The Ghadir Declaration : by Dr Tahirul Qaderi (Part 2)

1st part :

http://www.minhajbooks.com/english/btext/cid/17/bid/248/btid/759/read/txt/Hadith-01-to-10-The-Ghadir-Declaration.html

2nd part :

http://www.minhajbooks.com/english/btext/cid/17/bid/248/btid/760/read/txt/Hadith-11-to-20-The-Ghadir-Declaration.html

3rd part :

http://www.minhajbooks.com/english/btext/cid/17/bid/248/btid/761/read/txt/Hadith-21-to-30-The-Ghadir-Declaration.html

4rth part :

http://www.minhajbooks.com/english/btext/cid/17/bid/248/btid/762/read/txt/Hadith-31-to-40-The-Ghadir-Declaration.html

5th part :

http://www.minhajbooks.com/english/btext/cid/17/bid/248/btid/763/read/txt/Hadith-41-to-51-The-Ghadir-Declaration.html

HadīthNo. 11

أخرج سفيان بن عيينة... عن سعد بن أبي وقاص رضي الله عنه (في مناقب علي رضي الله عنه)،  إن له لمناقب أربع: لأن يكون لي واحدة منهن أحب إلي من كذا وكذا،  ذكر حمر النعم.

قوله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: لأعطين الراية. وقوله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: بمنزلة هارون بن موسى. وقوله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: من كنت مولاه،  ونسي سفيان الرابعة.

“Sufyān bin ‘Uyaynah (in praise of ‘Alī (RA)) relates it from Sa‘d bin Abī Waqās (RA) that of the four qualities of ‘Alī (RA) if I possessed anyone of them, I would have held it dearer than such and such, even the red camels. (The four qualities were as follows:) (first quality) he was blessed with the flag (on the occasion of the battle of Khaybar; (second quality is) the Prophet’s saying about him (that they are related) as Hārūn and Mūsā (were related); (third quality is) the Prophet’s saying about him that one who has me as his master (has ‘Alī as his master). (The sub-narrator) Sufyān bin ‘Uyaynah did not remember the fourth quality.”[11]


Hadīth No. 12
عن عبد الرحمن بن سابط (في مناقب علي رضي الله عنه)،  قال: قال سعد رضي الله عنه: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول في علي رضي الله عنه ثلاث خصال،  لأن يكون لي واحدة منهن أحب إلي من الدنيا وما فيها،  سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: من كنت مولاه،  وأنت مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى،  ولأعطين الراية.

“‘Abd-ur-Rahmān bin Sābit (in praise of ‘Alī (RA)) relates that Sa‘d (RA) said: I heard Allāh’s Messenger (SAW) describe three of ‘Alī’s qualities that if I am blessed with anyone of them I would hold it dearer than the world and its contents. I heard Allāh’s Messenger (SAW) say: One who has me as his master (has ‘Alī as his master), and you are in my place as Hārūn was in place of Mūsā, and I shall bestow the flag on him (who is a friend of Allāh (SWT) and His Messenger (SAW), and Allāh (SWT) and His Messenger (SAW) are his friends).”[12]

Hadīth No. 13
عن رفاعة بن إياس الضبي،  عن أبيه،  عن جده،  قال: كنا مع علي رضي الله عنه يوم الجمل،  فبعث إلى طلحة بن عبيد الله أن القني،  فأتاه طلحة رضي الله عنه،  فقال: نشدتك الله! هل سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه،  اللهم! وال من ولاه،  وعاد من عاداه؟ قال: نعم. قال: فلم تقاتلني؟ قال: لم أذكر. قال: فانصرف طلحة رضي الله عنه.

“Rifā‘ah bin Iyās ad-Dabbī relates on the authority of his father who relates it on the authority of his grandfather. He said: We were with ‘Alī (RA) on the day of the Battle of Jamal. He sent a message for Talhah bin ‘Ubaydullāh (RA) who called on him. He said: I make you swear by Allāh! Have you heard from the Messenger of Allāh (SAW): One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master. O Allāh! Befriend him who befriends him and be his enemy who is his enemy. Talhah (RA) said: Yes. ‘Alī (RA) said: Then why do you battle with me? Talhah (RA) said: I did not remember it. The narrator said: (After this) Talhah (RA) went back.”[13]
HadīthNo. 14

عن بريدة،  قال: غزوتُ مع علي رضي الله عنه اليمن،  فرأيت منه جفوة،  فلما قدمتُ على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم،  ذكرت عليا،  فتنقصته،  فرأيت وجه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يتغير،  فقال: يا بريدة! ألست أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم؟ قلت: بلى،  يا رسول الله! قال: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه.

