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‏فضائل الصحابة‏ (The Virtues of the Companions)
CHAPTER: THE MERITS OF 'ALI B. ABI TALIB (ALLAAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)  

No. 5913

Amir b Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas reporte (l on the authority of his father that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) addressing 'All said: You are in the same position with relation to me as Aaron- (Harun) was in relation to Moses but with (this explicit difference) that there is no prophet after me. Sa'd said: I had an earnest desire to hear it directly from Sa'd, so I met him and narrated to him what (his son) Amir had narrated to me, whereupon he said: Yes, I did hear it. I said: Did you hear it yourself? Thereupon he placed his fingers upon his ears and said: Yes, and if not, let both my ears become deaf.

No. 5914

Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) left 'Ali b. Abi Talib behind him (as he proceeded) to the expedition of Tabuk, whereupon he ('Ali) said: Allaah's Messenger, are you leaving me behind amongst women 4nd children? Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: Aren't you satisfied with being unto me what Aaron was unto Moses but with this exception that there would be no prophet after me.

No. 5915

This hadith has been narrated. on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters. Amir b. Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas reported on the authority of his father that Muawiya b. Abi Sufyin appointed Sa'd as the Governor and said: What prevents you from abusing Abu Turab (Hadrat 'Ali), whereupon be said: It is because of three things which I remember Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) having said about him that I would not abuse him and even if I find one of those three things for me, it would be more dear to me than the red camelg. I heard Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) say about 'Ali as he left behind hrin in one of his campaigns (that was Tabuk). 'All said to him: Allaah's Messenger, you leave me behind along with women and children. Thereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said to him: Aren't you satisfied with being unto me what Aaron was unto Moses but with this exception that there is no prophethood after me. And I (also) heard him say on the Day of Khaibar: I would certainly give this standard to a person who loves Allaah and his Messenger and Allaah and his Messenger love him too. He (the narrator) said: We have been anxiously waiting for it, when he (the Prophet) said: Call 'Ali. He was called and his eyes were inflamed. He applied saliva to his eyes and handed over the standard to him, and Allaah gave him victory. (The third occasion is this) when the (following) verse was revealed:" Let us summon our children and your children." Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) called 'Ali, Fitima, Hasan and Husain and said: O Allaah, they are my family.

No. 5916

Sa'd reported Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying to 'Ali: Aren't you satisfied with being unto me what Aaron was unto Moses?

No. 5917

Suhail reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said on the Day of Khaibar: I shall certainly give this standard in the hand of one who loves Allaah and his Messenger and Allaah will grant victory at his hand. Umar b. Khattab said: Never did I cherish for leadership but on that day. I came before him with the hope that I may be called for this, but Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) called 'Ali b. Abu Talib and he conferred (this honour) upon him and said: Proceed on and do not look about until Allaah grants you victory, and 'Ali went a bit and then halted and did not look about and then said in a loud voice: Allaah's Messenger, on what issue should I fight with the people? Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: Fight with them until they bear testimony to the fact that there is none worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah and Muhammad is his Messenger, and when they do that then their blood and their riches are inviolable from your hands but what is justified by law and their reckoning is with Allaah.

No. 5918

Sahl b. Sa'd reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said on the Day of Khaibar: I would certainly give this standard to a person at whose hand Allaah would grant victory and who loves Allaah and His Messenger and Allaah and His Messenger love him also. The people spent the night thinking as to whom it would be given. When it was morning the people hastened to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) all of them hoping that that would be given to him. He (the Prophet) said: Where is 'Ali b. Abu Talib? They said: Allaah's Messenger, his eyes are sore. He then sent for him and he was brought and Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) applied saliva to his eyes and invoked blessings and he was all right, as if he had no ailment at all, and coraferred upon him the standard. 'Ali said: Allaah's Messenger, I will fight them until they are like us. Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: Advance cautiously until you reach their open places, thereafter invite them to Islam and inform them what is obligatory for them from the rights of Allaah, for, by Allaah, if Allaah guides aright even one person through you that is better for you than to possess the most valuable of the camels.

