اللِّوَاءَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ تَصَادَرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ فَتَفَلَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَهَضَ مَعَهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ نَهَضَ فَلَقِيَ أَهْلَ خَيْبَرَ فَإِذَا مَرْحَبٌ يَرْتَجِزُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ [البحر الرجز] قَدْ عَلِمَتْ خَيْبَرُ أَنِّي مَرْحَبُ شَاكي السِّلَاحِ بَطَلٌ مُجَرَّبُ أَطْعَنُ أَحْيَانًا وَحِينًا أَضْرِبُ إِذَا اللُّيُوثُ أَقْبَلَتْ تَلَهَّبُ فَاخْتَلَفَ هُوَ وَعَلِيٌّ ضَرْبَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى هَامَتِهِ حَتَّى عَضَّ السَّيْفَ مِنْهَا أَبْيَضَ رَأْسِهِ وَسَمِعَ أَهْلُ الْعَسْكَرِ صَوْتَ ضَرَبْتِهِ فَمَا تَتَامَّ آخِرُ النَّاسِ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ لَهُ وَلَهُمْ

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in the presence of the people of Khaybar, he appointed 'Umar as the leader and he stood up along with those who stood up from among the people. They met the people of Khaybar, and 'Umar and his companions were revealed. They returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I will give the leadership to a man whom Allah and His Messenger love and who loves Allah and His Messenger." The next day, Abu Bakr and 'Umar took the lead. 'Ali was called, and he was weak, so he spat in his eyes and he stood up with him from among the people. They met the people of Khaybar, and there was a welcoming call that he made while saying, "[The sea] has known that Khaybar, I am a welcoming guest, a brave knight experienced with weapons. Sometimes I stab and sometimes I strike. When the lions advance, they start to blaze. He and 'Ali had a difference of opinion. 'Ali struck him twice, and then 'Ali struck him on his forehead until his sword became white. The people of the military heard the sound of his strike, so they were not left behind with 'Ali. So Allah opened for him and for them.

17. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8348No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ غَدَوْا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّهُمْ يَرْجُو أَنْ يُعْطَى فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَشْتَكِي عَيْنَيْهِ قَالَ فَأَرْسِلُوا إِلَيْهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَبَصَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَدَعَا لَهُ فَبَرَأَ كَأَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهِ وَجَعٌ فَأَعْطَاهُ الرَّايَةَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُقَاتِلُهُمْ حَتَّى يَكُونُوا مِثْلَنَا؟ قَالَ «انْفُذْ عَلَى رِسْلِكَ حَتَّى تَنْزِلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ ثُمَّ ادْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَخْبِرْهُمْ بِمَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ حَقِّ اللهِ فَوَاللهِ لَأَنْ يَهْدِيَ اللهُ بِكَ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَكَ حُمْرُ النَّعَمِ»

    On the day of Khaibar, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Tomorrow I will give this flag to a man through whose hands Allah will give us victory. He loves Allah and His Apostle, and he is loved by Allah and His Apostle." The people remained that night, wondering as to who would be given it. In the morning the people went to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and everyone of them was hopeful to receive it (i.e. the flag). The Prophet said, "Where is ʿAli bin Abi Talib?" It was said, "He is suffering from eye trouble O Allah's Apostle." He said, "Send for him." ʿAli was brought and Messenger of Allah ﷺ spat in his eye and invoked good upon him. So ʿAli was cured as if he never had any trouble. Then the Prophet ﷺ gave him the flag. ʿAli said "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I will fight with them till they become like us." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Proceed and do not hurry. When you enter their territory, call them to embrace Islam and inform them of Allah's Rights which they should observe, for by Allah, even if a single man is led on the right path (of Islam) by Allah through you, then that will be better for you than the nice red camels. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4210)

18. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8349No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأَدْفَعَنَّ الْيَوْمَ الرَّايَةَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَتَطَاوَلَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ عَلِيٌّ؟» فَقَالُوا يَشْتَكِي عَيْنَيْهِ قَالَ «فَبَصَقَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ فِي كَفَّيْهِ وَمَسَحَ بِهَا عَيْنَيْ عَلِيٍّ وَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّايَةَ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: «I will surely hand the banner today to a man who loves God and His Messenger, and whom God and His Messenger love.» The people craned their necks, and he said: «Where is Ali?» They said: 'He is complaining of pain in his eyes.' He said: 'The Prophet of God ﷺ spat in his palms and wiped them over Ali's eyes, and handed him the banner, and God granted victory at his hands.'

19. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8350No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مَا أَحْبَبْتُ الْإِمَارَةَ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهَا وَقَالَ «امْشِ وَلَا تَلْتَفِتْ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ» فَسَارَ عَلِيٌّ ثُمَّ تَوَقَّفَ يَعْنِي فَصَرَخَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَامَ أُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ؟ قَالَ «قَاتِلْهُمْ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ مَنَعُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said on the day of Khaybar: «I will surely give this banner to a man who loves God and His Messenger, and whom God and His Messenger love; God will grant victory to him.» Umar b. al-Khattab said: 'I never loved leadership except on that day.' The Messenger of God ﷺ called Ibn Abi Talib and gave it to him and said: «Go and do not turn around until God grants you victory.» Ali marched and then stopped, meaning he cried out: 'O Messenger of God ﷺ, on what shall I fight the people?' He said: «Fight them until they bear witness that there is no god but God and that I am the Messenger of God. If they do that, they have protected their blood and property from me except by its right, and their reckoning is with God.»

20. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8351No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يَفْتَحُ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ عُمَرُ فَمَا أَحْبَبْتُ الْإِمَارَةَ قَطُّ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ فَاشْرَأَبَّ لَهَا فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا فَبَعَثَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَقَاتِلْ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ وَلَا تَلْتَفِتْ» قَالَ «فَمَشَى مَا شَاءَ اللهُ ثُمَّ وَقَفَ فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ» فَقَالَ «عَلَامَ أُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ؟» قَالَ «قَاتِلْهُمْ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ مَنَعُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: «I will surely give the banner tomorrow to a man who loves God and His Messenger; victory will be granted through him.» Umar said: 'I never loved leadership at all except on that day.' He said: 'He craned his neck for it.' Then he called Ali, sent him, and said: «Go and fight until God grants you victory, and do not turn around.» He said: 'He walked as far as God willed, then he stopped and did not turn around.' He said: 'On what shall I fight the people?' He said: «Fight them until they bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God. If they do that, they have protected their blood and property from you except by its right, and their reckoning is with God.»

21. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8352No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ «لَأَدْفَعَنَّ الرَّايَةَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَيَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ عُمَرُ فَمَا أَحْبَبْتُ الْإِمَارَةَ قَطُّ قَبْلَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَى عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ «قَاتِلْ وَلَا تَلْتَفِتْ» فَسَارَ قَرِيبًا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلَامَ أُقَاتِلُ النَّاسَ؟ قَالَ «عَلَى أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا فَقَدْ عَصَمُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ مِنِّي إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللهِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said on the day of Khaybar: «I will surely hand the banner to a man whom God and His Messenger love, and God will grant victory through him.» Umar said: 'I never loved leadership at all before that day.' He handed it to Ali and said: «Fight and do not turn around.» He traveled a short distance and said: 'O Messenger of God, on what shall I fight the people?' He said: «On that they bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God. If they do that, they have protected their blood and property from me except by its right, and their reckoning is with God.»

22. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8353No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ» أَوْ قَالَ «يُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: «I will surely give the banner to a man who loves God and His Messenger» or he said «whom God and His Messenger love.» Then he called Ali, who had sore eyes, and God granted victory at his hands.

23. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8354No grade recorded

    «لَقَدْ كَانَ فِيكُمْ بِالْأَمْسِ رَجُلٌ مَا سَبَقَهُ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَلَا يُدْرِكُهُ الْآخِرُونَ» وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» فَقَاتَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَمِيكَائِيلُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثُمَّ لَا تُرَدُّ يَعْنِي رَايَتَهُ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ مَا تَرَكَ دِينَارًا وَلَا دِرْهَمًا إِلَّا سَبْعَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ أَخَذَهَا مِنْ عَطَائِهِ كَانَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَ بِهَا خَادِمًا لِأَهْلِهِ

    ✧ "Indeed, yesterday there was among you a man whom neither the first generations preceded nor will the later generations overtake." And the Messenger of God ﷺ said, "I will surely give the banner tomorrow to a man who loves God and His Messenger, and whom God and His Messenger love." So Gabriel fought on his right and Michael on his left; then his banner will not be turned back—meaning his banner—until God grants him victory. He left neither a dinar nor a dirham except seven hundred dirhams which he took from his stipend, intending to buy with them a servant for his family.

24. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8355No grade recorded

    إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِذْ أَتَاهُ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ فَقَالُوا إِمَّا أَنْ تَقُومَ مَعَنَا وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَخْلُونَا يَا هَؤُلَاءِ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ صَحِيحٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْمَى قَالَ «أَنَا أَقُومُ مَعَكُمْ» فَتَحَدَّثُوا فَلَا أَدْرِي مَا قَالُوا فَجَاءَ وَهُوَ يَنْفُضُ ثَوْبَهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «أُفٍّ وَتُفٍ يَقَعُونَ فِي رَجُلٍ لَهُ عَشْرٌ وَقَعُوا فِي رَجُلٍ» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأَبْعَثَنَّ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَا يُخْزِيهِ اللهُ أَبَدًا» فَأَشْرَفَ مَنِ اسْتَشْرَفَ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ عَلِيٌّ؟» وَهُوَ فِي الرَّحَا يَطْحَنُ وَمَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ لِيَطْحَنَ فَدَعَاهُ وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ مَا يَكَادُ أَنْ يُبْصِرَ فَنَفَثَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ ثُمَّ هَزَّ الرَّايَةَ ثَلَاثًا فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ فَجَاءَ بِصَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيٍّ وَبَعَثَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِسُورَةِ التَّوْبَةِ وَبَعَثَ عَلِيًّا خَلْفَهُ فَأَخَذَهَا مِنْهُ فَقَالَ «لَا يَذْهَبُ بِهَا رَجُلٌ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ هُوَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ» وَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ وَعَلِيًّا وَفَاطِمَةَ فَمَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَوْبًا فَقَالَ «هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلَ بَيْتِي وَخَاصَّتِي فَأَذْهِبْ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ تَطْهِيرًا» وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ خَدِيجَةَ وَلَبِسَ ثَوْبَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَامَ فَجَعَلَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَرْمُونَ كَمَا يَرْمُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ ذَهَبَ نَحْوَ بِئْرِ مَيْمُونٍ فَاتَّبَعَهُ فَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ الْغَارَ وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَرْمُونَ عَلِيًّا حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ وَخَرَجَ بِالنَّاسِ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَخْرُجُ مَعَكَ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا» فَبَكَى فَقَالَ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِنَبِيٍّ؟» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَنْتَ خَلِيفَتِي» يَعْنِي فِي كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ بَعْدِي قَالَ «وَسَدَّ أَبْوَابَ الْمَسْجِدِ غَيْرَ بَابِ عَلِيٍّ فَكَانَ يَدْخُلُ الْمَسْجِدَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ وَهُوَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ طَرِيقٌ غَيْرَهُ» وَقَالَ «مَنْ كُنْتُ وَلِيَّهُ فَعَلِيٌّ وَلِيُّهُ» قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا اللهُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ رَضِيَ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَهَلْ حَدَّثَنَا بَعْدُ أَنَّهُ سَخِطَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعُمَرَ حِينَ قَالَ «ائْذَنْ لِي فَلَأَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهَ يَعْنِي حَاطِبًا » وَقَالَ «مَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ قَدِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ؟» فَقَالَ «اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُمْ»

    ✧ Certainly! Here is the passage translated into English: "I was sitting with Ibn Abbas when nine men came to him and said, 'Either you come with us, or leave us alone, O you.' At that time, he was well and had not yet gone blind. He said, 'I will go with you.' They spoke, but I do not know what they said. He returned while shaking his garment and said, 'Uff and Tuff, they attack a man with ten virtues. They have attacked a man.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'I will send a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, whom Allah will never disgrace.' Everyone looked around, and the Messenger said, 'Where is Ali?' He was at the mill grinding, and none of you were grinding for him. So he was summoned, even though he was suffering from sore eyes and could barely see. The Prophet ﷺ spat in his eyes, shook the flag thrice, and then handed it to him. He returned with Safiyyah bint Huyayy. The Prophet ﷺ sent Abu Bakr with Surah Al-Tawbah and then sent Ali after him to take it from him, saying, 'No one will take it but a man who is from me and I am from him.' The Prophet ﷺ gathered Hasan, Husayn, Ali, and Fatimah, covered them with a cloth, and said, 'These are my household and my close kin, so remove impurity from them and purify them thoroughly.' Ali was the first to accept Islam after Khadijah. He wore the garment of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and slept as the polytheists pelted him, thinking he was the Prophet ﷺ. Abu Bakr came and said, 'O Prophet of Allah,' and Ali replied, 'The Prophet of Allah ﷺ has gone towards the well of Maymun.' He followed him and entered the cave with him. Meanwhile, the polytheists continued pelting Ali until morning. During the Battle of Tabuk, Ali asked to join, but the Prophet ﷺ said, 'No.' Ali cried, so the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Are you not pleased to be to me like Aaron was to Moses, except there is no prophet after me?' and said, 'You are my successor among every believer after me.' He blocked all the mosque's doors except Ali's, allowing him to enter while in a state of impurity (junub), for he had no other path. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Whoever I am his protector (wali), then Ali is his protector.' Ibn Abbas said, 'Allah informed us in the Quran that He is pleased with the people of the tree; did He inform us afterward that He was ever displeased with them?' The Prophet ﷺ told Umar when he said, 'Grant me permission to strike his neck, meaning Hatib,' he said, 'How do you know? Perhaps Allah has looked at the people of Badr and said, 'Do as you wish, for I have forgiven you.''"

25. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8356No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ إِذَا قُلْتَهُنَّ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَعَ أَنَّهُ مَغْفُورٌ لَكَ؟ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "Shall I not teach you words which, if you say them, you will be forgiven, even though you are already forgiven? There is no god but He, the Forbearing, the Generous. There is no god but He, the Most High, the Magnificent. Glory be to God, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Noble Throne. Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds."

26. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8357No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ «أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ إِذَا أَنْتَ قُلْتَهُنَّ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَعَ أَنَّهُ مَغْفُورٌ لَكَ؟» تَقُولُ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Ali, shall I not teach you words which, if you say them, you will be forgiven, even though you are already forgiven? Say: There is no god but God, the Forbearing, the Generous. There is no god but He, the Most High, the Magnificent. Glory be to God, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the Mighty Throne. Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds."

27. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8358No grade recorded

    «كَلِمَاتُ الْفَرَجِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ» [419] 8359 أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ يَعْنِي نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ خَالِدٍ

    ✧ "The words of relief: There is no god but God, the Most High, the Magnificent. There is no god but God, the Forbearing, the Generous. Glory be to God, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Mighty Throne. And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds." [419] 8359 Ahmad b. Uthman b. Hakim informed us, he said: Abu Ghassan narrated to us, he said: Israil narrated to us from Abu Ishaq from Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Layla from Ali from the Prophet ﷺ, similar to it, meaning similar to the hadith of Khalid.

28. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8360No grade recorded

    قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ إِذَا قُلْتَهُنَّ غُفِرَ لَكَ عَلَى أَنَّهُ مَغْفُورٌ لَكَ؟ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "Shall I not teach you words which, if you say them, you will be forgiven, although you are already forgiven? There is no god but God, the Most High, the Magnificent. There is no god but God, the Forbearing, the Generous. Glory be to God, Lord of the Mighty Throne. Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds."

29. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8361No grade recorded

    قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ دُعَاءً إِذَا دَعَوْتَ بِهِ غُفِرَ لَكَ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ مَغْفُورًا لَكَ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "Shall I not teach you a supplication which, if you supplicate with it, you will be forgiven, even if you are already forgiven?" I said, "Yes." He said, "There is no god but God, the Most High, the Magnificent. There is no god but God, the Forbearing, the Generous. There is no god but God. Glory be to God, Lord of the Mighty Throne."

30. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8362No grade recorded

    جَاءَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ جِيرَانَكَ وَحُلَفَاءَكَ وَإِنَّ أُنَاسًا مِنْ عَبِيدِنَا قَدْ أَتَوْكَ لَيْسَ بِهِمْ رَغْبَةٌ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَا رَغْبَةٌ فِي الْفِقْهِ إِنَّمَا فَرُّوا مِنْ ضِيَاعِنَا وَأَمْوَالِنَا فَارْدُدْهُمْ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «مَا تَقُولُ؟» فَقَالَ «صَدَقُوا إِنَّهُمْ لَجِيرَانُكَ وَأَحْلَافُكَ» فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «مَا تَقُولُ؟» قَالَ صَدَقُوا إِنَّهُمْ لَجِيرَانُكَ وَحُلَفَاؤُكَ فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ «وَاللهِ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمْ رَجُلًا مِنْكُمْ قَدِ امْتَحَنَ اللهُ قَلْبَهُ لِلْإِيمَانِ فَلِيَضْرِبَنَّكُمْ عَلَى الدِّينِ أَوْ يَضْرِبُ بَعْضَكُمْ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ عُمَرُ أَنَا هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ ذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَخْصِفُ النَّعْلَ» وَقَدْ كَانَ أَعْطَى عَلِيًّا نَعْلَهُ يَخْصِفُهَا

    ✧ Some people from Quraysh came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Muhammad, your neighbors and your allies—and indeed some of our slaves have come to you not out of desire for religion nor desire for understanding; they have only fled from our estates and our wealth. So return them to us." He said to Abu Bakr, "What do you say?" He replied, "They have spoken the truth; they are indeed your neighbors and your allies." The face of the Prophet ﷺ changed, then he said to Ali, "What do you say?" He said, "They have spoken the truth; they are indeed your neighbors and your allies." The face of the Prophet ﷺ changed, then he said, "O assembly of Quraysh, by God, God will surely raise against you a man from among you whose heart God has tested for faith, and he will strike you on the religion, or he will strike some of you." Abu Bakr said, "Am I the one, O Messenger of God?" He said, "No." Umar said, "Am I the one, O Messenger of God?" He said, "No, but it is the one who is mending the sandal." And he had given Ali his sandal to mend.

31. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8363No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ وَأَنَا شَابٌّ حَدِيثُ السِّنِّ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنَّكَ بَعَثَتْنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمْ أَحْدَاثٌ وَأَنَا شَابٌّ حَدِيثُ السِّنِّ» قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ وَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ فَمَا شَكَكْتُ فِي قَضَاءٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent me to Yemen while I was a young man of tender age. I said, "O Messenger of God, you have sent me to a people among whom there will be disputes, and I am a young man of tender age." He said, "Indeed, God will guide your heart and keep your tongue steadfast." And I never doubted in any judgment between two parties.

32. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8364No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّكَ تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ أَسَنَّ مِنِّي فَكَيْفَ الْقَضَاءُ فِيهِمْ؟ فَقَالَ «اللهُ سَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ وَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ» قَالَ «فَمَا تَعَايَيْتُ فِي حُكُومَةٍ بَعْدَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said, "You are sending me to a people who are older than me; how will I judge among them?" He said, "God will guide your heart and keep your tongue steadfast." He (Ali) said, "And I never faltered in any ruling afterward."

33. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8365No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ لِأَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا عِلْمَ لِي بِالْقَضَاءِ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى صَدْرِي وَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ اهْدِ قَلْبَهُ وَسَدِّدْ لِسَانَهُ» فَمَا شَكَكْتُ فِي قَضَاءٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ حَتَّى جَلَسْتُ مَجْلِسِي هَذَا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَبُو الْبَخْتَرِيِّ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ شَيْئًا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen to judge between them. I said, "O Messenger of God, I have no knowledge of judging." He struck my chest with his hand and said, "O God, guide his heart and make his tongue upright." And I never doubted in any judgment between two parties until I sat in this seat of mine. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Shu'ba narrated this hadith from Amr b. Murra from Abu al-Bakhtari, who said: Someone who heard Ali informed me. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Abu al-Bakhtari did not hear anything from Ali.

34. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8366No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ وَأَنَا شَابٌّ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تَبْعَثُنِي وَأَنَا شَابٌّ إِلَى قَوْمٍ ذَوِي أَسْنَانٍ لِأَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَلَا عِلْمَ لِي بِالْقَضَاءِ؟ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ وَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ إِذَا جَلَسَ إِلَيْكَ الْخَصْمَانِ فَلَا تَقْضِ بَيْنَهُمَا حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ تَبَيَّنَ لَكَ الْقَضَاءُ» قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَمَا أَشْكَلَ عَلَيَّ قَضَاءٌ بَعْدُ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen while I was a young man. I said, "O Messenger of God, you are sending me while I am a young man to a people of older age to judge between them, and I have no knowledge of judging?" He placed his hand on my chest and then said, "Indeed, God will guide your heart and keep your tongue steadfast. O Ali, when two litigants sit before you, do not judge between them until you have heard from the other as you heard from the first, for if you do that, the judgment will become clear to you." Ali said, "And no judgment ever became difficult for me afterward."

35. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8367No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقُلْتُ «إِنَّكَ تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ هُمْ أَسَنُّ مِنِّي لِأَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ» فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ وَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ» قَالَ شَيْبَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَبَشِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said, "You are sending me to a people who are older than me to judge between them." He said, "Indeed, God will guide your heart and keep your tongue steadfast." Shayban said: From Abu Ishaq, from Amr b. Habashi, from Ali.

36. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8368No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنَّكَ تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى شُيُوخٍ ذَوِي أَسْنَانٍ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ لَا أُصِيبَ» قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ سَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ وَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, you are sending me to elders of advanced age, and I fear that I may not judge correctly." He said, "Allah will make your tongue firm and guide your heart."

37. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8369No grade recorded

    كَانَ لِنَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَبْوَابٌ شَارِعَةٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «سُدُّوا هَذِهِ الْأَبْوَابَ إِلَّا بَابَ عَلِيٍّ» فَتَكَلَّمَ فِي ذَلِكَ أُنَاسٌ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي أُمِرْتُ بِسَدِّ هَذِهِ الْأَبْوَابِ غَيْرَ بَابِ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ فِيهِ قَائِلُكُمْ وَاللهِ مَا سَدَدْتُهُ وَلَا فَتَحْتُهُ وَلَكِنِّي أُمِرْتُ بِشَيْءٍ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ»

    ✧ Some of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had doors opening into the mosque. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Close these doors except the door of 'Ali." People spoke about that, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, praised and extolled Allah, then said, "To proceed: I was commanded to close these doors except the door of 'Ali. Some of you have said about it, 'By Allah, I neither closed it nor opened it, but I was commanded with something and I followed it.'"

38. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8370No grade recorded

    كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ قَوْمٌ جُلُوسٌ فَدَخَلَ عَلِيٌّ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ خَرَجُوا فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا تَلَاوَمُوا فَقَالُوا وَاللهِ مَا أَخَرَجَنَا وَأَدْخَلَهُ فَرَجَعُوا فَدَخَلُوا فَقَالَ «وَاللهِ مَا أَنَا أَدْخَلْتُهُ وَأَخْرَجْتُكُمْ بَلِ اللهُ أَدْخَلَهُ وَأَخْرَجَكُمْ»

    ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ and there were people sitting with him. Ali entered, and when he entered, they left. When they left, they complained and said, "By Allah, we did not leave because he entered and brought you out". So they returned and entered, and the Prophet said, "By Allah, I did not bring him in and bring you out. Rather, Allah brought him in and brought you out."

39. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8371No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَنُودِيَ فِينَا لَيْلًا لِيَخْرُجْ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ إِلَّا آلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَآلَ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ «فَخَرَجْنَا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَاهُ عمر» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخْرَجْتَ أَصْحَابَكَ وَأَعْمَامَكَ وَأَسْكَنْتَ هَذَا الْغُلَامَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا أَنَا أَمَرْتُ بِإِخْرَاجِكُمْ وَلَا بِإِسْكَانِ هَذَا الْغُلَامِ إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ أَمَرَ بِهِ» قَالَ فِطْرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الرُّقَيْمِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «سَدَدْتَ أَبْوَابَنَا إِلَّا بَابَ عَلِيٍّ» فَقَالَ «مَا أَنَا فَتَحْتُهَا وَلَا سَدَدْتُهَا» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ لَيْسَ بِذَلِكَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ وَلَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الرُّقَيْمِ 8372 أَخْبَرَنِي زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ عَنْ فِطْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الرُّقَيْمِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ نَحْوَهُ

    ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the mosque when it was announced among us at night that no one should leave the mosque except the family of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the family of 'Ali. He said: So we left, and when morning came, 'Umar came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, you expelled your companions and your uncles and lodged this young man." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I did not command your expulsion nor the lodging of this young man; Allah is the One who commanded it." Fitr said, from 'Abdullah b. Sharik, from 'Abdullah b. al-Ruqaym, from Sa'd, that al-'Abbas came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "You closed our doors except the door of 'Ali." He said, "I neither opened them nor closed them." Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: 'Abdullah b. Sharik is not that (reliable), and al-Harith b. Malik I do not know, nor 'Abdullah b. al-Ruqaym. 8372 Zakariyya b. Yahya informed me; he said: 'Abdullah b. 'Umar narrated to us; he said: Asbat narrated to us, from Fitr, from 'Abdullah b. Sharik, from 'Abdullah b. al-Ruqaym, from Sa'd, something similar.

40. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8373No grade recorded

    «أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَسُدَّتْ إِلَّا بَابَ عَلِيٍّ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the doors of the mosque to be closed, so they were closed except the door of 'Ali.

41. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8374No grade recorded

    قَالَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَسُدَّ أَبْوَابُ الْمَسْجِدِ غَيْرَ بَابِ عَلِيٍّ فَكَانَ يَدْخُلُ الْمَسْجِدَ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ وَهُوَ طَرِيقُهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ طَرِيقٌ غَيْرَهُ

    ✧ Ibn 'Abbas said: The doors of the mosque were closed except the door of 'Ali. He would enter the mosque while junub, and that was his path; he had no other path.

42. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8375No grade recorded

    لَمَّا غَزَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ خَلَّفَ عَلِيًّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالُوا فِيهِ مَلَّهُ وَكَرِهَ صُحْبَتَهُ فَتَبِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَتَّى لَحِقَهُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ خَلَّفْتَنِي فِي الْمَدِينَةِ مَعَ الذَّرَارِيِّ وَالنِّسَاءِ حَتَّى قَالُوا مَلَّهُ وَكَرِهَ صُحْبَتَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا عَلِيُّ «إِنَّمَا خَلَّفْتُكَ عَلَى أَهْلِي أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى؟ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on the expedition of Tabuk, he left 'Ali behind in Madinah. They said about him, "He has grown weary of him and dislikes his company." So 'Ali followed the Prophet ﷺ until he caught up with him on the road and said, "O Messenger of Allah, you left me behind in Madinah with the children and women, until they said, 'He has grown weary of him and dislikes his company.'" The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "O 'Ali, I only left you behind for my family. Are you not pleased that you are to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me?"

43. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8376No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to 'Ali, "You are to me as Harun was to Musa."

44. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8377No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا النُّبُوَّةَ؟»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to 'Ali, "Are you not pleased that you are to me as Harun was to Musa, except for prophethood?"

45. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8378No grade recorded

    لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى تَبُوكَ خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ يُشَيِّعُهُ فَبَكَى وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتَتْرُكُنِي مَعَ الْخَوَالِفِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا عَلِيُّ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا النُّبُوَّةَ»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for Tabuk, 'Ali came out to see him off. He wept and said, "O Messenger of Allah, will you leave me with those who stay behind?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "O 'Ali, are you not pleased that you are to me as Harun was to Musa, except for prophethood?"

46. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8379No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to 'Ali, "You are to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me."

47. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8380No grade recorded

    قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نُبُوَّةَ» قَالَ سَعِيدٌ فَلَمْ أَرْضَ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ سَعْدًا فَقُلْتُ «شَيْئًا حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ ابْنُكَ عَنْكَ» قَالَ وَمَا هُوَ؟ وَانْتَهَرَنِي فَقُلْتُ أَمَّا عَلَى هَذَا فَلَا فَقَالَ مَا هُوَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي؟ فَقُلْتُ «هَلْ سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ» يَقُولُ لِعَلِيٍّ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَأَشَارَ إِلَى أُذُنَيْهِ وَإِلَّا فَاسَّكَّتَا لَقَدْ سَمِعَتْهُ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ (1) وَمَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا تَابَعَ عَبْدَ الْعَزِيزِ بْنَ الْمَاجِشُونِ عَلَى رِوَايَتِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ (2) إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَلَى أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ قَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَالَفَهُ يُوسُفُ بْنُ الْمَاجِشُونِ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَتَابَعَهُ عَلَى رِوَايَتِهِ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to 'Ali, "Are you not pleased that you are to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophethood?" Sa'id said: I was not satisfied until I came to Sa'd and said, "Something your son narrated to me from you." He said, "And what is it?" and he rebuked me. I said, "If it is like this, then no." He said, "What is it, O son of my brother?" I said, "Did you hear the Prophet ﷺ say to 'Ali such and such?" He said, "Yes," and he pointed to his ears, "or else may they become deaf. I certainly heard him say that." Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: (1) I do not know that anyone agreed with 'Abd al-'Aziz b. al-Majishun in his narration from Muhammad b. al-Munkadir, from Sa'id b. al-Musayyab, from (2) Ibrahim b. Sa'd, even though Ibrahim b. Sa'd narrated this hadith from his father. Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: Yusuf b. al-Majishun contradicted him and narrated it from Muhammad b. al-Munkadir, from Sa'id, from 'Amir b. Sa'd, from his father, and 'Ali b. Zayd b. Jud'an agreed with him in his narration from 'Amir b. Sa'd.

48. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8381No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي» قَالَ سَعِيدٌ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُشَافِهَ بِذَلِكَ سَعْدًا فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ مَا حَدِيثٌ حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ عَنْكَ عَامِرٌ فَأَدْخَلَ إِصْبُعَيْهِ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ وَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِلَّا فَاسْكُتَا وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ عَامِرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to 'Ali, "You are to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me." Sa'id said: I wanted to hear this directly from Sa'd, so I came to him and said, "What is the hadith that 'Amir narrated to me from you?" He inserted his fingers into his ears and said, "I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, or else may they become deaf." Shu'bah also narrated this hadith from 'Ali b. Zayd but did not mention 'Amir b. Sa'd.

49. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8382No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى» فَقَالَ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ «رَضِيتُ رَضِيتُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ» فَقَالَ «بَلَى بَلَى» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا تَابَعَ عَبْدَ الْعَزِيزِ بْنَ الْمَاجِشُونِ عَلَى رِوَايَتِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ غَيْرَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَلَى أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ قَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to 'Ali, "You are to me in the position of Harun to Musa." He said the first time, "I am content, I am content." Then I asked him after that, and he said, "Yes, yes." Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: I do not know of anyone who followed 'Abd al-'Aziz b. al-Majishun in his narration from Muhammad b. al-Munkadir from Sa'id b. al-Musayyib other than Ibrahim b. Sa'd, even though Ibrahim b. Sa'd narrated this hadith from his father.

50. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8383No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى؟»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ that he said to 'Ali, "Are you not content that you are to me in the position of Harun to Musa?"

51. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8384No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لِعَلِيٍّ حِينَ خَلَّفَهُ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ «أَلَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي؟» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَدِيثِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ

    ✧ That he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to 'Ali when he left him behind in the expedition of Tabuk over his family, "Are you not content that you are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me?" Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: This hadith has been narrated from 'Amir b. Sa'd from his father other than through the hadith of Sa'id b. al-Musayyib.

52. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8385No grade recorded

    قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ «§مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسُبَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟» قَالَ لَا أَسُبُّهُ مَا ذَكَرْتُ ثَلَاثًا قَالَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَأَنْ تَكُونَ لِي قَالَ «وَاحِدَةٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ لَا أَسُبُّهُ مَا ذَكَرْتُ حِينَ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ فَأَخَذَ عَلِيًّا وَابْنَيْهِ وَفَاطِمَةَ فَأَدْخَلَهُمْ تَحْتَ ثَوْبِهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «رَبِّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلِي وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِي» وَلَا أَسُبُّهُ حِينَ خَلَّفَهُ فِي غَزْوَةٍ غَزَاهَا قَالَ «خَلَّفْتَنِي مَعَ الصِّبْيَانِ وَالنِّسَاءِ؟» قَالَ «أَوَ لَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نُبُوَّةَ» وَلَا أَسُبُّهُ مَا ذَكَرْتُ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ حِينَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ» فَتَطَاوَلْنَا فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ عَلِيٌّ؟» فَقَالُوا هُوَ أَرْمَدُ فَقَالَ «ادْعُوهُ فَدَعَوْهُ فَبَصَقَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَعْطَاهُ الرَّايَةَ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاللهِ مَا ذَكَرَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِحَرْفٍ حَتَّى خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ»

    ✧ Mu'awiyah said to Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas, "What prevented you from reviling 'Ali b. Abi Talib?" He said, "I will not revile him as long as I remember three things that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him. If I had even one of them, it would be dearer to me than red camels. I will not revile him as long as I remember when the revelation descended upon him and he took 'Ali, his two sons, and Fatimah, and gathered them under his garment, then said, 'O Lord, these are my family and my household.' And I will not revile him because when he left him behind in an expedition he went on, he said, 'You are leaving me behind with the children and women?' He said, 'Are you not content that you are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except that there is no prophethood?' And I will not revile him as long as I remember the day of Khaybar when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'I will give this banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah will grant victory at his hands.' We stretched our necks, and he said, 'Where is 'Ali?' They said, 'He is suffering from eye pain.' He said, 'Call him.' So they called him, and he spat in his eyes and then gave him the banner, and Allah granted victory at his hands. By Allah, Mu'awiyah did not mention him with even a letter until he left Madinah."

53. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8386No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عَلِيًّا خَرَجَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى جَاءَ ثَنِيَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ يُرِيدُ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ وَعَلِيٌّ يَشْتَكِي وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «أَتُخَلِّفُنِي مَعَ الْخَوَالِفِ؟» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا النُّبُوَّةَ؟»

    ✧ That 'Ali went out with the Prophet ﷺ until he came to Thaniyyat al-Wada' intending the expedition of Tabuk, while 'Ali was complaining and saying, "Are you leaving me behind with those who stay behind?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Are you not content that you are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except for prophethood?"

54. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8387No grade recorded

    «خَلَّفَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تُخَلِّفُنِي فِي النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ؟ فَقَالَ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي؟» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَالَفَهُ لَيْثٌ فَقَالَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ سَعْدٍ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ left 'Ali b. Abi Talib behind in the expedition of Tabuk. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, are you leaving me behind among the women and children?" He said, "Are you not content that you are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me?" Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: Layth differed from him, reporting from al-Hakam from 'A'ishah bt. Sa'd.

55. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8388No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي مَكَانَ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَشُعْبَةُ أَحْفَظُ وَلَيْثٌ ضَعِيفٌ وَالْحَدِيثُ قَدْ رَوَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to 'Ali during the expedition of Tabuk, "You are to me in the place of Harun to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me." Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: Shu'bah has better memory, while Layth is weak. The hadith has been narrated by 'A'ishah.

56. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8389No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عَلِيًّا خَرَجَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى جَاءَ ثَنِيَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ يُرِيدُ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ وَعَلِيٌّ يَشْتَكِي وَهُوَ يَقُولُ أَتُخَلِّفُنِي مَعَ الْخَوَالِفِ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا النُّبُوَّةَ؟»

    ✧ That 'Ali went out with the Prophet ﷺ until he came to Thaniyyat al-Wada' intending the expedition of Tabuk, while 'Ali was complaining and saying, "Are you leaving me behind with those who stay behind?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Are you not content that you are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except for prophethood?"

57. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8390No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ وَخَلَّفَ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتُخَلِّفُنِي؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ «أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي؟»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out in the expedition of Tabuk and left 'Ali behind. 'Ali said to him, "Are you leaving me behind?" He said to him, "Are you not content that you are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me?"

58. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8391No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى» قَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to 'Ali, "You are to me in the position of Harun to Musa." Isra'il reported from 'Abdullah b. Sharik from al-Harith b. Malik from Sa'd.

59. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8392No grade recorded

    قَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ غَزَا عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ الْحَمْرَاءِ وَخَلَّفَ عَلِيًّا فَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ حَتَّى أَخَذَ بِغَرْزِ النَّاقَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ زَعَمَتْ قُرَيْشٌ أَنَّكَ إِنَّمَا خَلَّفْتَنِي أَنَّكَ اسْتَثْقَلْتَنِي وَكَرِهْتَ صُحْبَتِي وَبَكَى عَلِيٌّ فَنَادَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي النَّاسِ «أَمِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَلَهُ حَامَةٌ؟ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي؟» قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «رَضِيتُ عَنِ اللهِ وَعَنْ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ»

    ✧ Sa'd b. Malik said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on an expedition on his red camel and left 'Ali behind. 'Ali came and took hold of the camel's girth, saying, "O Messenger of Allah, Quraysh claim that you left me behind because you found me burdensome and disliked my company." 'Ali wept. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called out among the people, "Is there any one of you who does not have a close relative? O son of Abu Talib, are you not content that you are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me?" 'Ali said, "I am content with Allah and with His Messenger ﷺ."

60. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8393No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي؟»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to 'Ali, "You are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me?"

61. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8394No grade recorded

    أَدْرَكْتُ فَاطِمَةَ ابْنَةَ عَلِيٍّ وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً فَقُلْتُ لَهَا تَحْفَظِينَ عَنْ أَبِيكِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَتْ لَا وَلَكِنِّي أَخْبَرَتْنِي أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَا عَلِيُّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَعْدِي نَبِيٌّ»

    ✧ I met Fatimah, daughter of Ali, when she was eighty years old, so I said to her, "Do you remember anything from your father?" She said, "No, but Asma' bt. Umays informed me that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'O Ali, you are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me.'"

62. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8395No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَعْدِي نَبِيٌّ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ali, "You are to me in the position of Harun to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me."

63. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8396No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ يَقُولُ «أَفَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ وَمَنْ يَنْقَلِبْ وَاللهِ لَا نَنْقَلِبُ عَلَى أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَانَا اللهُ وَاللهِ لَئِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ لَأُقَاتِلَنَّ عَلَى مَا قَاتَلَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى مَاتَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَخُوهُ وَوَلِيُّهُ وَوَارِثُهُ وَابْنُ عَمِّهِ وَمَنْ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنِّي؟»

64. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8397No grade recorded

    جَمَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَصَنَعَ لَهُمْ مُدًّا مِنْ طَعَامٍ قَالَ «فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا وَبَقِيَ الطَّعَامُ كَمَا هُوَ كَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُمَسَّ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِغُمَرٍ فَشَرِبُوا حَتَّى رَوَوْا وَبَقِيَ الشَّرَابُ كَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُمَسَّ أَوْ لَمْ يُشْرَبْ» فَقَالَ يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ «إِنِّي بُعِثْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِخَاصَّةٍ وَإِلَى النَّاسِ بِعَامَّةٍ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ مَا قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ فَأَيُّكُمْ يُبَايِعُنِي عَلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ أَخِي وَصَاحِبِي وَوَارِثِي؟» فَلَمْ يَقُمْ إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَكُنْتُ أَصْغَرَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ «اجْلِسْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ أَقُومُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ «اجْلِسْ» حَتَّى كَانَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى يَدِي ثُمَّ قَالَ فَبِذَلِكَ وَرِثْتُ ابْنَ عَمِّي دُونَ عَمِّيَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gathered, or said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called, the Banu Abd al-Muttalib, and he made for them a mudd of food. He said, "They ate until they were full, and the food remained as it was, as if it had not been touched. Then he called for a drinking bowl, and they drank until they were quenched, and the drink remained as if it had not been touched or drunk." Then he said, "O Banu Abd al-Muttalib, I have been sent to you specifically and to the people generally, and you have seen from this sign what you have seen. So which of you will pledge allegiance to me on the condition that he be my brother, my companion, and my heir?" No one stood up to him, so I stood up to him, and I was the youngest of the people. He said, "Sit down." Then he said it three times, each time I stood up to him and he said, "Sit down," until on the third time he struck his hand on my hand. Then he said, "Thus I inherited my cousin rather than my uncle."

65. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8398No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ وَأَخُو رَسُولِهِ ﷺ لَا يَقُولُهَا إِلَّا كَذَّابٌ مُفْتَرٍ «فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ وَأَخُو رَسُولِهِ ﷺ» فَخَنَقَ فَحَمَلَ

    ✧ I heard Ali on the pulpit saying, "I am the servant of Allah and the brother of His Messenger ﷺ; no one says it except a lying fabricator." Then a man said, "I am the servant of Allah and the brother of His Messenger ﷺ," and he choked and was carried away.

66. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8399No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَوَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed Ali is from me and I am from him, and he is the guardian of every believer."

67. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8400No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «عَلِيٌّ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ» فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ «أَيْنَ سَمِعْتَهُ؟» قَالَ وَقَفَ عَلِيٌّ هَاهُنَا فَحَدَّثَنِي رَوَاهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ فَقَالَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Ali is from me and I am from him." I said to Abu Ishaq, "Where did you hear it?" He said, "Ali stood here and narrated to me." Israil narrated it and said, "From Abu Ishaq, from al-Bara'."

68. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8401No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ» وَرَوَاهُ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْجَرْمِيُّ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هُبَيْرَةَ وَهَانِئٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ali, "You are from me and I am from you." Al-Qasim b. Yazid al-Jarmi narrated it from Israil, from Abu Ishaq, from Hubayrah and Hani', from Ali.

69. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8402No grade recorded

    لَمَّا صَدَرْنَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِذَا ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ تُنَادِي يَا عَمُّ يَا عَمُّ فَتَنَاوَلَهَا عَلِيٌّ فَأَخَذَهَا فَقَالَ لِفَاطِمَةَ دُونَكِ ابْنَةَ عَمِّكِ فَحَمَلَهَا فَاخْتَصَمَ فِيهَا عَلِيٌّ وَجَعْفَرٌ وَزِيدٌ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِهَا وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمِّيَ وَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ «ابْنَةُ عَمِّي وَخَالَتُهَا تَحْتِي» وَقَالَ زَيْدٌ «بِنْتُ أَخِي» فَقَضَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِخَالَتِهَا وَقَالَ «الْخَالَةُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُمِّ» وَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ» وَقَالَ لِجَعْفَرٍ «أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي» وَقَالَ لِزَيْدٍ يَا زَيْدُ «أَنْتَ أَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا»

    ✧ When we returned from Makkah, the daughter of Hamzah called out, "O uncle, O uncle." Ali took hold of her and took her, and he said to Fatimah, "Take your cousin's daughter," so she carried her. Then Ali, Jafar, and Zayd disputed about her. Ali said, "I have more right to her; she is my cousin's daughter." Jafar said, "She is my cousin's daughter, and her maternal aunt is married to me." Zayd said, "She is my brother's daughter." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that she be with her maternal aunt, and said, "The maternal aunt is like the mother." He said to Ali, "You are from me and I am from you." He said to Jafar, "You resemble me in appearance and character." He said to Zayd, "O Zayd, you are our brother and our freedman."

70. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8403No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ بَنُو وَلِيعَةَ أَوْ لَأَبْعَثَنَّ إِلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا كَنَفْسِي يُنْفِذُ فِيهِمْ أَمْرِي فَيَقْتُلَ الْمُقَاتِلَةُ وَيَسْبِيَ الذُّرِّيَّةَ» فَمَا رَاعَنِي إِلَّا وَكَفُّ عُمَرَ فِي حُجْزَتِي مِنْ خَلْفِي مَنْ يَعْنِي؟ فَقُلْتُ مَا إِيَّاكَ يَعْنِي وَلَا صَاحِبَكَ قَالَ «فَمَنْ يَعْنِي؟» قَالَ «خَاصِفُ النَّعْلِ» قَالَ «وَعَلِيٌّ يَخْصِفُ نَعْلَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Let the Banu Wali'ah desist, or I will send to them a man like myself who will carry out my command among them, killing the fighters and capturing the offspring." Nothing startled me except that Umar's hand was at my waist from behind me, saying, "Whom does he mean?" I said, "He does not mean you or your companion." He said, "Whom does he mean?" He said, "The one mending the sandal." And Ali was mending a sandal.

71. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8404No grade recorded

    قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ فَصَفِيِّي وَأَمِينِي»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "As for you, O Ali, you are my intimate and my trustee."

72. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8405No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «عَلِيٌّ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَلَا يُؤَدِّي عَنِّي إِلَّا أَنَا أَوْ عَلِيٌّ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Ali is from me and I am from him, and no one conveys on my behalf except me or Ali."

73. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8406No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِبَرَاءَةَ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ «لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُبَلِّغَ هَذَا إِلَّا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِي» فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent Surah Bara'ah with Abu Bakr, then called him and said, "It is not appropriate for anyone to convey this except a man from my family." So he called Ali and gave it to him.

74. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8407No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ بِبَرَاءَةَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ بِعَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ لَهُ «خُذِ الْكِتَابَ فَامْضِ بِهِ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ» قَالَ «فَلَحِقْتُهُ فَأَخَذْتُ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ فَانْصَرَفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ كَئِيبٌ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُنْزِلَ فِيَّ شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ «لَا إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُبَلِّغَهُ أَنَا أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Bakr with Bara'ah to the people of Makkah, then sent Ali after him and said to him, "Take the document and proceed with it to the people of Makkah." He said, "I caught up with him and took the document from him, and Abu Bakr returned distressed." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, has something been revealed concerning me?" He said, "No, but I was commanded that I should convey it myself or a man from my household."

75. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8408No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِبَرَاءَةَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ أَرْسَلَ عَلِيًّا فَأَخَذَهَا مِنْهُ ثُمَّ سَارَ بِهَا فَوَجَدَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهُ لَا يُؤَدِّي عَنِّي إِلَّا أَنَا أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنِّي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Bakr with Bara'ah, and when he was partway, he sent Ali, who took it from him and then journeyed with it. Abu Bakr felt something within himself, so he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No one conveys from me except myself or a man from me."

76. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8409No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حِينَ رَجَعَ مِنْ عُمْرَةِ الْجِعْرَانَةِ بَعَثَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ عَلَى الْحَجِّ فَأَقْبَلْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالْعَرْجِ ثُوِّبَ بِالصُّبْحِ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى لِيُكَبِّرَ فَسَمِعَ الرَّغْوَةَ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ فَوَقَفَ عَنِ التَّكْبِيرِ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ رَغْوَةُ نَاقَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ بَدَا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْحَجِّ فَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنُصَلِّي مَعَهُ فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَمِيرٌ أَمْ رَسُولٌ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا بَلْ رَسُولٌ أَرْسَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِبَرَاءَةَ أَقْرَؤُهَا عَلَى النَّاسِ فِي مَوَاقِفِ الْحَجِّ» فَقَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ قَبْلَ التَّرْوِيَةِ بِيَوْمٍ قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَحَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ مَنَاسِكِهِمْ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغَ قَامَ عَلِيٌّ فَقَرَأَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بَرَاءَةً حَتَّى خَتَمَهَا ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ عَرَفَةَ قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَحَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ مَنَاسِكِهِمْ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغَ قَامَ عَلِيٌّ فَقَرَأَ عَلَى النَّاسِ سُورَةَ بَرَاءَةَ حَتَّى خَتَمَهَا ثُمَّ كَانَ يَوْمُ النَّحْرِ فَأَفَضْنَا فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَحَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ إِفَاضَتِهِمْ وَعَنْ نَحْرِهِمْ وَعَنْ مَنَاسِكِهِمْ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَامَ عَلِيٌّ فَقَرَأَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بَرَاءَةً حَتَّى خَتَمَهَا فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ النَّفَرِ الْأَوَّلِ قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَحَدَّثَهُمْ كَيْفَ يَنْفِرُونَ وَكَيْفَ يَرْمُونَ فَعَلَّمَهُمْ مَنَاسِكَهُمْ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَامَ عَلِيٌّ فَقَرَأَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بَرَاءَةً حَتَّى خَتَمَهَا

    ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ returned from the Umrah of al-Ji'ranah, he sent Abu Bakr to lead the Hajj. We set out with him until when we were at al-Arj, the call for the Fajr prayer was given. Then he stood up to say the takbir and heard the growling of a camel behind him, so he paused from the takbir and said, "This is the growling of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ camel. It seems that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has changed his mind about the Hajj, so perhaps it is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we may pray with him." But it was Ali upon it. Abu Bakr said to him, "Are you a commander or a messenger?" He said, "No, rather a messenger. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me with Bara'ah to recite it to the people at the stations of Hajj." We arrived in Makkah, and one day before the Day of Tarwiyah, Abu Bakr stood and addressed the people, telling them about their rituals. When he finished, Ali stood and recited Bara'ah to the people until he completed it. Then we went out with him until the Day of Arafah. Abu Bakr stood and addressed the people, telling them about their rituals. When he finished, Ali stood and recited Surat Bara'ah to the people until he completed it. Then on the Day of Sacrifice, we departed. When Abu Bakr returned, he addressed the people, telling them about their departure, their sacrifices, and their rituals. When he finished, Ali stood and recited Bara'ah to the people until he completed it. Then on the first day of departure, Abu Bakr stood and addressed the people, telling them how to depart and how to throw stones, and taught them their rituals. When he finished, Ali stood and recited Bara'ah to the people until he completed it.

77. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8410No grade recorded

    لَمَّا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَنَزَلَ غَدِيرَ خُمٍّ أَمَرَ بَدَوْحَاتٍ فَقُمِمْنَ ثُمَّ قَالَ كَأَنِّي قَدْ دُعِيتُ فَأَجَبْتُ إِنِّي قَدْ تَرَكْتُ فِيكُمُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْآخِرِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَعِتْرَتِي أَهْلُ بَيْتِي فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ تَخْلُفُونِي فِيهِمَا فَإِنَّهُمَا لَنْ يَتَفَرَّقَا حَتَّى يَرِدَا عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ مَوْلَايَ وَأَنَا وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ» ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ «مَنْ كُنْتُ وَلِيَّهُ فَهَذَا وَلِيُّهُ اللهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ» فَقُلْتُ لِزَيْدٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «مَا كَانَ فِي الدَّوْحَاتِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا رَآهُ بِعَيْنَيْهِ وَسَمِعَهُ بِأُذُنَيْهِ»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from the Farewell Pilgrimage and stopped at Ghadir Khumm, he ordered some large trees to be trimmed, then said, "It is as if I have been called and I have answered. I am leaving among you two weighty things, one of which is greater than the other: the Book of Allah and my offspring, my household. Consider how you will deal with them after me, for they will never separate until they return to me at the Pond." Then he said, "Indeed, Allah is my Master, and I am the guardian of every believer." Then he took Ali by the hand and said, "Whoever I am his guardian, this is his guardian. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him, and be hostile to whoever opposes him." I said to Zayd, "Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "There was no one among the trees who did not see him with his own eyes and hear him with his own ears."

78. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8411No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْنَا عَلِيًّا فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا سَأَلْنَا «كَيْفَ رَأَيْتُمْ صُحْبَةَ صَاحِبِكُمْ؟» فَإِمَّا شَكَوْتُهُ أَنَا وَإِمَّا شَكَاهُ غَيْرِي فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي وَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا مِكْبَابًا فَإِذَا بِوَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللهِ قَدِ احْمَرَّ فَقَالَ «مَنْ كُنْتُ وَلِيَّهُ فَعَلِيٌّ وَلِيُّهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on an expedition and appointed Ali as our commander. When we returned, he asked us, "How did you find the company of your companion?" Either I complained about him or someone else did. I raised my head, for I was a man who often lowered it, and saw that the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had reddened. He said, "Whoever I am his guardian, Ali is his guardian."

79. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8412No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَرَأَيْتُ مِنْهُ جَفْوَةً فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ شَكَوْتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيَّ وَقَالَ يَا بُرَيْدَةُ «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent me with Ali to Yemen, and I saw some harshness from him. When I returned, I complained about him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He raised his head toward me and said, "O Buraydah, whoever I am his guardian, Ali is his guardian."

80. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8413No grade recorded

    خَرَجْتُ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَرَأَيْتُ مِنْهُ جَفْوَةً فَقَدِمَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ عَلِيًّا فَتَنَقَّصْتُهُ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَغَيَّرُ وَجْهُهُ وَقَالَ يَا بُرَيْدَةُ «أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ»

    ✧ I went out with Ali to Yemen and saw some harshness from him. When I came to the Prophet ﷺ, I mentioned Ali and belittled him. The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to change, and he said, "O Buraydah, am I not more entitled to the believers than their own selves?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Whoever I am his guardian, Ali is his guardian."

81. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8414No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever I am his guardian, Ali is his guardian."

82. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8415No grade recorded

    زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَوْلَى بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ؟» قَالُوا بَلَى نَحْنُ نَشْهَدُ لَأَنْتَ أَوْلَى بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ قَالَ «فَإِنِّي مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَهَذَا مَوْلَاهُ» أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ

    ✧ Zayd b. Arqam: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, praised and extolled Allah, then said, "Do you not know that I have more authority over every believer than his own self?" They said, "Yes, we bear witness that you have more authority over every believer than his own self." He said, "Indeed, whoever I am his guardian, this is his guardian," and he took Ali by the hand.

83. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8416No grade recorded

    سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ؟ فَقَامَ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ فَشَهِدُوا»

    ✧ He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever I am his guardian, Ali is his guardian," and some ten or more people stood up and testified to it.

84. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8417No grade recorded

    قَامَ خَمْسَةٌ أَوْ سِتَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَشَهِدُوا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ»

    ✧ Five or six of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ stood up and testified that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever I am his guardian, Ali is his guardian."

85. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8418No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ يُثَيْعٍ «وَقَامَ مِمَّا يَلِينِي سِتَّةٌ فَشَهِدُوا أَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ» يَقُولُ «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَإِنَّ عَلِيًّا مَوْلَاهُ»

    ✧ Zayd b. Yuthay' said, "Six of those near me stood up and testified that they heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever I am his guardian, indeed Ali is his guardian.'"

86. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8419No grade recorded

    سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرٍ خُمٍّ «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ اللهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ؟» فَقَامَ سِتَّةٌ مِنْ جَانِبِ الْمِنْبَرِ وَسِتَّةٌ مِنَ الْجَانِبِ الْآخَرِ فَشَهِدُوا أَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ شَرِيكٌ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ هَلْ سَمِعْتَ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ يُحَدِّثُ بِهَذَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»

    ✧ He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm: "Whoever I am his mawla, Ali is his mawla. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him." Then six people from one side of the pulpit and six from the other side stood up and testified that they heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say that. Sharik said: I said to Abu Ishaq, "Did you hear al-Bara' b. 'Azib narrate this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Yes."

87. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8420No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَيْشًا وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَمَضَى فِي السَّرِيَّةِ فَأَصَابَ جَارِيَةً فَأَنْكَرُوا عَلَيْهِ وَتَعَاقُدُوا أَرْبَعَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا لَقِينَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ وَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِذَا رَجَعُوا مِنَ السَّفَرِ بَدَءُوا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا إِلَى رِحَالِهِمْ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ السَّرِيَّةُ سَلَّمُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَامَ أَحَدُ الْأَرْبَعَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ صَنَعَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟» فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَامَ يَعْنِي الثَّانِي فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ الثَّالِثُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ الرَّابِعُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالُوا فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْغَضَبُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «مَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ؟ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ بَعْدِي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out an army and put 'Ali b. Abi Talib in command over them. He went on the expedition and captured a slave girl, but they disapproved of him and four of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a pact: when we meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we will inform him of what he did. It was the custom of the Muslims, when they returned from a journey, to begin by greeting the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then go to their mounts. When the expedition arrived and greeted the Prophet ﷺ, one of the four stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, did you not see what 'Ali b. Abi Talib did, such and such?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away from him. Then the second stood up and said something similar, then the third said something like his statement, then the fourth stood up and said the like of what they said. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ faced them with anger in his face and said, "What do you want from 'Ali? Indeed 'Ali is from me and I am from him, and he is the wali of every believer after me."

88. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8421No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ مَعَ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ وَبَعَثَ عَلِيًّا عَلَى جَيْشٍ آخَرَ وَقَالَ «إِنِ الْتَقَيْتُمَا فَعَلِيٌّ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَإِنْ تَفَرَّقْتُمَا فَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمَا عَلَى حِدَتِهِ» فَلَقِينَا بَنِي زَيْدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ وَظَهَرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَتَلْنَا الْمُقَاتِلَةَ وَسَبَيْنَا الذُّرِّيَّةَ فَاصْطَفَى عَلِيٌّ جَارِيَةً لِنَفْسِهِ مِنَ السَّبْيِ فَكَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَنَالَ مِنْهُ قَالَ «فَدَفَعْتُ الْكِتَابَ إِلَيْهِ وَنِلْتُ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقُلْتُ هَذَا مَكَانُ الْعَائِذِ بَعَثْتَنِي مَعَ رَجُلٍ وَأَمَرْتَنِي بِطَاعَتِهِ فَبَلَّغْتُ مَا أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَقَعَنَّ يَا بُرَيْدَةُ فِي عَلِيٍّ فَإِنَّ عَلِيًّا مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّكُمْ بَعْدِي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us to Yemen with Khalid b. al-Walid, and he sent 'Ali over another army, and he said: "If you meet, then 'Ali is over the people, and if you separate, then each of you is over his own detachment." We met Banu Zayd from the people of Yemen, and the Muslims prevailed over the polytheists, so we killed the fighters and took the offspring captive. 'Ali chose a slave girl for himself from the captives, and Khalid b. al-Walid wrote about that to the Prophet ﷺ and ordered me to speak ill of him. He said: "I gave him the letter and I spoke ill of 'Ali, and the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed." I said: This is the place of one who seeks refuge. You sent me with a man and ordered me to obey him, so I conveyed what I was sent with. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not fall, O Buraydah, into (speaking ill of) 'Ali, for 'Ali is from me and I am from him, and he is your wali after me."

89. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8422No grade recorded

    «أَيُسَبُّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِيكُمْ؟» فَقُلْتُ «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ أَوْ مَعَاذَ اللهِ» قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ سَبَّ عَلِيًّا فَقَدْ سَبَّنِي»

    ✧ "Is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ being insulted among you?" I said, "Glory be to Allah! Or I seek refuge in Allah." She said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever insults 'Ali has insulted me."

90. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8423No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا سَمِعْتُ»

    ✧ "I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what I heard."

91. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8424No grade recorded

    جَمَعَ عَلِيٌّ النَّاسَ فِي الرَّحْبَةِ فَقَالَ «أَنْشُدُ بِاللهِ كُلَّ امْرِئٍ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ مَا سَمِعَ فَقَامَ أُنَاسٌ فَشَهِدُوا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ» قَالَ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ «أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ؟ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ» فَقَالَ «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ اللهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ» قَالَ أَبُو الطُّفَيْلِ «فَخَرَجْتُ وَفِي نَفْسِي مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ فَلَقِيتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ» فَقَالَ «أَوَمَا تُنْكِرُ؟ أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَبِي دَاوُدَ

    ✧ 'Ali gathered the people in al-Rahbah and said: "I adjure by Allah every man who heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm what he said." Some people stood up and testified that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Ghadir Khumm: "Do you not know that I have more authority over the believers than their own selves?" while he was standing, then he took 'Ali by the hand and said: "Whoever I am his mawla, 'Ali is his mawla. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him." Abu al-Tufayl said: "I left with something in my heart about it, and I met Zayd b. Arqam and told him." He said: "Do you reject it? I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." And the wording is that of Abu Dawud.

92. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8425No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فَإِنِّي وَلِيُّكُمْ» قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَرَفَعَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا وَلِيِّي وَالْمُؤَدِّي عَنِّي وَالِ اللهُ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed the people and said: "Now then, O people, I am your wali." They said: You have spoken the truth. Then he took 'Ali by the hand and raised it, then said: "This is my wali and the one who fulfills on my behalf. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him."

93. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8426No grade recorded

    أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَخَطَبَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَوْلَى بِكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ صَدَقْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَرَفَعَهَا فَقَالَ «مَنْ كُنْتُ وَلِيَّهُ فَهَذَا وَلِيُّهُ فَإِنَّ اللهَ يُوَالِي مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَيُعَادِي مَنْ عَادَاهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took 'Ali by the hand and delivered a sermon. He praised and extolled Allah, then said: "Do you not know that I have more authority over you than your own selves?" They said: Yes, you have spoken the truth, O Messenger of Allah. Then he took 'Ali by the hand and raised it, and said: "Whoever I am his wali, this is his wali. Indeed Allah befriends whoever befriends him and is hostile to whoever is hostile to him."

94. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8427No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِطَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ وَهُوَ مُوَجِّهٌ إِلَيْهَا فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ غَدِيرَ خُمٍّ وَقَفَ النَّاسُ ثُمَّ رَدَّ مَنْ مَضَى وَلَحِقَهُ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اشْهَدْ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يَقُولُهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ وَلِيُّكُمْ؟» قَالُوا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَأَقَامَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَلِيَّهُ فَهَذَا وَلِيُّهُ اللهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ»

    ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the road to Makkah while he was heading towards it. When he reached Ghadir Khumm, the people stopped, then he called back those who had gone ahead and waited for those who had lagged behind. When the people had gathered to him, he said: "O people, have I conveyed?" They said: Yes. He said: "O Allah, bear witness" three times. Then he said: "O people, who is your wali?" They said: Allah and His Messenger, three times. Then he took 'Ali by the hand and made him stand, then said: "Whoever Allah and His Messenger are his wali, this is his wali. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him."

95. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8428No grade recorded

    لَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ حَتَّى أَحْبَبْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ لَا أُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا عَلَى بَغْضَاءِ عَلِيٍّ فَبُعِثَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خَيْلٍ فَصَحِبْتُهُ وَمَا أَصْحَبَهُ إِلَّا عَلَى بَغْضَاءِ عَلِيٍّ فَأَصَابَ سَبْيًا فَكَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يُخَمِّسُهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا عَلِيًّا وَفِي السَّبْيِ وَصِيفَةٌ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ السَّبْيِ فَلَمَّا خَمَّسَهُ صَارَتِ الْوَصِيفَةُ فِي الْخُمُسِ ثُمَّ خَمَّسَ فَصَارَتْ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ خَمَّسَ فَصَارَتْ فِي آلِ عَلِيٍّ فَأَتَانَا وَرَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ فَقُلْنَا مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ «أَلَمْ تَرَوْا الْوَصِيفَةَ؟ صَارَتْ فِي الْخُمُسِ ثُمَّ صَارَتْ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ صَارَتْ فِي آلِ عَلِيٍّ فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَكَتَبَ وَبَعَثَنِي مُصَدِّقًا لِكِتَابِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُصَدِّقًا» لِمَا قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ «صَدَقَ» وَأَقُولُ وَيَقُولُ «صَدَقَ فَأَمْسَكَ بِيَدِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» وَقَالَ «أَتَبْغَضُ عَلِيًّا؟» فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ «لَا تُبْغَضْهُ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُحِبُّهُ فَازْدَدْ لَهُ حُبًّا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَنَصِيبُ آلِ عَلِيٍّ فِي الْخُمُسِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ وَصِيفَةٍ» فَمَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ «وَاللهِ مَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ غَيْرُ أَبِي»

    ✧ No one among the people was more hated to me than Ali ibn Abi Talib until I loved a man from the Quraysh whom I only loved out of hatred for Ali. So that man was sent on a mission with some cavalry, and I accompanied him, not out of love for him, but out of hatred for Ali. He was taken as a captive, and he wrote to the Prophet ﷺ to send someone to redeem him. So Ali was sent to us, and among the captives was a woman who was one of the finest captives. When Ali ransomed him, that woman became part of his share. Then he ransomed again, and she became part of the Prophet's household. Then he ransomed again, and she became part of the family of Ali. He came to us with his head dripping, and we said, "What is this?" He said, "Did you not see that woman? She became part of the Prophet's household. Then she became part of the family of Ali, and I stumbled upon her." So he wrote and sent me as a witness to his letter to the Prophet ﷺ. When he said "Ali said," I started praising him and he said "truthful," and I said, and he said "truthful," and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ held my hand and said, "Do you hate Ali?" I said yes. He said, "Do not hate him, and if you love him, then increase your love for him. By the One in whose hand is my soul, the portion of Ali's family in the fifth is better than the finest captive." And after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, no one was dearer to me than Ali. Abdullah ibn Buraydah said, "By Allah, there is no one in the narration between me and the Prophet ﷺ except my father."

96. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8429No grade recorded

    سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللهَ وَلِيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَنْ كُنْتُ وَلِيَّهُ فَهَذَا وَلِيُّهُ اللهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَانْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ» قَالَ فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ «قَامَ إِلَى جَنْبِي سِتَّةٌ» وَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ يُثَيْعٍ «قَامَ عِنْدِي سِتَّةٌ» وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو ذُو مَرٍّ «أَحِبَّ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ وَأَبْغِضْ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ» وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ رَوَاهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرٍو ذِي مَرٍّ «أَحِبَّ»

    ✧ He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm: "Indeed Allah is the wali of the believers, and whoever I am his wali, this is his wali. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him, and help whoever helps him." Sa'id said: "Six stood beside me." Zayd b. Yuthay' said: "Six stood near me." And 'Amr Dhu Murr said: "Love whoever loves him and hate whoever hates him." And he narrated the hadith. Isra'il narrated it from Abu Ishaq al-Shaybani from 'Amr Dhu Murr: "Love..."

97. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8430No grade recorded

    شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا بِالرَّحْبَةِ يَنْشُدُ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ مَا قَالَ فَقَامَ أُنَاسٌ فَشَهِدُوا أَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَإِنَّ عَلِيًّا مَوْلَاهُ اللهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَأَحِبَّ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ وَأَبْغِضْ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ وَانْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ

    ✧ I witnessed 'Ali in al-Rahbah adjuring the companions of Muhammad ﷺ: Which of you heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm what he said? Some people stood up and testified that they heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever I am his mawla, 'Ali is his mawla. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him, and love whoever loves him and hate whoever hates him, and help whoever helps him."

98. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8431No grade recorded

    وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحِبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ لَعَهْدُ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ ﷺ إِلَيَّ «لَا يُحِبُّنِي إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَبْغَضُنِي إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ»

    ✧ By the One who split the grain and created the soul, the covenant of the unlettered Prophet ﷺ to me is: "None loves me except a believer, and none hates me except a hypocrite."

99. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8432No grade recorded

    عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنْ لَا يُحِبَّنِي إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَبْغَضُنِي إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ made a covenant with me: “None but a believer will love me, and none but a hypocrite will hate me.”

100. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8433No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «إِنَّهُ لَعَهْدُ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ ﷺ إِلَيَّ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّكَ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَبْغَضُكَ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ»

     ✧ Ali said: “It is indeed the covenant of the unlettered Prophet ﷺ to me: none loves you but a believer, and none hates you but a hypocrite.”

101. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8434No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَلِيُّ «فِيكَ مَثَلٌ مِنْ عِيسَى أَبْغَضَتْهُ يَهُودٌ حَتَّى بَهَتُوا أُمَّهُ وَأَحَبَّتْهُ النَّصَارَى حَتَّى أَنْزَلُوهُ بِالْمَنْزِلِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ بِهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O Ali, in you there is a likeness of Jesus: the Jews hated him until they slandered his mother, and the Christians loved him until they placed him in a station not his.”

102. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8435No grade recorded

     «كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ فَتَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَصَابَ ذَنْبًا فَقَتَلُوهُ» وَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ «لَا تَسَلْ عَنْهُ إِلَّا قُرْبَ مَنْزِلَتِهِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»

     ✧ “He was among those who turned back on the day the two armies met, and Allah relented toward him. Then he committed a sin, and they killed him.” And he asked him about Ali, and he said: “Do not ask about him except for the nearness of his station to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

103. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8436No grade recorded

     «أَمَّا عَلِيٌّ فَهَذَا بَيْتُهُ مِنْ حُبِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْهُ بِغَيْرِهِ وَأَمَّا عُثْمَانُ فَإِنَّهُ أَذْنَبَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ ذَنْبًا عَظِيمًا فَعَفَا اللهُ عَنْهُ وَأَذْنَبَ فِيكُمْ صَغِيرًا فَقَتَلْتُمُوهُ»

     ✧ “As for Ali, this is his house, out of the love of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I will not speak of him otherwise. As for Uthman, he committed a grave sin on the day of Uhud, and Allah pardoned him, and he committed a minor sin among you, and you killed him.”

104. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8437No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ فِي مَسْجِدِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا عَلِيٌّ فَلَا تَسَلْنِي عَنْهُ وَانْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ بَيْتٌ غَيْرَ بَيْتِهِ وَأَمَّا عُثْمَانُ فَإِنَّهُ أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا عَظِيمًا تَوَلَّى يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ فَعَفَا اللهُ عَنْهُ وَغَفَرَ لَهُ وَأَذْنَبَ فِيكُمْ ذَنْبًا دُونَ فَقَتَلْتُمُوهُ»

     ✧ I asked Ibn Umar, while he was in the mosque of the Messenger ﷺ, about Ali and Uthman. He said: “As for Ali, do not ask me about him; look at his dwelling among those of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—there is no house in the mosque other than his. As for Uthman, he committed a grave sin: he turned back on the day the two armies met, and Allah pardoned him and forgave him, and he committed a lesser sin among you, and you killed him.”

105. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8438No grade recorded

     عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَلَكِنِ انْظُرْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ مِنْ بُيُوتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ» قَالَ «فَإِنِّي أَبْغَضَهُ» قَالَ «أَبْغَضَكَ اللهُ»

     ✧ “About Ali? No, but look at his house among the houses of the Prophet ﷺ.” He said: “But I hate him.” He said: “May Allah hate you.”

106. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8439No grade recorded

     سَأَلَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قُثَمَ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ مِنْ أَيْنَ وَرِثَ عَلِيٌّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ أَوَّلَنَا بِهِ لُحُوقًا وَأَشَدَّنَا لَهُ لُزُومًا خَالَفَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ فَقَالَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ قُثَمَ

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman asked Qutham b. al-Abbas: “From where did Ali inherit the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” He said: “He was the first of us to join him and the closest of us in keeping to him.” Zayd b. Abi Unaysah differed, saying: “From Khalid b. Qutham.”

107. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8440No grade recorded

     عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ قُثَمَ إِنَّهُ قِيلَ لَهُ مَا لِعَلِيٍّ وَرِثَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دُونَ جَدِّكَ وَهُوَ عَمُّهُ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ أَوَّلَنَا بِهِ لُحُوقًا وَأَشَدَّنَا بِهِ لُصُوقًا»

     ✧ From Khalid ibn Qutham, it was said to him, "Why did Ali inherit the Messenger of Allah ﷺ instead of your grandfather when he is his uncle?" He said, "Indeed, Ali was the earliest among us in accepting Islam and the most strict among us in adhering to it."

108. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8441No grade recorded

     اسْتَأْذَنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَمِعَ صَوْتَ عَائِشَةَ عَالِيًا وَهِيَ تَقُولُ «وَاللهِ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكِ مِنْ أَبِي فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِيَلْطِمَهَا» وَقَالَ يَا ابْنَةَ فُلَانَةَ «أَرَاكِ تَرْفَعِينَ صَوْتَكِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمْسَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَخَرَجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُغْضَبًا» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَائِشَةُ «كَيْفَ رَأَيْتِنِي أَنْقَذْتُكِ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ؟» ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَقَدِ اصْطَلَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَائِشَةُ فَقَالَ «أَدْخِلَانِي فِي السِّلْمِ كَمَا أَدْخَلْتُمَانِي فِي الْحَرْبِ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قَدْ فَعَلْنَا»

     ✧ Abu Bakr sought permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ and heard Aisha’s voice raised, saying: “By Allah, I have known that Ali is dearer to you than my father.” Abu Bakr lunged toward her to slap her and said: “O daughter of so-and-so, do I see you raising your voice over the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ restrained him, and Abu Bakr went out angry. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O Aisha, how did you see that I rescued you from the man?” After that Abu Bakr sought permission again, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Aisha had reconciled. He said: “Include me in the peace as you included me in the war.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “We have done so.”

109. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8442No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أُمِّي عَلَى عَائِشَةَ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهَا عَلِيًّا فَقَالَتْ «مَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْهُ وَلَا امْرَأَةً أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ»

     ✧ I entered with my mother upon Aisha while I was a boy, and I mentioned Ali to her. She said: “I have not seen a man dearer to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than him, nor a woman dearer to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than his wife.”

110. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8443No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أُمِّي عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَسَمِعْتُهَا تَسْأَلُهَا مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَتْ «تَسْأَلِينِي عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْهُ وَلَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ»

     ✧ I entered with my mother upon Aisha, and I heard her asking her from behind the screen about Ali. She said: “You ask me about a man whom I know no one was dearer to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than him, nor dearer to him than his wife.”

111. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8444No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي فَسَأَلَهُ أَيُّ النَّاسِ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ «كَانَ أَحَبَّ النَّاسِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ فَاطِمَةُ وَمَنِ الرِّجَالِ عَلِيٌّ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ فِي الْحَدِيثِ

     ✧ A man came to my father and asked him: “Which of the people was dearest to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among the women?” He said: “The dearest of people to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among the women was Fatimah, and among the men, Ali.” Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Abd Allah b. Ata is not strong in hadith.

112. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8445No grade recorded

     سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ «كُنْتُ أَدْخُلُ عَلَى نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي سَبَّحَ فَدَخَلْتُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي أَذِنَ لِي فَدَخَلْتُ»

     ✧ I heard 'Ali say, 'I used to enter upon the Prophet of Allah ﷺ. If he was praying, he made a tasbih, and I entered; and if he was not praying, he gave me permission, and I entered.'

113. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8446No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «كَانَتْ لِي سَاعَةٌ مِنَ السَّحَرِ أَدْخُلُ فِيهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإنْ كَانَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ سَبَّحَ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ إِذْنُهُ لِي وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ أَذِنَ لِي»

     ✧ 'Ali said, 'I had a time before dawn when I used to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If he was in his prayer, he made a tasbih, and that was his permission for me; and if he was not in his prayer, he gave me permission.'

114. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8447No grade recorded

     «كَانَتْ لِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَاعَةٌ مِنَ السَّحَرِ آتِيهِ فِيهَا إِذَا أَتَيْتُهُ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي سَبَّحَ فَدَخَلْتُ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتُهُ فَارِغًا أَذِنَ لِي»

     ✧ 'I had from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a time before dawn when I would come to him. When I came to him I asked permission. If I found him praying he made a tasbih, and I entered; and if I found him free he gave me permission.'

115. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8448No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «كَانَ لِي مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَدْخَلَانِ مَدْخَلٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَدْخَلٌ بِالنَّهَارِ فَكُنْتُ إِذَا دَخَلْتُ بِاللَّيْلِ تَنَحْنَحَ لِي» خَالَفَهُ شُرَحْبِيلُ بْنُ مُدْرِكٍ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ وَوَافَقَهُ عَلَى قَوْلِهِ «تَنَحْنَحَ»

     ✧ 'Ali said, 'I had with the Prophet ﷺ two entrances: an entrance at night and an entrance by day. When I entered at night, he cleared his throat for me.' Shurayhbil b. Mudrik differed with him in his chain, but agreed with him on his saying 'he cleared his throat.'

116. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8449No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ كَانَتْ لِي مَنْزِلَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ تَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْخَلَائِقِ فَكُنْتُ آتِيهِ كُلَّ سَحَرٍ فَأَقُولُ لَهُ «السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ فَإِنْ تَنَحْنَحَ انْصَرَفْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي وَإِلَّا دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ»

     ✧ 'Ali said, 'I had a status with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that no creature had. I used to come to him every predawn and say to him, "Peace be upon you, O Prophet of Allah." If he cleared his throat, I went back to my family; otherwise, I entered upon him.'

117. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8450No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «كُنْتُ إِذَا سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْطَانِي وَإِذَا سَكَتَ ابْتَدَأَنِي»

     ✧ 'Ali said, 'When I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he gave me; and when I was silent, he began with me.'

118. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8451No grade recorded

     «كُنْتُ إِذَا سَأَلْتُ أُعْطِيتُ وَإِذَا سَكَتِ ابْتَدَيْتُ»

     ✧ 'When I asked, I was given; and when I was silent, he began with me.'

119. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8452No grade recorded

     عَلِيٌّ «كُنْتُ وَاللهِ إِذَا سَأَلْتُ أُعْطِيتُ وَإِذَا سَكَتُّ ابْتُدِيتُ»

     ✧ 'Ali said, 'By Allah, when I asked I was given, and when I was silent he began with me.'

120. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8453No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «انْطَلَقْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْكَعْبَةَ فَصَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيَّ فَنَهَضَ بِهِ عَلِيٌّ» فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ضَعْفَهُ قَالَ لَهُ «اجْلِسْ فَجَلَسَ فَنَزَلَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَ «اصْعَدْ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيَّ» فَنَهَضَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ «إِنَّهُ لَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنِّي لَوْ شِئْتُ لَنِلْتُ أُفُقَ السَّمَاءِ فَصَعِدَ عَلِيٌّ الْكَعْبَةِ وَعَلَيْهَا تِمْثَالٌ مِنْ صُفْرٍ أَوْ نُحَاسٍ فَجَعَلْتُ أُعَالِجُهُ لَأُزِيلَهُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا وَقُدَّامًا وَمِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَمْكَنْتُ مِنْهُ» قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْذِفْهُ» فَقَذَفْتُ بِهِ فَكَسَرْتُهُ كَمَا تُكْسَرُ الْقَوَارِيرُ ثُمَّ نَزَلْتُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَسْتَبِقُ حَتَّى تَوَارَيْنَا بِالْبُيُوتِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَلْقَانَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ

     ✧ 'Ali said, 'I set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until we came to the Ka'bah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ climbed onto my shoulders, and 'Ali lifted him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw his weakness, he said to him, "Sit down." So he sat down and the Prophet of Allah ﷺ descended. Then he said, "Climb onto my shoulders." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ lifted him. 'Ali said, "It seemed to me that if I wished I could reach the horizon of the sky." Then 'Ali climbed onto the Ka'bah, and on it was a statue of brass or copper. I began to work on it to remove it, right and left, front, from between his hands and from behind him, until I got a firm grip on it. The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Throw it down." So I threw it and broke it as glass vessels break. Then I descended, and I and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went off racing until we hid among the houses, fearing that someone from the people might meet us.'

121. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8454No grade recorded

     رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهَا صَغِيرَةٌ» فَخَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ فَزَوَّجَهَا مِنْهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'She is young.' Then 'Ali proposed and he married her to him.

122. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8455No grade recorded

     «كُنْتُ فِي زِفَافِ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَضَرَبَ الْبَابَ فَفَتَحَتْ لَهُ أُمُّ أَيْمَنَ الْبَابَ» فَقَالَ يَا أُمَّ أَيْمَنَ «ادْعِي لِي أَخِي» قَالَتْ هُوَ أَخُوكَ وَتُنْكِحُهُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ يَا أُمَّ أَيْمَنَ وَسَمِعْنَ النِّسَاءُ صَوْتَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَتَنَحَّيْنَ» قَالَتْ «وَاخْتَبَأْتُ أَنَا فِي نَاحِيَةٍ» قَالَتْ فَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ فَدَعَا لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَضَحَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «ادْعُوا لِي فَاطِمَةَ» فَجَاءَتْ خَرِقَةً مِنَ الْحَيَاءِ فَقَالَ لَهَا «قَدْ يَعْنِي أَنْكَحْتُكَ أَحَبَّ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي إِلَيَّ وَدَعَا لَهَا وَنَضَحَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَأَى سَوَادًا» فَقَالَ «مَنْ هَذَا؟» قُلْتُ أَسْمَاءُ قَالَ ابْنَةُ عُمَيْسٍ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «كُنْتِ فِي زِفَافِ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تُكْرِمِينَهُ؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ «فَدَعَا لِي» خَالَفَهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

     ✧ "I attended the wedding of Fatimah bint Rasul Allah ﷺ. When we woke up in the morning, the Prophet ﷺ knocked on the door and Umm Ayman opened it for him. He said, 'O Umm Ayman, pray for my brother.' She asked, 'Is he your brother and you are going to marry him?' He replied, 'Yes, O Umm Ayman.' The women overheard the Prophet's ﷺ voice and moved away. Umm Ayman said, 'I hid in a corner.' Then Ali came and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for him and poured water on him, then said, 'Pray for Fatimah.' She came out shyly, and he said to her, 'It seems that I married you to the most beloved of my family.' He prayed for her and poured water on her. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then left and saw a group of people. He asked, 'Who is this?' I said, 'Asma.' He said, 'The daughter of Umays?' I said, 'Yes.' He asked me, 'Were you honoring her at the wedding of Fatimah bint Rasul Allah ﷺ ?' I said, 'Yes.' She said, 'He prayed for me.' Sa'id ibn Abi 'Aroobah disagreed with him and they both narrated it from Ayyoob from 'Ikrimah from Ibn Abbas."

123. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8456No grade recorded

     «لَمَّا زَوَّجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاطِمَةَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ كَانَ فِيمَا أَهْدَى مَعَهَا سَرِيرًا مَشْرُوطًا وَوِسَادَةً مِنْ أُدْمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ وَقِرْبَةً» قَالَ وَجَاءُوا بِبَطْحَاءِ الرَّمْلِ فَبَسَطُوهُ فِي الْبَيْتِ؟ وَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «إِذَا أَتَيْتَ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْرَبْهَا حَتَّى آتِيَكَ» فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ فَخَرَجَتْ إِلَيْهِ أُمُّ أَيْمَنَ فَقَالَ لَهَا «ثَمَّ أَخِي؟» فَقَالَتْ وَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ أَخَاكَ وَقَدْ زَوَّجْتَهُ ابْنَتَكَ؟ قَالَ «فَإِنَّهُ أَخِي» قَالَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا «جِئْتِ تُكْرِمِينَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟» فَدَعَا لَهَا وَقَالَ لَهَا «خَيْرًا» قَالَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «وَكَانَ الْيَهُودُ يُؤْخِذُونَ الرَّجُلَ عَنِ امْرَأَتِهِ إِذَا دَخَلَ بِهَا» قَالَ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِتَوْرٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَتَفَلَ فِيهِ وَعَوَّذَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ دَعَا عَلِيًّا فَرَشَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَصَدْرِهِ وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثُمَّ دَعَا فَاطِمَةَ فَأَقْبَلَتْ تَعْثُرُ فِي ثَوْبِهَا حَيَاءً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَفَعَلَ بِهَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا «إِنِّي وَاللهِ مَا آلَوْتُ أَنْ أُزَوِّجَكِ خَيْرَ أَهْلِي ثُمَّ قَامَ فَخَرَجَ»

     ✧ 'When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ married Fatimah to 'Ali, among what he gave with her was a bed with ropes, a leather cushion stuffed with palm fiber, and a water skin.' He said, 'And they brought soft sand and spread it in the house.' And he said to 'Ali, 'When you bring her, do not approach her until I come to you.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and knocked on the door. Umm Ayman came out to him. He said to her, 'Is my brother there?' She said, 'How can he be your brother when you have married your daughter to him?' He said, 'Indeed he is my brother.' Then he turned to her and said, 'Have you come to honor the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He supplicated for her and said good for her. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered. He said, 'The Jews used to keep a man away from his wife when he consummated the marriage with her.' He said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for a basin of water, spat into it, and sought refuge in it. Then he called 'Ali and sprinkled some of that water on his face, chest, and forearms. Then he called Fatimah. She came stumbling in her garment out of shyness before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He did the same to her. Then he said to her, "By Allah, I have not failed to marry you to the best of my family." Then he stood and left.'

124. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8457No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ»

     In the event of the dissension among Muslims an emerging sect will emerge ; one of the two parties that is nearer to the truth will kill it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4667)

125. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8458No grade recorded

     فِي يَوْمِ خَيْبَرَ «لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ لَيْسَ بِفَرَّارٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي مَا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ وَلِأَنْ أَكُونَ كُنْتُ صِهْرَهُ عَلَى ابْنَتِهِ لِي مِنْهَا مِنَ الْوَلَدِ مَا لَهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي مَا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ»

     ✧ On the day of Khaybar: 'I will surely give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah will grant victory at his hands. He is not one who flees. That is more beloved to me than having all that the sun rises upon. And for me to be his in-law through his daughter, and to have children from her like he has, is more beloved to me than having all that the sun rises upon.'

126. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8459No grade recorded

     مَرِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فَأَكَبَّتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَارَّهَا فَبَكَتْ ثُمَّ أَكَبَّتْ عَلَيْهِ فَسَارَّهَا فَضَحِكَتْ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ «لَمَّا أَكْبَبْتِ عَلَيْهِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ مِنْ وَجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ فَبَكَيْتُ ثُمَّ أَكْبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنِّي أَسْرَعُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي بِهِ لُحُوقًا وَأَنِّي سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا مَرْيَمَ بِنْتَ عِمْرَانَ فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَضَحِكْتُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell ill, and Fatimah came and bent over the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He spoke to her privately, and she wept. Then she bent over him again, and he spoke to her privately, and she laughed. When the Prophet ﷺ died, I asked her, and she said: "When I bent over him, he told me that he would die from that illness of his, so I wept. Then I bent over him again, and he told me that I would be the quickest of his household to join him, and that I am the Lady of the Women of Paradise except Maryam, the daughter of 'Imran. So I raised my head and laughed."

127. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8460No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «دَعَا فَاطِمَةَ فَنَاجَاهَا فَبَكَتْ ثُمَّ حَدَّثَهَا فَضَحِكَتْ» قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ «فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهَا عَنْ بُكَائِهَا وَضَحِكِهَا» فَقَالَتْ «أَخْبَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ يَمُوتُ ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِّي سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ بَعْدَ مَرْيَمَ بِنْتِ عِمْرَانَ فَضَحِكْتُ»

     that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Fatimah on the Day of the Conquest (of Makkah) and he spoke to her, so she cried. Then he spoke to her and she laughed. She said: "So when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, I asked her about her crying and laughing. She said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me that he will die, so I cried, then he told me that I was the master over all the women of the inhabitants of Paradise, except for Mariam the daughter of 'Imran, so I laughed." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3873)

128. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8461No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ سَيِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَفَاطِمَةُ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ مَرْيَمَ ابْنَةِ عِمْرَانَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the masters of the youth of the people of Paradise, and Fatimah is the Lady of the Women of Paradise except for Maryam, the daughter of 'Imran."

129. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8462No grade recorded

     أَبْطَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنَّا يَوْمًا صَدْرَ النَّهَارِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْعَشِيُّ قَالَ لَهُ قَائِلُنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ شَقَّ عَلَيْنَا لَمْ نَرَكَ الْيَوْمَ قَالَ «إِنَّ مَلَكًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَآنِي فَاسْتَأْذَنَ اللهَ فِي زِيَارَتِي فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَوْ بَشَّرَنِي أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ ابْنَتِي سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ أُمَّتِي وَأَنَّ حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا سَيِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delayed from us one day at the beginning of the day, and when it was evening, one of us said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, it has been hard on us not seeing you today." He said: "An angel from heaven who had not seen me asked Allah's permission to visit me, and he informed me—or gave me glad tidings—that Fatimah, my daughter, is the Lady of the Women of my Ummah, and that Hasan and Husayn are the masters of the youth of the people of Paradise."

130. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8463No grade recorded

     كَأَنَّ مِشْيَتَهَا مِشْيَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» فَقَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَبَكَتْ» فَقُلْتُ لَهَا «اسْتَخَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِحَدِيثِهِ وَتَبْكِينَ؟ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهَا حَدِيثًا فَضَحِكَتْ» فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مَا رَأَيْتُ كَالْيَوْمِ فَرَحًا أَقْرَبَ مِنْ حُزْنٍ وَسَأَلْتُهَا عَمَّا قَالَ فَقَالَتْ «مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا قُبِضَ سَأَلْتُهَا» فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي بِالْقُرْآنِ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي بِهِ الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا أُرَانِي إِلَّا قَدْ حَضَرَ أَجْلِي وَإِنَّكِ أَوَّلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي لَحَاقًا بِي وَنِعْمَ السَّلَفُ أَنَا لَكِ» قَالَتْ فَبَكَيْتُ لِذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَوْ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟» قَالَتْ «فَضَحِكْتُ»

     ✧ "Her gait was like the gait of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said: "Welcome to my daughter." Then he seated her on his right or on his left, then he spoke to her privately, and she wept. I said to her: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ singled you out for his private words, and you weep?" Then he spoke to her privately again, and she laughed. I said to her: "I have never seen a joy closer to sorrow than today." And I asked her about what he said, and she said: "I would not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Until when he passed away, I asked her, and she said: "He spoke to me privately and said: 'Jibril used to review the Qur'an with me once every year, and this year he reviewed it with me twice. I think my term has come, and you will be the first of my household to join me, and what an excellent predecessor I am for you.'" She said: "So I wept for that." Then he said: "Are you not pleased to be the Lady of the Women of this Ummah—or the women of the believers?" She said: "So I laughed."

131. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8464No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَمِيعًا مَا تُغَادِرُ مِنَّا وَاحِدَةٌ فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَمْشِي وَلَا وَاللهِ إِنْ تُخْطِئُ مِشْيَتِهَا مِشْيَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي فَأَقْعَدَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا بِشَيْءٍ فَبَكَتْ بَكَّاءً شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ سَارَّهَا بِشَيْءٍ فَضَحِكَتْ» فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ لَهَا «خَصَّكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ مِنْ بَيْنِنَا بِالسِّرَارِ وَأَنْتِ تَبْكِينَ» أَخْبِرِينِي مَا قَالَ لَكِ؟ قَالَتْ «مَا كُنْتُ لِأُفْشِيَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِرَّهُ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ» قُلْتُ لَهَا «أَسْأَلُكِ بِالَّذِي لِي عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ مَا الَّذِي سَارَّكِ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟» قَالَتْ «أَمَّا الْآنَ فَنَعَمْ سَارَّنِي أَمَّا مَرَّتُهُ الْأُولَى» فَقَالَ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي بِالْقُرْآنِ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مُرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي بِهِ الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا أَرَى الْأَجَلَ إِلَّا قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ فَاتَّقِي اللهَ وَاصْبِرِي» ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا فَاطِمَةُ «أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنَّكِ سَيِّدَةُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَوْ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ؟» فَضَحِكْتُ

     ✧ We were all with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, not one of us missing, when Fatimah came walking, and by Allah, her gait did not miss the gait of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until she reached him. He said: "Welcome to my daughter," and seated her on his right or on his left. Then he spoke to her privately about something, and she wept bitterly. Then he spoke to her privately about something, and she laughed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up, I said to her: "The Messenger of Allah singled you out from among us for private conversation, and you wept? Tell me what he said to you." She said: "I would not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Then when he passed away, I said to her: "I ask you by the right I have over you: what did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ speak to you privately about?" She said: "As for now, yes. He spoke to me privately the first time and said: 'Jibril used to review the Qur'an with me once every year, and this year he reviewed it with me twice. I think the term has drawn near, so fear Allah and be patient.'" Then he said: "O Fatimah, are you not pleased that you are the Lady of this Ummah—or the Lady of the Women of the Worlds?" So I laughed.

132. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8465No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ بَنِي هِشَامِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ اسْتَأْذَنُونِي فِي أَنْ يُنْكِحُوا ابْنَتَهُمْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَلَا آذَنُ ثُمَّ لَا آذَنُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُرِيدَ ابْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَ ابْنَتِي وَيَنْكِحَ ابْنَتَهُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ بِضْعَةٌ مِنِّي يَرِيبُنِي مَا أَرَابَهَا وَيُؤْذِينِي مَا آذَاهَا»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was on the minbar saying: "The Banu Hisham b. al-Mughirah asked my permission to marry their daughter to 'Ali b. Abi Talib. I do not permit it, then I do not permit it, unless the son of Abi Talib wishes to divorce my daughter and marry their daughter. For she is a piece of me: what troubles her troubles me, and what hurts her hurts me."

133. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8466No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ يَخْطُبُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ بَنِي هِشَامٍ اسْتَأْذَنُونِي فِي أَنْ يَنْكِحُوا ابْنَتَهُمْ عَلِيًّا وَإِنِّي لَا آذَنُ ثُمَّ لَا آذَنُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُرِيدَ ابْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنْ يُفَارِقَ ابْنَتِي وَأَنْ يَنْكِحَ ابْنَتَهُمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ مُضْغَةٌ أَوْ بِضْعَةٌ مِنِّي يُؤْذِينِي مَا آذَاهَا وَيَرِيبُنِي مَا أَرَابَهَا وَمَا كَانَ لَهُ أَنْ يَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ بِنْتِ عَدُوِّ اللهِ وَبَيْنَ ابْنَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Makkah giving a sermon, then he said: "The Banu Hisham asked my permission to marry their daughter to 'Ali, and I do not permit it, then I do not permit it, unless the son of Abi Talib wishes to part with my daughter and marry their daughter." Then he said: "Fatimah is a lump of flesh or a piece of me: what hurts her hurts me, and what troubles her troubles me. And it is not for him to combine between the daughter of the enemy of Allah and the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

134. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8467No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ مُضْغَةٌ مِنِّي مَنْ أَغْضَبَهَا أَغْضَبَنِي»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "Fatimah is a lump of flesh from me: whoever angers her angers me."

135. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8468No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ مُضْغَةٌ مِنِّي»

     ✧ He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Fatimah is a lump of flesh from me."

136. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8469No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ هَذَا وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ مُحْتَلِمٌ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ مِنِّي»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ giving a sermon on this minbar of his, and I was at that time a youth who had reached puberty. He said: "Fatimah is from me."

137. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8470No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ فَخَتَنِي وَأَبُو وَلَدَيَّ وَأَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "As for you, O 'Ali, you are my son-in-law, the father of my two sons, and you are from me and I am from you."

138. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8471No grade recorded

     طَرَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةً لِبَعْضِ الْحَاجَةِ فَخَرَجَ وَهُوَ مُشْتَمِلٌ عَلَى شَيْءٍ لَا أَدْرِي مَا هُوَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ مِنْ حَاجَتِي قُلْتُ «مَا هَذَا الَّذِي أَنْتَ مُشْتَمِلٌ عَلَيْهِ؟ فَكَشَفَ فَإِذَا الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ عَلَى وَرِكَيْهِ» فَقَالَ «هَذَانِ ابْنَايَ وَابْنَا ابْنَتِي اللهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أُحِبُّهُمَا فَأَحِبَّهُمَا اللهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أُحِبُّهُمَا فَأَحِبَّهُمَا»

     ✧ I knocked on the door of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night for some need, and he came out wrapped in something I did not know what it was. When I finished my need, I said: "What is this that you are wrapped in?" He uncovered it, and there were al-Hasan and al-Husayn on his hips. He said: "These are my two sons and the sons of my daughter. O Allah, You know that I love them, so love them. O Allah, You know that I love them, so love them."

139. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8472No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ سَيِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the two masters of the youth of the people of Paradise."

140. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8473No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ سَيِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the two masters of the youth of the people of Paradise."

141. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8474No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا سَيِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Indeed, Hasan and Husayn are the two masters of the youth of the people of Paradise."

142. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8475No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ سَيِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا ابْنَيِ الْخَالَةِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَيَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا»

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the two masters of the youth of the people of Paradise, except for the two maternal cousins, 'Isa b. Maryam and Yahya b. Zakariyya."

143. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8476No grade recorded

     عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَعْنِي أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ دَخَلْنَا وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ يَتَقَلَّبَانِ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ قَالَ وَيَقُولُ «رَيْحَانَتَيَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ»

     ✧ On the authority of some of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, they said that Anas ibn Malik said, "We entered, and perhaps he said, 'I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Hassan and Hussein were playing on his stomach.' He said, 'My two fragrances from this Ummah.'

144. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8477No grade recorded

     عَنْ دَمِ الْبَعُوضِ وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟» سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «هُمَا رَيْحَانَتَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا»

     ✧ Regarding the blood of a mosquito, and they have killed the son of the Messenger of God ﷺ?" I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "They are my two fragrant flowers in this worldly life."

145. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8478No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ بِالْكُوفَةِ يَقُولُ خَطَبْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاطِمَةَ فَزَوَّجَنِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَمْ هِيَ؟ فَقَالَ «هِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْكَ وَأَنْتَ أَعَزُّ عَلَيَّ مِنْهَا»

     ✧ I heard 'Ali on the pulpit in Kufa saying: I proposed to the Messenger of God ﷺ for Fatimah, and he married me. I said: O Messenger of God, am I more beloved to you or is she? He said: "She is more beloved to me than you, and you are dearer to me than her."

146. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8479No grade recorded

     مَرِضْتُ فَعَادَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ وَأنا مُضْطَجِعٌ فَاتَّكَأَ إِلَى جَنْبِي ثُمَّ سَجَّانِي بِثَوْبِهِ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَدْ هُدِيتُ قَامَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ جَاءَ فَرَفَعَ الثَّوْبَ عَنِّي وَقَالَ «قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ فَقَدْ بَرِئْتَ فَقُمْتُ كَأَنَّمَا لَمْ أَشْتَكِ شَيْئًا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ» فَقَالَ «مَا سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي شَيْئًا فِي صَلَاتِي إِلَّا أَعْطَانِي وَمَا سَأَلْتُ لِنَفْسِي شَيْئًا إِلَّا قَدْ سَأَلْتُ لَكَ» خَالَفَهُ جَعْفَرٌ الْأَحْمَرُ فَقَالَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ I fell ill, and the Messenger of God ﷺ visited me. He entered upon me while I was lying down, and he leaned beside me, then covered me with his garment. When he saw that I had recovered, he went to the mosque to pray. When he finished his prayer, he came and lifted the garment from me and said: "Rise, O 'Ali, for you have been cured." So I rose as if I had not complained of anything before that. He said: "I did not ask my Lord for anything in my prayer except that He gave it to me, and I did not ask anything for myself except that I also asked it for you." Ja'far al-Ahmar differed from him, saying: From Yazid b. Abi Ziyad, from 'Abd Allah b. al-Harith, from 'Ali.

147. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8480No grade recorded

     وُجِعْتُ وَجَعًا فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَقَامَنِي فِي مَكَانِهِ وَقَامَ يُصَلِّي وَأَلْقَى عَلَيَّ طَرَفَ ثَوْبِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ قَدْ بَرِئْتَ لَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكَ وَمَا دَعَوْتُ لِنَفْسِي بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا دَعَوْتُ لَكَ مِثْلَهُ وَمَا دَعَوْتُ بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا قَدِ اسْتُجِيبَ لِي» أَوْ قَالَ أُعْطِيتُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لِي لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدَكَ

     ✧ I suffered from pain, so I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and he made me stand in his place and stood to pray, and he threw the edge of his garment over me. Then he said: "Rise, O 'Ali, you have been cured, there is no harm upon you. I did not supplicate for myself with anything except that I supplicated for you with the like of it, and I did not supplicate for anything except that it was answered for me"—or he said: "I was given it—except that it was said to me: There is no prophet after you."

148. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8481No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ جَاءَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ عَمَّكَ الشَّيْخَ الضَّالَّ قَدْ مَاتَ فَمَنْ يُوَارِيهِ؟» قَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَوَارِ أَبَاكَ وَلَا تُحْدِثْ حَدَثًا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي فَفَعَلْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَغْتَسِلَ فَاغْتَسَلْتُ وَدَعَا لِي بِدَعَوَاتٍ مَا يَسُرُّنِي مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُنَّ»

     ✧ That he came to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said: "Indeed, your uncle, the misguided old man, has died. Who will bury him?" He said: "Go and bury your father, and do not do anything until you come to me." So I did that, then I came to him, and he ordered me to perform a ritual bath, so I bathed, and he supplicated for me with supplications such that nothing on earth would please me more than any of them."

149. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8482No grade recorded

     لَمَّا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لِي كَلِمَةً مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ لِي بِهَا الدُّنْيَا

     ✧ "When I returned to the Prophet, ﷺ, he said to me a word that I do not like to have the world with it."

150. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8483No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا فِي حَرٍّ شَدِيدٍ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُ الشِّتَاءِ وَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُ الصَّيْفِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ الْعَرَقَ عَنْ جَبْهَتِهِ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَى أَبِيهِ قَالَ يَا أَبَةِ «أَرَأَيْتَ مَا صَنَعَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُ الصَّيْفِ وَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا فِي الصَّيْفِ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُ الشِّتَاءِ» فَقَالَ أَبُو لَيْلَى هَلْ فَطِنْتَ؟ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ ابْنِهِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَأَتَى عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ وَأنا أَرْمَدُ شَدِيدُ الرَّمَدِ فَبَزَقَ فِي عَيْنِي ثُمَّ قَالَ «افْتَحْ عَيْنَيْكَ فَفَتَحْتُهُمَا فَمَا اشْتَكَيْتُهُمَا حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ وَدَعَا لِي» فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ عَنْهُ الْحَرَّ وَالْبَرَدَ فَمَا وَجَدْتُ حَرًّا وَلَا بَرْدًا حَتَّى يَوْمِي هَذَا»

     ✧ That 'Ali came out to us in intense heat wearing winter clothes, and he came out to us in winter wearing summer clothes. Then he called for water and drank, then wiped the sweat from his forehead. When he returned to his father, he said: O father, did you see what the Commander of the Faithful did? He came out to us in winter wearing summer clothes, and he came out to us in summer wearing winter clothes. Abu Layla said: Did you notice? And he took the hand of his son 'Abd al-Rahman and went to 'Ali. 'Ali said to him: The Prophet ﷺ had sent for me while I was suffering from severe ophthalmia, and he spat in my eye, then said: "Open your eyes." So I opened them, and I have not suffered from them until this hour. And he supplicated for me, saying: "O God, remove from him heat and cold." So I have not felt heat or cold until this day of mine."

151. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8484No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أُنْزِلَتْ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنْوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ} [المجادلة 12] الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعَلِيٍّ «مُرْهُمْ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقُوا» قَالَ بِكَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «بِدِينَارٍ» قَالَ لَا يُطِيقُونَ قَالَ «فَنِصْفِ دِينَارٍ» قَالَ لَا يُطِيقُونَ قَالَ «فَبِكَمْ؟» قَالَ بِشَعِيرَةٍ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ لَزَهِيدٌ» فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ} [المجادلة 13] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ يَقُولُ «بِي خُفِّفَ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ»

     ✧ When {O you who believe, when you consult the Messenger} [al-Mujadilah: 12] was revealed—"then offer something in charity before your consultation"—the Messenger of God ﷺ said to 'Ali: "Command them to give charity." He said: How much, O Messenger of God? He said: "A dinar." He said: They cannot bear it. He said: "Then half a dinar." He said: They cannot bear it. He said: "Then how much?" He said: A barley grain. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: "Indeed, you are abstemious." Then God, Most High, revealed: {Are you afraid to offer charity before your consultation?} [al-Mujadilah: 13] to the end of the verse. And 'Ali used to say: "Through me the burden was lightened for this nation."

152. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8485No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ أَنَا وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَفِيقَيْنِ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَقَامَ بِهَا رَأَيْنَا أُنَاسًا مِنْ بَنِي مُدْلِجٍ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي عَيْنٍ لَهُمْ أَوْ فِي نَخْلٍ فَقَالَ لِي عَلِيٌّ يَا أَبَا الْيَقْظَانِ «هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ نَأْتِيَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَنَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ يَعْمَلُونَ؟» قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَجِئْنَاهُمْ فَنَظَرْنَا إِلَى عَمَلِهِمْ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ غَشِينَا النَّوْمُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَعَلِيٌّ حَتَّى اضْطَجَعْنَا فِي ظِلِّ صُوَرٍ مِنَ النَّخْلِ وَدَقْعَاءَ مِنَ التُّرَابِ فَنِمْنَا فَوَاللهِ مَا أَنْبَهَنَا إِلَّا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَرِّكُنَا بِرِجْلِهِ وَقَدْ تَتَرَّبْنَا مِنْ تِلْكِ الدَّقْعَاءِ الَّتِي نِمْنَا فِيهَا فَيَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعَلِيٍّ «مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا تُرَابٍ؟» لِمَا يَرَى مِمَّا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ التُّرَابِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمَا بِأَشْقَى النَّاسِ؟» قُلْنَا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «أُحَيْمِرُ ثَمُودُ الَّذِي عَقَرَ النَّاقَةَ وَالَّذِي يَضْرِبُكَ يَا عَلِيُّ عَلَى هَذِهِ وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى قَرْنِهِ حَتَّى يَبُلَّ مِنْهَا هَذِهِ وَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ»

     ✧ I and 'Ali b. Abi Talib were companions in a military expedition. When the Messenger of God ﷺ stopped there and stayed, we saw some people from Banu Mudlij working at a spring of theirs or in a palm grove. 'Ali said to me: O Abu al-Yaqzan, would you like us to go to those people and see how they work? He said: I said: If you wish. So we went to them and watched their work for a while, then sleep overcame us. 'Ali and I went off until we lay down in the shade of some palm trunks on soft dusty ground, and we slept. By God, nothing woke us except the Messenger of God ﷺ stirring us with his foot, and we had become covered with dust from that soft ground on which we slept. On that day, the Messenger of God ﷺ said to 'Ali: "What is the matter with you, O Abu Turab?" because of the dust he saw on him. Then he said: "Shall I not tell you about the two unhappiest of people?" We said: Yes, O Messenger of God. He said: "The red one of Thamud who hamstrung the she-camel, and the one who will strike you, O 'Ali, on this"—and he placed his hand on his forehead—"until this becomes wet from it"—and he took hold of his beard.

153. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8486No grade recorded

     قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ إِنَّ أَحْدَثَ النَّاسِ عَهْدًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ

     ✧ Umm Salamah said: "The person with the most recent covenant with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is Ali."

154. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8487No grade recorded

     قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ «وَالَّذِي تَحْلِفُ بِهِ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ إِنْ كَانَ أَقْرَبُ النَّاسِ عَهْدًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ» قَالَتْ لَمَّا كَانَ غَدَاةَ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ أَرَى فِي حَاجَةٍ أَظُنُّهُ بَعَثَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ «جَاءَ عَلِيٌّ؟» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَتْ فَجَاءَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَاءَ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ لَهُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَةً فَخَرَجْنَا مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَكُنَّا عُدْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ فَكُنْتُ فِي آخِرِ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ أَدْنَاهُنَّ مِنَ الْبَابِ فَأَكَبَّ عَلَيْهِ عَلِيٌّ فَكَانَ آخِرَ النَّاسِ بِهِ عَهْدًا جَعَلَ يُسَارُّهُ وَيُنَاجِيهِ

     ✧ Umm Salamah said: "By the One by whom Umm Salamah swears, the closest of the people in covenant with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was Ali." She said: "It was on the morning when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for him, and I think he had been sent on an errand. He kept saying, 'Has Ali come?' three times." She said: "He came before sunrise. When he came, we knew that he had a need for him, so we left the house. That day we had visited the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the house of Aisha, and I was among the last to leave the house, then I sat closest of them to the door. Ali leaned over him, and he was the last of the people to have a covenant with him, whispering to him and conversing privately with him."

155. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8488No grade recorded

     كُنَّا جُلُوسًا نَنْتَظِرُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا قَدِ انْقَطَعَ شِسْعُ نَعْلِهِ فَرَمَى بِهَا إِلَى عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُقَاتِلُ عَلَى تَأْوِيلِ الْقُرْآنِ كَمَا قَاتَلْتُ عَلَى تَنْزِيلِهِ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَا؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ عُمَرُ أَنَا قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ صَاحِبَ النَّعْلِ»

     ✧ We were sitting waiting for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he came out to us with the strap of his sandal broken, and he threw it to Ali and said: "Among you is one who will fight for the interpretation of the Qur'an just as I fought for its revelation." Abu Bakr said: "Me?" He said: "No." Umar said: "Me?" He said: "No, but the one with the sandal."

156. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8489No grade recorded

     سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ غَدِيرٍ خُمٍّ يَقُولُ «اللهُ وَلِيِّي وَأَنَا وَلِيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَنْ كُنْتُ وَلِيَّهُ فَهَذَا وَلِيُّهُ اللهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَانْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ» فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ «قَامَ إِلَى جَنْبِي سِتَّةٌ» وَقَالَ حَارِثَةُ بْنُ مُضَرِّبٍ «قَامَ عِنْدِي سِتَّةٌ» وَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ يُثَيْعٍ «قَامَ عِنْدِي سِتَّةٌ» وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو ذُو مَرٍّ «أَحِبَّ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ وَابْغَضْ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm: "Allah is my Protector, and I am the protector of the believers. Whoever I am his protector, this is his protector. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him, and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him, and support whoever supports him." Sa'id said: "Six stood beside me." Haritha b. Mudarrib said: "Six stood by me." Zayd b. Yuthay' said: "Six stood by me." And Amr Dhu Murr said: "Love whoever loves him and hate whoever hates him."

157. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8490No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَمَّارٍ «تَقْتُلُهُ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَالَفَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فَقَالَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, said to 'Ammar, "The rebellious faction will kill you." Abu Abdur Rahman disagreed with him, and Abu Dawood reported from Shu'bah from Khalid from Al-Hasan.

158. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8491No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَمَّارٍ «تَقْتُلُكَ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ammar: "The rebellious group will kill you." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: "And Ibn Awn reported it from al-Hasan."

159. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8492No grade recorded

     «لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْخَنْدَقِ وَهُوَ يُعَاطِيهِمُ اللَّبَنَ وَقَدِ اغْبَرَّ شَعْرُ صَدْرِهِ» قَالَتْ فَوَاللهِ مَا نَسِيتُهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ خَيْرُ الْآخِرَةِ فَاغْفِرْ لِلْأَنْصَارِ وَالْمُهَاجِرَةِ» قَالَتْ وَجَاءَ عَمَّارٌ فَقَالَ «ابْنَ سُمَيَّةَ تَقْتُلُكَ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ»

     ✧ On the day of the trench, he was handing them milk and his chest hair had become dusty. She said: "By Allah, I have not forgotten him saying: 'O Allah, the good is the good of the Hereafter, so forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirun.'" She said: "And Ammar came, and he said: 'Ibn Sumayya, the rebellious group will kill you.'"

160. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8493No grade recorded

     أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ مَا نَسِيتُ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَهُوَ يُعَاطِيهِمُ اللَّبَنَ وَقَدِ اغْبَرَّ شَعْرُهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ خَيْرُ الْآخِرَةِ فَاغْفِرْ لِلْأَنْصَارِ وَالْمُهَاجِرَةِ» وَجَاءَ عَمَّارٌ فَقَالَ «يَا ابْنَ سُمَيَّةَ تَقْتُلُكَ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ»

     ✧ The Mother of the Believers Umm Salamah said: "I have not forgotten the day of the trench when he was handing them milk and his hair had become dusty, and he was saying: 'O Allah, the good is the good of the Hereafter, so forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirun.' And Ammar came, and he said: 'O Ibn Sumayya, the rebellious group will kill you.'"

161. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8494No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَمَّارٍ «تَقْتُلُكَ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ammar: "The rebellious group will kill you."

162. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8495No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لِعَمَّارٍ بُؤْسًا لَكَ يَا ابْنَ سُمَيَّةَ وَمَسَحَ الْغُبَارَ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ تَقْتُلُكَ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Woe to you, O Ibn Sumayya!" and he wiped the dust from his head, "The rebellious group will kill you."

163. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8496No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلَانِ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي رَأْسِ عَمَّارٍ يَقُولُ «كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا أَنَا قَتَلْتُهُ» فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو لِيَطِبْ بِهِ أَحَدُكُمَا نَفْسًا لِصَاحِبِهِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «تَقْتُلُهُ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَالَفَهُ شُعْبَةُ فَقَالَ عَنِ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ

     ✧ I was with Mu'awiyah when two men came to him arguing about the killing of Ammar. One of them said, "I killed him." Abdullah ibn 'Amr said, "Let one of you admit to killing him in self-defense for his companion, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The aggressor group will kill him.'" Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (i.e., Mu'awiyah) disagreed with him, and Shu'bah narrated from Al-Awam, from a man, from Hanzalah bin Suwaid.

164. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8497No grade recorded

     جِيءَ بِرَأْسِ عَمَّارٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «تَقْتُلُهُ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ»

     ✧ The head of Ammar was brought, and Abdullah ibn Amr said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The rebellious group will kill him.'"

165. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8498No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «تَقْتُلُ عَمَّارًا الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَالَفَهُ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ فَرَوَاهُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ [469] 8499 أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو نَحْوَهُ خَالَفَهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ فَقَالَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The rebellious group will kill Ammar." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: "Abu Mu'awiya disagreed with him and reported it from al-A'mash from Abd al-Rahman b. Ziyad from Abdullah b. al-Harith [469] 8499: Abdullah b. Muhammad informed us, he said: Abu Mu'awiya narrated to us, he said: al-A'mash narrated to us from Abd al-Rahman b. Ziyad from Abdullah b. al-Harith, he said: Abdullah b. Amr something similar. Sufyan al-Thawri disagreed with him and said: from al-A'mash from Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Ziyad."

166. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8500No grade recorded

     إِنِّي لَأُسَايِرُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو وَعَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «تَقْتُلُهُ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ عَمَّارًا» فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو لِمُعَاوِيَةَ «أَتَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ هَذَا؟ فَحَذَفَهُ» قَالَ «نَحْنُ قَتَلْنَاهُ؟ إِنَّمَا قَتَلَهُ مَنْ جَاءَ بِهِ لَا تَزَالُ دَاحِضًا فِي بَوْلِكَ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The rebellious group will kill 'Ammaar." 'Amr said to Mu'awiyah, "Do you hear what he is saying?" So he (Mu'awiyah) pushed him away. He (Amr) said, "Did we kill him?" He said, "Whoever brings him will continue to wash his urine."

167. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8501No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ سَيَلِي قَتْلَهُمْ أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A rogue faction will emerge from the people, and the killing of them will be undertaken by the more deserving of the two parties to the truth."

168. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8502No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «سَتَكُونُ أُمَّتِي فِرْقَتَيْنِ فَتَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنَهُمَا مَارِقَةٌ يَلِي قَتْلَهَا أَوْلَاهُمَا بِالْحَقِّ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "My ummah will become two factions, and from between them a rogue faction will emerge, whose killing will be undertaken by the more deserving of the two to the truth."

169. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8503No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «تَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي فِرْقَتَيْنِ يَمْرُقُ بَيْنَهُمَا مَارِقَةٌ تَقْتُلُهُمْ أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “My ummah will split into two factions; between them a rogue group will emerge. The one of the two parties closer to the truth will kill them.”

170. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8504No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «تَمْرُقُ مَارِقَةٌ عِنْدَ فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ تَقْتُلُهَا أَوْلَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ بِالْحَقِّ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “A rogue group will emerge among a faction of people; the one of the two parties closer to the truth will kill them.”

171. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8505No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ نَاسًا فِي أُمَّتِهِ يَخْرُجُونَ فِي فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ سِيمَاهُمُ التَّحْلِيقُ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ هُمْ مِنْ شَرِّ الْخَلْقِ أَوْ هُمْ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ تَقْتُلُهُمْ أَدْنَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ إِلَى الْحَقِّ قَالَ وَقَالَ كَلِمَةً أُخْرَى قُلْتُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ مَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ «وَأَنْتُمْ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْعِرَاقِ»

     ✧ He mentioned people in his ummah who would emerge within a faction of people, their distinguishing mark being shaving [of heads]. They will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes out of the game. They are among the worst of creation—or they are the worst of creation. The nearer of the two parties to the truth will kill them.” He said: And he said another word; I said, “Between me and him, what is it?” He said: “And you killed them, O people of Iraq.”

172. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8506No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي «قَوْمٍ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ فَذَكَرَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِمْ وَزَكَاتِهِمْ وَصَوْمِهِمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ الْقُرْآنُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ فِي فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ يُقَاتِلُهُمْ أَقْرَبُ النَّاسِ إِلَى الْحَقِّ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, concerning “a people who will emerge from this ummah”—then he mentioned their prayer, their zakah, and their fasting—“they will pass out of Islam as an arrow passes out of the game. The Qur’an will not go beyond their collarbones. They will emerge among a faction of people; the people closest to the truth will fight them.”

173. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8507No grade recorded

     بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقْسِمُ قَسْمًا أَتَاهُ ذُو الْخُوَيْصِرَةِ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اعْدِلْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَمَنْ يَعْدِلْ إِذَا لَمْ أَعْدِلْ؟ قَدْ خَبْتَ وَخَسِرْتَ إِنْ لَمْ أَعْدِلْ» قَالَ عُمَرُ «ائْذَنْ لِي فِيهِ أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ» قَالَ «دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ أَصْحَابًا يَحْقِرُ أَحَدُكُمْ صَلَاتَهُ مَعَ صَلَاتِهِمْ وَصِيَامَهُ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى نَصْلِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى رِصَافِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى نَضِيِّهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ الْقَدَحُ ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُذَذِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ سَبَقَ الْفَرْثَ وَالدَّمَ آيَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ إِحْدَى عَضُدَيْهِ مِثْلُ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ أَوْ مِثْلُ الْبَضْعَةِ تَدَرْدَرُ يَخْرُجُونَ عَلَى خَيْرِ فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ» قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ «فَأَشْهَدُ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَاتَلَهُمْ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَأَمَرَ بِذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ فَالْتُمِسَ فَوُجِدَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ عَلَى نَعْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الَّذِي نَعَتَ»

     ✧ While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he was distributing a portion, Dhu al-Khuwaysirah, a man from Banu Tamim, came to him and said, “O Messenger of Allah, be just.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Who will be just if I am not just? You would be ruined and lost if I were not just.” Umar said, “Permit me to strike his neck.” He said: “Leave him, for he has companions whose prayer one of you would belittle compared to their prayer, and his fasting compared to their fasting. They recite the Qur’an, but it does not go beyond their collarbones. They pass out of Islam as an arrow passes out of the game. One looks at its arrowhead and finds nothing on it; then he looks at its binding and finds nothing on it; then he looks at its shaft and finds nothing on it—that is the wooden part—; then he looks at its fletching and finds nothing on it; it has gone ahead of the blood and the dung. Their sign is a black man, one of whose upper arms is like a woman’s breast or like a piece of flesh that quivers. They will emerge against the best faction of people.” Abu Sa‘id said: “I bear witness that I heard this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I bear witness that Ali b. Abi Talib fought them while I was with him. He ordered [a search for] that man, and he was sought and found, and he was brought until I saw him matching the description of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he had described.”

174. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8508No grade recorded

     بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْسِمُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ قَسْمًا فَقَالَ ذُو الْخُوَيْصِرَةِ التَّمِيمِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اعْدِلْ قَالَ «وَيْحَكَ وَمَنْ يَعْدِلْ إِذَا لَمْ أَعْدِلْ؟» فَقَامَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «ائْذَنْ لِي حَتَّى أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا إِنَّ لَهُ أَصْحَابًا يَحْتَقِرُ أَحَدُكُمْ صَلَاتَهُ مَعَ صَلَاتِهِ وَصِيَامَهُ مَعَ صِيَامِهِ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ لَيَنْظُرُ إِلَى نَصْلِهِ فَلَا يَجِدُ فِيهِ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى رِصَافِهِ فَلَا يَجِدُ فِيهِ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى نَضِيِّهِ فَلَا يَجِدُ فِيهِ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قُذَذِهِ فَلَا يَجِدُ فِيهِ شَيْئًا سَبَقَ الْفَرْثَ وَالدَّمَ يَخْرُجُونَ عَلَى خَيْرِ فِرْقَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ آيَتُهُمْ رَجُلُ أَدْعَجُ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ مِثْلُ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ أَوْ كَالْبَضْعَةِ تَدَرْدَرُ» قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ «أَشْهَدُ لَسَمِعْتُ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ حِينَ قَاتَلَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى الْقَتْلَى فَأُتِيَ بِهِ عَلَى النَّعْتِ الَّذِي نَعَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ»

     ✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was distributing a portion one day, Dhu al-Khuwaysirah al-Tamimi said, “O Messenger of Allah, be just.” He said: “Woe to you! Who will be just if I am not just?” Umar stood up and said, “O Messenger of Allah, permit me to strike his neck.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “No, for he has companions whose prayer one of you would belittle compared to his prayer, and his fasting compared to his fasting. They pass out of the religion as an arrow passes out of the game, to the point that one of them looks at its arrowhead and finds nothing on it; then he looks at its binding and finds nothing on it; then he looks at its shaft and finds nothing on it; then he looks at its fletching and finds nothing on it; it has gone ahead of the blood and the dung. They will emerge against the best faction of people. Their sign is a man with dark eyes, one of whose hands is like a woman’s breast, or like a piece of flesh that quivers.” Abu Sa‘id said: “I bear witness that I heard this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I bear witness that I was with Ali b. Abi Talib when he fought them. He sent for the slain, and he was brought matching the description that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had described.”

175. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8509No grade recorded

     عَلِيٌّ «كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ أُرِيدَ بِهَا بَاطِلٌ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَفَ نَاسًا إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ صِفَتَهُمْ فِي هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ الْحَقَّ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ لَا يَجُوزُ هَذَا مِنْهُمْ وَأَشَارَ إِلَى حَلْقِهِ مِنْ أَبْغَضِ خَلْقِ اللهِ إِلَيْهِ مِنْهُمْ أَسْوَدُ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ طُبْيُ شَاةٍ أَوْ حَلَمَةُ ثَدْيٍ فَلَمَّا قَاتَلَهُمْ عَلِيٌّ» قَالَ انْظُرُوا فَنَظَرُوا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ «ارْجِعُوا وَاللهِ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ وَجَدُوهُ فِي خَرِبَةٍ فَأَتَوْا بِهِ حَتَّى وَضَعُوهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ» قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ «أَنَا حَاضِرٌ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلُ عَلِيٍّ فِيهِمْ»

     ✧ Ali said: “A word of truth by which falsehood is intended. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ described a people; I recognize their description in these who speak the truth with their tongues, but it does not pass beyond this from them”—and he pointed to his throat—“among the most hateful of God’s creation to Him. Among them is a black man, one of whose hands is like the teat of a ewe or the nipple of a breast.” When Ali fought them, he said, “Look.” They looked and found nothing. He said: “Go back. By God, I have not lied and have not been lied to—two or three times.” Then they found him in a ruin and brought him until they placed him before him. Ubayd Allah said: “I was present at that among their affair, and Ali’s statement about them.”

176. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8510No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ أَحْدَاثُ الْأَسْنَانِ سُفَهَاءُ الْأَحْلَامِ يَقُولُونَ مِنْ خَيْرِ قَوْلِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ إِيمَانُهُمْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُمْ فَاقْتُلْهُمْ فَإِنْ فِي قَتْلِهِمْ أَجْرًا لِمَنْ قَتْلَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—for falling from the sky is dearer to me than lying about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “A people will emerge, young in age, foolish in minds, who say the best words of creation. Their faith does not go beyond their throats. They pass out of the religion as an arrow passes out of the game. If you come upon them, kill them, for in killing them there is reward on the Day of Resurrection for the one who kills them.”

177. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8511No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ قِتَالُهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ» خَالَفَهُ يُوسُفُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ فَأَدْخَلَ بَيْنَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَبَيْنَ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ ثَرْوَانَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “A people will emerge at the end of time who recite the Qur’an, but it does not go beyond their collarbones. They pass out of the religion as an arrow passes out of the game. Fighting them is a duty upon every Muslim.” Yusuf b. Abi Ishaq disagreed with him, inserting Abd al-Rahman b. Tharwan between Abu Ishaq and Suwayd b. Ghafalah.

178. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8512No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ قِتَالُهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ»

     ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “A people will emerge at the end of time who recite the Qur’an, but it does not go beyond their collarbones. They pass out of the religion as an arrow passes out of the game. Fighting them is a duty upon every Muslim.”

179. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8513No grade recorded

     «إِنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حُلُوقَهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ كَمَا يَخْرُجُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ فَسِيمَاهُمْ أَنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا أَسْوَدَ مُخْدَجَ الْيَدِ فِي يَدِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ سُودٌ إِنْ كَانَ هُوَ فَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ شَرَّ النَّاسِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ فَقَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ» فَبَكَيْنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ اطْلُبُوا فَطَلَبْنَا فَوَجَدْنَا الْمُخْدَجَ فَخَرَرْنَا سُجُودًا وَخَرَّ عَلِيٌّ مَعَنَا سَاجِدًا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِكَلِمَةِ الْحَقِّ

     ✧ “A people will emerge who speak the truth, but it does not go beyond their throats. They depart from the truth as an arrow departs from the game. Their mark is that among them is a black man with a deformed arm, on whose arm are black hairs. If it is he, then you have killed the worst of people; and if it is not he, then you have killed the best of people.” We wept. Then he said, “Search.” We searched and found the deformed one, and we fell down in prostration, and Ali fell with us in prostration, except that he said, “They speak with the word of truth.”

180. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8514No grade recorded

     «كُنْتُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ أُصَارِعُ رَجُلًا عَلَى يَدِهِ شَيْءٌ» فَقُلْتُ مَا شَأْنُ يَدِكَ؟ قَالَ «أَكَلَهَا بَعِيرٌ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ النَّهْرَوَانِ وَقَتَلَ عَلِيٌّ الْحَرُورِيَّةَ فَجَزِعَ عَلِيٌّ مِنْ قَتْلِهِمْ حِينَ لَمْ يَجِدْ ذَا الثُّدَيِّ فَطَافَ حَتَّى وَجَدَهُ فِي سَاقِيَةٍ» فَقَالَ «صَدَقَ اللهُ وَبَلَّغَ رَسُولُهُ» وَقَالَ «وَفِي مَنْكِبَيْهِ ثَلَاثُ شَعَرَاتٍ فِي مِثْلِ حَلَمَةِ الثَّدْيِ»

     ✧ “Before that, I used to wrestle a man who had something on his hand.” I said, “What is wrong with your hand?” He said, “A camel ate it.” When it was the day of Nahrawan and Ali killed the Haruriyyah, Ali grieved over killing them when he did not find the one with the breast. He went around until he found him in a water channel. He said: “God has spoken the truth and His Messenger has conveyed,” and he said, “On his shoulder were three hairs like the nipple of a breast.”

181. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8515No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ جَالِسًا إِذْ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُ السَّفَرِ قَالَ وَعَلِيٌّ يُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ وَيُكَلِّمُونَهُ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ «أَتَأْذَنُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمُ؟ فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِ وَشَغَلَهُ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ مَا خَبَرُكَ؟» قَالَ كُنْتُ مُعْتَمِرًا فَلَقِيتُ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ لِي «هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا فِي أَرْضِكُمْ يُسَمُّونَ حَرُورِيَّةً» قُلْتُ خَرَجُوا فِي مَوْضِعٍ يُسَمَّى حَرُورَاءَ فَسُمُّوا بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ «طُوبَى لِمَنْ شَهِدَ هَلَكَتَهُمْ لَوْ شَاءَ ابْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ لَأَخَبَرَكُمْ خَبَرَهُمْ» فَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ خَبَرِهِمْ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ عَلِيٌّ قَالَ «أَيْنَ الْمُسْتَأْذِنُ؟ فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا قَصَّ عَلَيْنَا» قَالَ «إِنِّي دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ» فَقَالَ لِي «كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ وَقَوْمُ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟» قُلْتُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ وَقَالَ ثُمَّ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ «قَوْمٌ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجٌ كَأَنَّ يَدَهُ ثَدْيٌ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِهِمْ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «أُنَاشِدُكُمْ بِاللهِ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّهُ فِيهِمْ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَأَتَيْتُمُونِي فَأَخْبَرْتُمُونِي أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ فَحَلَفْتُ لَكُمْ بِاللهِ أَنَّهُ فِيهِمْ فَأَتَيْتُمُونِي بِهِ تَسْحَبُونَهُ كَمَا نُعِتَ لَكُمْ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ»

     ✧ I was sitting with Ali when a man entered wearing travel clothes. Ali was speaking to the people and they were speaking to him. The man said, "O Commander of the Faithful, will you permit me to speak?" But Ali did not turn to him, and what he was engaged in distracted him. So I sat by the man and asked him, "What is your news?" He said, "I had performed Umrah and I met Aisha. She said to me, 'These people who went out in your land are called Haruriyyah.' I said, 'They went out in a place called Harura, so they were named after that.' She said, 'Blessed is the one who witnesses their destruction. If Ibn Abi Talib wished, he would inform you of their affair.' So I came to ask him about their affair." When Ali finished, he said, "Where is the one who asked permission?" The man narrated to him as he had narrated to us. Ali said, "I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and no one was with him except Aisha, the Mother of the Believers. He said to me, 'How will you be, O Ali, with a people of such and such?' I said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.'" He said, "Then he gestured with his hand and said, 'A people will come out from the east, reciting the Quran, but it will not pass beyond their collarbones. They will pass through the religion as an arrow passes through the game. Among them is a man with a defective arm, as if his hand is a breast. I adjure you by Allah: did I inform you about them?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'I adjure you by Allah: did I inform you that he is among them?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Then you came to me and informed me that he is not among them, so I swore to you by Allah that he is among them. Then you brought him to me, dragging him as described to you?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth.'"

182. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8516No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ النَّهْرَوَانِ لَقِيَ الْخَوَارِجَ فَلَمْ يَبْرَحُوا حَتَّى شَجَرُوا بِالرِّمَاحِ فَقُتِلُوا جَمِيعًا قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «اطْلُبُوا ذَا الثُّدَيَّةِ فَطَلَبُوهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ» فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ «مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ اطْلُبُوهُ فَطَلَبُوهُ فَوَجَدُوهُ فِي وَهْدَةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضٍ عَلَيْهِ نَاسٌ مِنَ الْقَتْلَى فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَى يَدِهِ مِثْلُ سَبْلَاتِ السِّنَّوْرِ فَكَبَّرَ عَلِيٌّ وَالنَّاسُ وَأَعْجَبَهُمْ ذَلِكَ»

     ✧ On the day of Nahrawan, he met the Khawarij, and they did not cease until they thrust with spears, and they were all killed. Ali said, "Look for Dhu al-Thudayyah." They searched for him but did not find him. Ali said, "I have not lied, nor have I been lied to. Search for him." They searched and found him in a depression of the ground under some of the slain. There was a man whose hand had something like the whiskers of a cat. Ali and the people said the takbir, and that amazed them.

183. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8517No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ قَدْ ذُكِرَ لِي خَارِجَةٌ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ وَفِيهِمْ ذُو الثُّدَيَّةِ فَقَاتِلْهُمْ فَقَالَتِ الْحَرُورِيَّةُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ «لَا تُكَلِّمُوهُ فَيَرُدَّكُمْ كَمَا رَدَّكُمْ يَوْمَ حَرُورَاءَ فَشَجَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا بِالرِّمَاحِ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عَلِيٍّ «اقْطَعُوا الْعَوَالِيَ وَالْعَوَالِي الرِّمَاحُ فَدَارُوا وَاسْتَدَارُوا وَقُتِلَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عَلِيٍّ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا أَوْ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا» فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ «الْتَمِسُوا الْمُخْدَجَ وَذَلِكَ فِي يَوْمِ شَاتٍ» فَقَالُوا مَا نَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَكِبَ عَلِيٌّ بَغْلَةَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الشَّهْبَاءَ فَأَتَى وَهْدَةً مِنَ الْأَرْضٍ فَقَالَ «الْتَمِسُوهُ فِي هَؤُلَاءِ فَأُخْرِجَ» فَقَالَ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ فَقَالَ «اعْمَلُوا وَلَا تَتَّكِلُوا لَوْلَا أَنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ تَتَّكِلُوا لَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِمَا قَضَى اللهُ لَكُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِهِ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَلَقَدْ شَهِدَنَا أُنَاسٌ بِالْيَمَنِ» قَالُوا كَيْفَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَ «كَانَ هَوَاهُمْ مَعَنَا»

     ✧ It was mentioned to me that a group would come out from the direction of the east, and among them is Dhu al-Thudayyah. Fight them. The Haruriyyah said to one another, "Do not speak to him, lest he turn you back as he turned you back on the day of Harura." Then they thrust at one another with spears. A man from the companions of Ali said, "Cut off the spearheads—the spearheads are the spears themselves." So they circled and surrounded, and twelve or thirteen men from the companions of Ali were killed. Ali said, "Look for the maimed one," and that was on a cold day. They said, "We cannot find him." So Ali rode the Prophet's ﷺ gray mule, came to a depression in the ground, and said, "Look for him among these." He was brought out. He said, "I have not lied, nor have I been lied to." Then he said, "Act, and do not rely solely. Were it not that I fear you would rely solely, I would inform you of what Allah has decreed for you on the tongue of His Prophet ﷺ. People were present with us in Yemen." They said, "How, O Commander of the Faithful?" He said, "Their hearts were with us."

184. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8518No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي الْجَيْشِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَ عَلِيٍّ الَّذِينَ سَارُوا إِلَى الْخَوَارِجِ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ سَيَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَيْسَ قِرَاءَتُكُمْ إِلَى قِرَاءَتِهِمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا صَلَاتُكُمْ إِلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا صِيَامُكُمْ إِلَى صِيَامِهِمْ شَيْئًا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُ لَهُمْ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَا تُجَاوِزُ صَلَاتُهُمْ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ الْجَيْشَ الَّذِي يُصِيبُونَهُمْ مَا قُضِيَ لَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ لَا تَكِلُوا عَلَى الْعَمَلِ وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا لَهُ عَضُدٌ وَلَيْسَتْ لَهُ ذِرَاعٌ عَلَى رَأْسِ عَضُدِهِ مِثْلُ حَلَمَةِ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَيْهِ شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ قَالَ سَلَمَةُ فَنَزَّلَنِي زَيْدٌ مَنْزِلًا مَنْزِلًا حَتَّى مَرَرْنَا عَلَى قَنْطَرَةٍ عَلَى الْخَوَارِجَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ الرَّاسِبِيُّ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ «أَلْقُوا الرِّمَاحَ وَسُلُّوا سُيُوفَكُمْ مِنْ جُفُونِهَا فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُنَاشِدُوكُمْ» قَالَ «فَسَلُّوا السُّيُوفَ وَأَلْقُوا جُفُونَهَا وَشَجَرَهُمُ النَّاسُ يَعْنِي بِرِمَاحِهِمْ فَقُتِلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ وَمَا أُصِيبُ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلَّا رَجُلَانِ» قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «الْتَمِسُوا فِيهِمُ الْمُخْدَجَ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ فَقَامَ عَلِيٌّ بِنَفْسِهِ حَتَّى أَتَى نَاسًا قَتْلَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ» قَالَ جَرِّدُوهُمْ فَوَجَدُوهُ مِمَّا يَلِي الْأَرْضَ فَكَبَّرَ عَلِيٌّ وَقَالَ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَبَلَّغَ رَسُولُهُ ﷺ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ عُبَيْدَةُ السَّلْمَانِيُّ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ «آللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟» قَالَ «إِي وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَسَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى اسْتَحْلَفَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ لَهُ»

     ✧ He was in the army that was with Ali when they marched against the Khawarij. Ali said, "O people, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'A people will come out from my nation who recite the Quran. Your recitation is nothing compared to theirs, your prayer is nothing compared to theirs, and your fasting is nothing compared to theirs. They recite the Quran, thinking it is for them, but it is against them. Their prayer does not pass beyond their collarbones. They pass through Islam as an arrow passes through the game. If you knew the army that will strike them, what was decreed for them on the tongue of their Prophet ﷺ, you would not rely merely on deeds. The sign of that is that among them is a man who has an upper arm but no forearm, and on the end of his upper arm is something like the nipple of a woman's breast, with white hairs on it.'" Salamah said, "Zayd took me from place to place until we came upon a bridge over the Khawarij, where Abdullah b. Wahb al-Rasibi said to them, 'Throw down your spears and draw your swords from their scabbards, for I fear they will adjure you.'" He said, "They drew their swords and threw down the scabbards, and the people thrust at them with their spears. Some of them were killed on top of others, and only two of our men were wounded that day." Ali said, "Look for the maimed one among them," but they did not find him. Ali himself stood up and went to people who were slain, some on top of others. He said, "Strip them." They found him underneath, near the ground. Ali said the takbir and said, "Allah has spoken the truth and His Messenger ﷺ has conveyed it." Ubaydah al-Salmani stood up to him and said, "O Commander of the Faithful, by Allah, besides whom there is no god, did you hear this hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Yes, by Allah, besides whom there is no god, I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He made him swear three times, and he swore to him.

185. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8519No grade recorded

     أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَأَنْبَأْتُكُمْ مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ»

     ✧ Were it not that you would become arrogant, I would inform you of what Allah has promised those who kill them on the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ. I said, "Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba, yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba, yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba."

186. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8520No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «ابْتَغُوا فِيهِمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ إِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ ذَكَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا مُخْدَجَ الْيَدِ أَوْ مَثْدُونَ الْيَدِ أَوْ مُؤْدَنَ الْيَدِ» فَابْتَغَيْنَاهُ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ فَدَلَلْنَاهُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ قَالَ «اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ» قَالَ «وَاللهِ لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِمَا قَضَى الله عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ لِمَنْ وَلِيَ قَتْلَ هَؤُلَاءِ» قُلْتُ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ ثَلَاثًا»

     ✧ Ali said, "Look for him among them, for if they are the people whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned, then among them is a man with a maimed hand, or a hand like a breast, or a defective hand." We searched for him and found him, and we directed him to it. When he saw him, he said, "Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest." He said, "By Allah, were it not that you would become arrogant—" then he mentioned a word meaning: "—I would tell you what Allah has decreed on the tongue of His Prophet ﷺ for those who took charge of killing these people." I said, "Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "Yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba," three times.

187. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8521No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ أَنَا فَقَأْتُ عَيْنَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَلَوْلَا أَنَا مَا قُوتِلَ أَهْلُ النَّهْرَوَانِ وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ تَتْرُكُوا الْعَمَلَ لَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِالَّذِي قَضَى الله عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيَّكُمْ ﷺ لِمَنْ قَاتَلَهُمْ مُبْصِرًا لِضَلَالَتِهِمْ عَارِفًا بِالْهُدَى الَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ

     ✧ He heard Ali say, "I have gouged out the eye of discord. Were it not for me, the people of Nahrawan would not have been fought. Were it not that I fear you would abandon action, I would inform you of what Allah has decreed on the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ for those who fight them while recognizing their misguidance and knowing the guidance that we are upon."

188. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8522No grade recorded

     «إِنِّي أَخَافُهُمْ عَلَيْكَ» قُلْتُ كَلَّا فَلَبِسْتُ وَتَرَجَّلْتُ وَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي دَارِ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ وَهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ فَقَالُوا «مَرْحَبًا بِكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَمَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟» قُلْتُ لَهُمْ أَتَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ وَمِنْ عِنْدِ ابْنِ عَمِّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَصِهْرِهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ نُزِّلَ الْقُرْآنُ فَهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِتَأْوِيلِهِ مِنْكُمْ وَلَيْسَ فِيكُمْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ لَأُبَلِّغَكُمْ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَأُبَلِّغَهُمْ مَا تَقُولُونَ فَانتَحَى لِي نَفَرٌ مِنْهُمْ قُلْتُ هَاتُوا مَا نَقِمْتُمْ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَابْنِ عَمِّهِ قَالُوا «ثَلَاثٌ» قُلْتُ مَا هُنَّ؟ قَالَ «أَمَّا إِحْدَاهُنَّ فَإِنَّهُ حُكْمُ الرِّجَالِ فِي أَمْرِ اللهِ» وَقَالَ اللهُ {إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ} [الأنعام 57] مَا شَأْنُ الرِّجَالِ وَالْحُكْمِ؟ قُلْتُ هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ قالوا وَأَمَّا الثَّانِيَةُ فَإِنَّهُ قَاتَلَ وَلَمْ يَسْبِ وَلَمْ يَغْنَمْ إِنْ كَانُوا كُفَّارًا لَقَدْ حَلَّ سِبَاهُمْ وَلَئِنْ كَانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ مَا حَلَّ سِبَاهُمْ وَلَا قِتَالُهُمْ قُلْتُ هَذِهِ ثِنْتَانِ فَمَا الثَّالِثَةُ؟ وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا قَالُوا مَحَى نَفْسَهُ مِنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْكَافِرِينَ قُلْتُ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ شَيْءٌ غَيْرُ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا «حَسْبُنَا هَذَا» قُلْتُ لَهُمْ أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ إِنْ قَرَأْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ مَا يَرُدُّ قَوْلَكُمْ أَتَرْجِعُونَ؟ قَالُوا «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ أَمَّا قَوْلُكُمْ «حُكْمُ الرِّجَالِ فِي أَمْرِ اللهِ فَإِنِّي أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ أَنْ قَدْ صَيَّرَ اللهُ حُكْمَهُ إِلَى الرِّجَالِ فِي ثَمَنِ رُبْعِ دِرْهَمٍ [481] فَأَمَرَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ يَحْكُمُوا فِيهِ» أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّيْدَ وَأَنْتُمْ حُرُمٌ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهُ مِنْكُمْ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاءٌ مِثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِهِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ} [المائدة 95] وَكَانَ مِنْ حُكْمِ اللهِ أَنَّهُ صَيَّرَهُ إِلَى الرِّجَالِ يَحْكُمُونَ فِيهِ وَلَوْ شَاءَ لحكم فِيهِ فَجَازَ مِنْ حُكْمِ الرِّجَالِ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ أَحُكْمُ الرِّجَالِ فِي صَلَاحِ ذَاتِ الْبَيِّنِ وَحَقْنِ دِمَائِهِمْ أَفْضَلُ أَوْ فِي أَرْنَبٍ؟ قَالُوا بَلَى هَذَا أَفْضَلُ وَفِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَزَوْجِهَا {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَابْعَثُوا حَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَحَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا} [النساء 35] فَنَشَدْتُكُمْ بِاللهِ حُكْمَ الرِّجَالِ فِي صَلَاحِ ذَاتِ بَيْنِهِمْ وَحَقْنِ دِمَائِهِمْ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ حُكْمِهِمْ فِي بُضْعِ امْرَأَةٍ؟ خَرَجْتُ مِنْ هَذِهِ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قُلْتُ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكُمْ قَاتَلَ وَلَمْ يَسْبِ وَلَمْ يَغْنَمْ أَفَتَسْبُونَ أُمَّكُمْ عَائِشَةَ تَسْتَحِلُّونَ مِنْهَا مَا تَسْتَحِلُّونَ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا وَهِيَ أُمُّكُمْ؟ فَإِنْ قُلْتُمْ إِنَّا نَسْتَحِلُّ مِنْهَا مَا نَسْتَحِلُّ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا فَقَدْ كَفَرْتُمْ وَإِنْ قُلْتُمْ لَيْسَتْ بِأُمِّنَا فَقَدْ كَفَرْتُمْ {النَّبِيُّ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ} [الأحزاب 6] فَأَنْتُمْ بَيْنَ ضَلَالَتَيْنِ فَأْتُوا مِنْهَا بِمَخْرَجٍ أَفَخَرَجْتُ مِنْ هَذِهِ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ وَأَمَّا مَحْيُ نَفْسِهِ مِنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَأَنَا آتِيكُمْ بِمَا تَرْضَوْنَ إن نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ صَالَحَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «اكْتُبْ يَا عَلِيُّ هَذَا مَا صَالَحَ عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ» قَالُوا لَوْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ مَا قَاتَلْنَاكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «امْحُ يَا عَلِيُّ اللهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ امْحُ يَا عَلِيُّ وَاكْتُبْ هَذَا مَا صَالَحَ عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ» وَاللهِ لَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ وَقَدْ مَحَى نَفْسَهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَحْوُهُ نَفْسَهُ ذَلِكَ مَحَاهُ مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ أَخْرَجْتُ مِنْ هَذِهِ؟ قَالُوا «نَعَمْ فَرَجَعَ مِنْهُمْ أَلْفَانِ وَخَرَجَ سَائِرُهُمْ فَقُتِلُوا عَلَى ضَلَالَتِهِمْ فَقَتَلَهُمُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ»

     ✧ "I fear them for you." I said, "Not at all." So I put on my clothes and combed my hair, and entered upon them at midday while they were eating. They said, "Welcome, O Ibn Abbas! What brings you?" I said, "I have come to you from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, the Muhajirun and the Ansar, and from the cousin of the Prophet ﷺ and his son-in-law. To them the Quran was revealed, so they know its interpretation better than you, and there is none of them among you. I will convey to you what they say, and I will convey to them what you say." A group of them came toward me. I said, "Bring forth what you hold against the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his cousin." They said, "Three things." I said, "What are they?" They said, "One of them is that he allowed men to judge in the matter of Allah, while Allah says: 'Judgment belongs only to Allah' [Quran 6:57]. What do men have to do with judgment?" I said, "That is one." They said, "The second is that he fought but did not take captives or spoils. If they were disbelievers, their captives would have been lawful; and if they were believers, neither their captives nor fighting them would have been lawful." I said, "That is two. What is the third?" And he mentioned a word meaning: They said, "He erased his own name from the title 'Commander of the Faithful.' If he is not the Commander of the Faithful, then he is the commander of the disbelievers." I said, "Do you have anything other than this?" They said, "This is enough for us." I said to them, "If I recite to you from the Book of Allah, glorified be His praise, and the Sunnah of His Prophet what refutes your statement, will you return?" They said, "Yes." I said, "As for your statement about men judging in the matter of Allah, I recite to you from the Book of Allah that He has delegated His judgment to men in the matter of a quarter of a dirham. Allah, Blessed and Exalted, commanded that they judge concerning it. Do you not see the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted: 'O you who believe, do not kill game while you are in a state of ihram. Whoever of you kills it intentionally, the penalty is an equivalent from livestock, as judged by two just men among you' [Quran 5:95]? It was part of Allah's judgment that He delegated it to men to judge. Had He willed, He could have judged it Himself, and that would have been permissible from the judgment of men. I adjure you by Allah: is the judgment of men in reconciling people and sparing their blood better, or in the matter of a rabbit?" They said, "Indeed, this is better." And concerning a woman and her husband: 'If you fear a breach between them, appoint an arbiter from his family and an arbiter from her family' [Quran 4:35]. I adjure you by Allah: is the judgment of men in reconciling between them and sparing their blood better than their judgment in the matter of a woman's private part? Have I refuted this?" They said, "Yes." I said, "As for your statement that he fought but did not take captives or spoils, would you take your mother Aisha captive and deem lawful from her what you deem lawful from others, when she is your mother? If you say, 'We deem lawful from her what we deem lawful from others,' you have disbelieved. And if you say, 'She is not our mother,' you have disbelieved: 'The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers' [Quran 33:6]. You are between two errors. So bring a way out of this. Have I refuted this?" They said, "Yes." "As for erasing his own name from 'Commander of the Faithful,' I will bring you what will satisfy you. On the day of Hudaybiyyah, the Prophet of Allah ﷺ made peace with the polytheists and said to Ali, 'Write, O Ali: This is what Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, has agreed upon.' They said, 'If we knew you were the Messenger of Allah, we would not have fought you.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Erase it, O Ali. O Allah, You know that I am the Messenger of Allah. Erase it, O Ali, and write: This is what Muhammad b. Abdullah has agreed upon.' By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is better than Ali, and he erased his own name, and that erasure did not remove him from prophethood. Have I refuted this?" They said, "Yes." Then two thousand of them returned, and the rest went out and were killed upon their misguidance. The Muhajirun and the Ansar killed them.

189. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8523No grade recorded

     إِنِّي كُنْتُ كَاتِبَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فَكَتَبَ هَذَا مَا صَالَحَ عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ وَسُهَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَقَالَ سُهَيْلٌ «لَوْ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ مَا قَاتَلْنَاهُ امْحُهَا» فَقُلْتُ «هُوَ وَاللهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ وَإِنْ رَغِمَ أَنْفُكَ لَا وَاللهِ لَا أَمْحُهَا» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَرِنِي مَكَانَهَا فَأَرَيْتُهُ فَمَحَاهَا» وَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّ لَكَ مِثْلَهَا سَتَأْتِيهَا وَأَنْتَ مُضْطَرٌّ»

     ✧ I was the scribe of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Hudaybiyyah. He wrote: 'This is what Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, and Suhayl b. Amr have agreed upon.' Suhayl said, 'If we knew that he is the Messenger of Allah, we would not have fought him. Erase it.' I said, 'He is, by Allah, the Messenger of Allah, even if your nose is rubbed in the dust. No, by Allah, I will not erase it.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Show me its place.' I showed him, and he erased it. He said, 'Indeed, you will have something similar to this come to you, and you will be compelled.'

190. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8524No grade recorded

     لَمَّا صَالَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَهْلَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ «أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ كَتَبَ عَلِيٌّ كِتَابًا بَيْنَهُمْ» قَالَ فَكَتَبَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ فَقَالَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ «لَا تَكْتُبْ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ لَوْ كُنْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ لَمْ نُقَاتِلْكَ» قَالَ «عَلِيٌّ امْحُهُ» قَالَ «مَا أَنَا بِالَّذِي أَمْحَاهُ فَمَحَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ فَصَالَحَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ يَدْخُلَ هُوَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَا يَدْخُلُهَا إِلَّا بِجُلُبَّانِ السِّلَاحِ» فَسَأَلْتُهُ قَالَ ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ «فَسَأَلُوهُ مَا جُلُبَّانُ السِّلَاحِ؟» قَالَ «الْقِرَابُ بِمَا فِيهِ»

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made peace with the people of Hudaybiyyah—and Ibn Bashshar said, 'the people of Makkah'—Ali wrote a document between them. He wrote: 'Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah.' The polytheists said, 'Do not write "Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah." If you were the Messenger of Allah, we would not have fought you.' He said, 'Ali, erase it.' Ali said, 'I am not one to erase it.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ erased it with his own hand. He made peace with them on condition that he and his companions would enter for three days, and they would enter only with the sheaths of weapons. I asked him—Ibn Bashshar said: 'They asked him, "What is the sheath of weapons?"' He said, 'The scabbard with what is in it.'

191. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8525No grade recorded

     اعْتَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ فَأَبَى أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ أَنْ يَدَعُوهُ يَدْخُلُ مَكَّةَ حَتَّى قَاضَاهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ يُقِيمَ فِيهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَلَمَّا كَتَبُوا الْكِتَابَ كَتَبُوا هَذَا مَا قَاضَى عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالُوا لَا نُقِرُّ بِهَا لَوْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ مَا مَنَعْنَاكَ بَيْتَهُ وَلَكِنْ أَنْتَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ أَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ وَأنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «امْحُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ» قَالَ «وَاللهِ لَا أَمْحُوكَ أَبَدًا فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْكِتَابَ وَلَيْسَ يُحْسِنُ يَكْتُبُ فَكَتَبَ مَكَانَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مُحَمَّدًا فَكَتَبَ هَذَا مَا قَاضَى عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ لَا يَدْخُلُ مَكَّةَ سِلَاحٌ إِلَّا السَّيْفَ فِي الْقِرَابِ وَأَنْ لَا يَخْرُجَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا بِأَحَدٍ إِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُتْبِعَهُ وَأَنْ لَا يَمْنَعَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُقِيمَ» فَلَمَّا دَخَلَهَا وَمَضَى الْأَجَلُ أَتَوْا عَلِيًّا فَقَالُوا قُلْ لِصَاحِبِكَ فَلْيَخْرُجْ عَنَّا فَقَدْ مَضَى الْأَجَلُ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَبِعَتْهُ ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ تُنَادِي يَا عَمُّ يَا عَمُّ فَتَنَاوَلَهَا عَلِيٌّ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهَا فَقَالَ لِفَاطِمَةَ «دُونَكِ ابْنَةَ عَمِّكِ فَحَمَلَتْهَا فَاخْتَصَمَ فِيهَا عَلِيٌّ وَزِيدٌ وَجَعْفَرٌ» فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ «أَنَا آخُذُهَا وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمِّي» وَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ «ابْنَةُ عَمِّي وَخَالَتُهَا تَحْتِي» وَقَالَ زَيْدٌ «ابْنَةُ أَخِي فَقَضَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِخَالَتِهَا» وَقَالَ «الْخَالَةُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُمِّ» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ» وَقَالَ لِجَعْفَرٍ «أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِزَيْدٍ «أَنْتَ أَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا» فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ «أَلَا تَتَزَوَّجُ ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ؟» فَقَالَ «إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ» خَالَفَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ فَرَوَى آخَرُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هَانِئٍ وَهُبَيْرَةَ بْنِ يَرِيمَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed Umrah in Dhul-Qa'dah. The people of Makkah refused to let him enter Makkah until he made a treaty with them to stay there for three days. When they wrote the document, they wrote: 'This is what Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, has agreed upon.' They said, 'We do not acknowledge this. If we knew you were the Messenger of Allah, we would not have prevented you from His House. But you are Muhammad b. Abdullah.' He said, 'I am the Messenger of Allah, and I am Muhammad b. Abdullah.' He said to Ali, 'Erase "Messenger of Allah."' Ali said, 'By Allah, I will never erase you.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took the document, and he was not skilled in writing, and he wrote in place of 'Messenger of Allah' 'Muhammad.' So he wrote: 'This is what Muhammad b. Abdullah has agreed upon: no weapon shall enter Makkah except a sword in its scabbard, and he shall not take anyone from its people if he wishes to follow him, and he shall not prevent any of his companions from staying if he wishes to remain.' When he entered and the term expired, they came to Ali and said, 'Tell your companion to leave us, for the term has expired.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left, and the daughter of Hamzah followed him, calling, 'O uncle, O uncle!' Ali took hold of her hand and said to Fatimah, 'Take your cousin's daughter.' So she carried her. Ali, Zayd, and Ja'far disputed over her. Ali said, 'I will take her, for she is my cousin's daughter.' Ja'far said, 'She is my cousin's daughter, and her maternal aunt is my wife.' Zayd said, 'She is my brother's daughter.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in favor of her maternal aunt and said, 'The maternal aunt is in the position of the mother.' Then he said to Ali, 'You are from me and I am from you.' He said to Ja'far, 'You resemble me in appearance and character.' Then he said to Zayd, 'You are our brother and our freedman.' Ali said, 'Will you not marry the daughter of Hamzah?' He said, 'She is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.' Yahya b. Adam disagreed, and another narrated the end of this hadith from Isra'il, from Abu Ishaq, from Hani' and Hubayrah b. Yarim, from Ali.

192. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8526No grade recorded

     عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُمُ اخْتَصَمُوا فِي ابْنَةِ حَمْزَةَ فَقَضَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِخَالَتِهَا وَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْخَالَةَ أُمٌّ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا تَزَوَّجُهَا؟ قَالَ «إِنَّهَا لَا تَحِلُّ لِي إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ» وَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ» وَقَالَ لِزَيْدٍ «أَنْتَ أَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا» وَقَالَ لِجَعْفَرٍ «أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي»

     ✧ From Ali, that they disputed over the daughter of Hamzah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in favor of her maternal aunt and said, 'The maternal aunt is a mother.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, will you not marry her?' He said, 'She is not lawful for me; she is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.' He said to Ali, 'You are from me and I am from you.' He said to Zayd, 'You are our brother and our freedman.' He said to Ja'far, 'You resemble me in appearance and character.'