“It is narrated by Buraydah (RA): I took part in the Battle of Yemen with ‘Alī (RA) and I had a complaint against him. When I went to see the Prophet ((SAW) returning from war), I mentioned ‘Alī in rather improper words. I saw that the Prophet’s face had flushed, and he said: O Buraydah! Am I not nearer than the lives of the believers? I said: why not, O Messenger of Allāh! At this, he said: One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master.”[14]

Hadīth No. 15
عن ميمون أبي عبد الله،  قال: قال زيد بن أرقم رضي الله عنه وأنا أسمع: نزلنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم بواد يقال له وادي خم،  فأمر بالصلاة،  فصلاها بهجير. قال: فخطبنا وظلل لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم بثوب على شجرة سمرة من الشمس،  فقال: ألستم تعلمون أو لستم تشهدون أنى أولى بكل مؤمن من نفسه؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: فمن كنت مولاه فإن عليا مولاه،  اللهم! عاد من عاداه،  ووال من والاه.

“Maymūn Abū ‘Abdullāh describes that he heard Zayd bin Arqam (RA) say: We came down to a valley, named the valley of Khum, with the Messenger of Allāh (SAW). So he commanded the people to gather for the prayer and led the congregation in terrible heat. Then he delivered the sermon, and a shade was improvised by hanging a piece of cloth from the tree to protect the Messenger of Allāh (SAW) from the heat of the sun. He said: Don’t you know or bear witness (to it) that I am nearer than the life of every believer? The people said: why not! He said: so one who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master. O Allāh! Be you his enemy who is his (‘Alī’s) enemy and be you his friend who befriends him.”[15]

Hadith 16


عن عطية العوفي،  قال: سألت زيد بن أرقم رضي الله عنه،  فقلت له: أن ختنا لي حدثني عنك بحديث في شأن علي رضي الله عنه يوم غدير خم،  فانا أحب أن أسمعه منك،  فقال: إنكم معشر أهل العراق فيكم ما فيكم،  فقلت له: ليس عليك منى بأس،  فقال: نعم،  كنا بالجحفة،  فخرج رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم إلينا ظهرا وهو آخذ بعضد علي رضي الله عنه،  فقال: يا أيها الناس! ألستم تعلمون أنى أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: فمن كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه. قال: فقلت له: هل قال: اللهم! وال من والاه،  وعاد من عاداه؟ قال: إنما أخبرك كما سمعت.

“It is narrated by ‘Atiyyah al-‘Awfī. He says: I asked Zayd bin Arqam (RA): I have a son-in-law who relates a hadīth in praise of ‘Alī (RA) based on your narration on the day of Ghadīr Khum. I want to hear it (directly) from you. Zayd bin Arqam (RA) said: you are a native of Iraq. May you persist in your habits! So I said: you will not receive any torture from me. (At this) he said: we were at the spot of Juhfah that at the time of zuhr (noon prayer) the Prophet (SAW), holding ‘Alī’s hand, came out. He said: O people! Don’t you know that I am even nearer than the lives of the believers? They said: why not! Then he said: one who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master. ‘Atiyyah said: I inquired further: Did he also say this: O Allāh! Be his friend who befriends him (‘Alī) and be his enemy who is his enemy? Zayd ibn Arqam said: I have told you all that I had heard.”[16]





Hadīth No. 17
عن جابر بن عبد الله رضي الله عنهما،  قال: كنا بالجحفة بغدير خم،  إذا خرج علينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم،  فأخذ بيد علي رضي الله عنه،  فقال: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه.

“It is narrated by Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh رضي الله عنهما)) that when we were at Ghadīr Khum in Juhfah, the Messenger of Allāh (SAW) came out, then, holding ‘Alī’s hand, he said: One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master.” [17]

Hadīth No. 18
عن علي أن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم قام بحفرة الشجرة بخم،  وهو آخذ بيد علي رضي الله عنه،  فقال: أيها الناس! ألستم تشهدون أن الله ربكم؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: ألستم تشهدون أن الله ورسوله أولى بكم من أنفسكم؟ قالوا: بلى،  وأن الله ورسوله مولاكم؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: فمن كنت مولاه فإن هذا مولاه.

