Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2547b

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"At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Jarir both said: Isma'il ibn Musa as-Suddi related to us, Muhammad ibn 'Umar ar-Rumi informed us, from Shurayk, from Salamah ibn Kuhayl, from Suwayd ibn Ghaflah, from as-Sunabihi, from 'Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I am the house of wisdom, and 'Ali is its door.' [Hall] At-Tirmidhi said: This is a gharib hadith. In one copy it is munkar. Some narrated this hadith from Shurayk without mentioning as-Sunabihi. This hadith is not known from any trustworthy narrator other than Shurayk. There is also a narration on this from Ibn 'Abbas. End. Ibn Jarir said: In my view this report is sound in its chain, though by the standard of the others it may be considered weak and unsound for two reasons. The first is that it is a report not known to have any route from 'Ali from the Prophet ﷺ except this one. The second is that Salamah ibn Kuhayl, in their view, is one whose narration cannot be used as evidence. Yet another has agreed with 'Ali in narrating this report from the Prophet ﷺ: Muhammad ibn Isma'il ad-Darari related to me, 'Abd as-Salam ibn Salih al-Harawi related to us, who said: Abu Mu'awiyah related to us, from al-A'mash, from Mujahid, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I am the city of knowledge, and 'Ali is its gate; whoever wishes to enter the city, let him come through its gate.' Ibrahim ibn Musa ar-Razi, not al-Farra', related to me, saying: Abu Mu'awiyah related to us with a similar chain. Abu Ja'far said: I do not know this shaykh, and I have heard nothing from him except this hadith. End of Ibn Jarir's words. Ibn al-Jawzi included the hadith of 'Ali and Ibn 'Abbas in al-Mawdu'at. Al-Hakim narrated the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas and said: its chain is sound. Al-Khatib narrated in his history from Yahya ibn Ma'in that he was asked about the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas and said: it is sound. 'Ad said regarding the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas that it is fabricated. The hafiz Salah ad-Din al-'Ala'i said: adh-Dhahabi in al-Mizan and others also declared it baseless, yet they gave no damaging defect apart from the claim of fabrication, merely to push back the matter. The hafiz Ibn Hajar said in his Lisan: this hadith has many routes in al-Mustadrak of al-Hakim, and at the very least it has a basis, so it should not be stated flatly that it is fabricated. He also said in Fatwa: al-Hakim narrated this hadith in al-Mustadrak and said it is sound, but Ibn al-Jawzi disagreed and included it in al-Mawdu'at, saying it is a lie. The correct view is different from both of their positions, and that the hadith belongs to the category of the hasan."

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