Sunan Ibn Majah 121
The Virtue of ʿAli b. Abi Talib (ra)
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَابِطٍ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ
قَدِمَ مُعَاوِيَةُ فِي بَعْضِ حَجَّاتِهِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ سَعْدٌ فَذَكَرُوا عَلِيًّا فَنَالَ مِنْهُ فَغَضِبَ سَعْدٌ وَقَالَ تَقُولُ هَذَا لِرَجُلٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلاَهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلاَهُ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ لاَ نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ الْيَوْمَ رَجُلاً يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAlī b. Muḥammad
- Abū Muʿāwiyah
- Mūsá b. Muslim
- Ibn Sābiṭ / ʿAbd al-Raḥman
- Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ
"Muʿawiyah came on one of his pilgrimages and Saʿd entered upon him. They mentioned ʿAli, and Muʿawiyah criticized him. Saʿd became angry and said: 'Are you saying this of a man of whom I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "If I am a person's close friend, ʿAli is also his close friend." And I heard him say: "You are to me like Harun was to Musa, except that there will be no Prophet after me." And I heard him say: "I will give the banner today to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger."
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | SoundAnother source records this grader as “Daif” (fawazahmed0). | hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
Other narrations of this report
Sahih Muslim 1807aSahih Muslim 1807bal-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 12627al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 16714Musnad al-Bazzar 1139al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8477
Narrators
- One of the Ten (promised Paradise), and the first to shoot an arrow in the path of Godd. 50 AH or 51 AH or 54 AH, also said: 56 AH, also said: 57 AH, also said: 58 AH. And the second is better knownسَعْد بْن أَبِي وَقَّاصأحد العشرة ، وأول من رمى بسهم في سبيل اللهعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), frequently narrates mursald. 118 AHابْنِ سَابِطٍ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِثقة ، كثير الإرسالعن
- no harm in him (lā baʾs bih)d. between 141 and 150 AHمُوسَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍلا بأس بهحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), the best memorizer of people for the hadith of al-Aʿmash, though he may err in the hadith of othersd. 194 AH, or 195 AHأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَثقة ، أحفظ الناس لحديث الأعمش ، وقد يهم في حديث غيرهحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 233 AH, or shortly before or shortly after it, also said: 235 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍثقة عابدحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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Commentaries
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd
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