No. 5919

Salama b. Akwa' reported that it was 'Ali whom Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) left behind him (in the charge of his family and the Islamic State) on the occasion of the campaign of Khaibar, and his eyes were inflamed and he said: Is it for me to remain behind Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam)? So he went forth and rejoined Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and on the evening of that night (after which) next morning Allaah granted victory. Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: I will certainly give this standard to a man whom Allaah and His Messenger love. or he said: Who loves Allaah or His Messenger and Allaah will grant him victory through him, and, lo, we saw 'Ali whom we least expected (to be present on that occasion). They (the Companions) said: Here is 'Ali. Thereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) gave him the standard. Allaah granted victory at his hand.

No. 5920

Yazid b. Hayyan reported, I went along with Husain b. Sabra and 'Umar b. Muslim to Zaid b. Arqam and, as we sat by his side, Husain said to him: Zaid. you have been able to acquire a great virtue that you saw Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) listened to his talk, fought by his side in (different) battles, offered prayer behind me. Zaid, you have in fact earned a great virtue. Zaid, narrate to us what you heard from Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). He said: I have grown old and have almost spent my age and I have forgotten some of the things which I remembered in connection with Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), so accept whatever I narrate to you, and which I do not narrate do not compel me to do that. He then said: One day Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) stood up to deliver sermon at a watering place known as Khumm situated between Mecca and Medina. He praised Allaah, extolled Him and delivered the sermon and. exhorted (us) and said: Now to our purpose. O people, I am a human being. I am about to receive a messenger (the angel of death) from my Lord and I, in response to Allaah's call, (would bid good-bye to you), but I am leaving among you two weighty things: the one being the Book of Allaah in which there is right guidance and light, so hold fast to the Book of Allaah and adhere to it. He exhorted (us) (to hold fast) to the Book of Allaah and then said: The second are the members of my household I remind you (of your duties) to the members of my family. He (Husain) said to Zaid: Who are the members of his household? Aren't his wives the members of his family? Thereupon he said: His wives are the members of his family (but here) the members of his family are those for whom acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. And he said: Who are they? Thereupon he said: 'Ali and the offspring of 'Ali, 'Aqil and the offspring of 'Aqil and the offspring of Ja'far and the offspring of 'Abbas. Husain said: These are those for whom the acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. Zaid said: Yes.

No. 5921

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Arqam through another chain of transmitters.

No. 5922

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Hayyan but with this addition:" The Book of Allaah contains right guidance, the light, and whoever adheres to it and holds it fast, he is upon right guidance and whosoever deviates from it goes astray.

No. 5923

Yazid b. Hayyan reported: We went to him (Zaid b. Arqam) and said to him. You have found goodness (for you had the honour) to live in the company of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and offered prayer behind him, and the rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation of wording that lie said: Behold, for I am leaving amongst you two weighty things, one of which is the Book of Allaah, the Exalted and Glorious, and that is the rope of Allaah. He who holds it fast would be on right guidance and he who abandons it would be in error, and in this (hadith) these words are also found: We said: Who are amongst the members of the household? Aren't the wives (of the Prophet) included amongst the members of his house hold? Thereupon he said: No, by Allaah, a woman lives with a man (as his wife) for a certain period; he then divorces her and she goes back to her parents and to her people; the members of his household include his ownself and his kith and kin (who are related to him by blood) and for him the acceptance of Zakat is prohibited.

No. 5924

Sahl b. Sa'd reported that a person from the offspring of Marwan was appointed as the governor of Medina. He called Sahl b. Sa'd and ordered him to abuse All Sahl refused to do that. He (the governor) said to him: If you do not agree to it (at least) say: May Allaah curse Abu Turab. Sahl said: There was no name dearer to All than Abu Turab (for it was given to him by the Prophet himself) and he felt delighted when he was called by this name. He (the governor) said to him: Narrate to us the story of his being nanied as Abu Turab. He said: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) came to the house of Fatima and he did not find 'Ali in the house; whereupon he said: Where is your uncle's son? She said: (There cropped up something) between me and him which had annoyed him with me. He went out and did not rest here. Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said to a person to find out where he was. He came and said: Allaah's Messenger, he is sleeping in the mosque. Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) came to him and found him lying in the mosque and saw that his mantle had slipped from his back and his back was covered with dust and Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) began to wipe it away from him (from the body of Hadrat 'Ali) saying: Get up, covered with dust; get up, covered with dust.




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