“It is narrated by ‘Alī that the Holy Prophet (SAW) was standing under a tree at Khum and he was holding ‘Alī’s hand. He said: O people! Don’t you bear witness that Allāh (SWT) and His Messenger (SAW) are even nearer than your lives? They said: Why not! (Then he added: Don’t you bear witness) that Allāh (SWT) and His Messenger are your masters. They said: Why not! He said: One who has me as his master has this (‘Alī) as his master.”[18]



Hadīth No. 19
عن حذيفة بن أسيد الغفاري رضي الله عنه... فقال صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: يا أيها الناس! إني قد نبأني اللطيف الخبير أنه لم يعمر نبي إلا نصف عمر الذي يليه من قبله،  وإني لأظن أني يوشك أن أدعي فأجيب،  وإني مسؤول،  وإنكم مسؤولون،  فماذا أنتم قائلون؟ قالوا: نشهد أنك قد بلغت وجاهدت ونصحت،  فجزاك الله خيرا. فقال: أليس تشهدون أن لا إله إلا الله،  وأن محمدا عبده ورسوله،  وأن جنته حق،  وناره حق،  وأن الموت حق،  وأن البعث بعد الموت حق،  وأن الساعة آتية لا ريب فيها،  وأن الله يبعث من في القبور؟ قالوا: بلى،  نشهد بذلك. قال: اللهم! أشهد. ثم قال: أيها الناس! إن الله مولاي وأنا مولى المؤمنين،  وأنا أولى بهم من أنفسهم،  فمن كنت مولاه فهذا مولاه — يعني عليا — اللهم! وال من والاه،  وعاد من عاداه. ثم قال: يا أيها الناس إني فرطكم وإنكم واردون علي الحوض،  حوض أعرض ما بين بصرى وصنعاء،  فيه عدد النجوم قدحانٌ من فضة،  وإني سائلكم حين تردون علي عن الثقلين،  فانظروا كيف تخلفوني فيهما،  الثقل الأكبر كتاب الله عز وجل سبب طرفه بيد الله وطرفه بأيدكم،  فاستمسكوا به لا تضلوا ولا تبدلوا،  وعترتي أهل بيتي،  فإنه قد نبأني اللطيف الخبير أنهما لن ينقضيا حتى يردا علي الحوض.

“It is narrated by Hudhayfah bin Usayd al-Ghifārī (RA)… He (SAW) said: O people! I have been told by a highly reliable source that Allāh (SWT) gave every prophet half the life span of his predecessor and I apprehend I shall (soon) receive the call and I shall accept it. I shall be asked (about my responsibilities) and you will (also) be asked (about me). What do you say (about this)? They said: we bear witness that you struggled hard to groom us in the faith and taught us virtuous things. May Allāh (SWT) bless you with a noble reward! He said: Don’t you bear witness that there is no god but Allāh (SWT) and Muhammad is Allāh’s servant and His Messenger; Paradise and Hell are a reality and life after death is a reality and there is no doubt about the Day of Judgement and Allāh (SWT) will raise us again from the graves? All of them replied: why not! We bear witness to all this. He said: O Allāh! Be you a witness. He said: O people! Surely Allāh is my master and I am the master of all believers and I am nearer than their lives. One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master. O Allāh! Be his friend who befriends him and be his enemy who is his (‘Alī’s) enemy. O people! I am to leave before you and you will meet me at the Fountain (of kawthar). This fountain is even wider than the distance between Basra and San‘ā’. It has silver bowls as big as the stars. When you come to me, I will ask you about two highly important things. It is to be seen how you treat them in my absence. The first important thing is Allāh’s Book which is related in one aspect to Allāh (SWT) and, in another aspect, to His servants. If you hold on to it firmly, you will neither go astray nor deviate (from truth); and (the second important thing) is my progeny, that is, the members of my family. Hold on to them. The highest authority has told me that surely these two will never deviate from the truth and they will meet me at the Fountain.”[19]



Hadīth No. 20
عن جرير رضي الله عنه،  قال: شهدنا الموسم في حجة مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم،  وهي حجة الوداع،  فبلغنا مكانا يقال له غدير خم،  فنادى: الصلاة جامعة،  فاجتمعنا المهاجرون والأنصار،  فقام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم وسطنا،  فقال: أيها الناس! بم تشهدون؟ قالوا: نشهد أن لا إله إلا الله. قال: ثم مه؟ قالوا: وأن محمدا عبده ورسوله. قال: فمن وليكم؟ قالوا: الله ورسوله مولانا. قال: من وليكم؟ ثم ضرب بيده على عضد علي رضي الله عنه،  فأقامه فنزع عضده فأخذ بذراعيه،  فقال: من يكن الله ورسوله مولياه فإن هذا مولاه،  اللهم! وال من والاه،  وعاد من عاداه،  اللهم! من أحبه من الناس فكن له حبيبا،  ومن أبغضه فكن له مبغضا.

“It is narrated by Jarīr (RA) that at the occasion of Hajjat-ul-wadā‘ we were with the Messenger of Allāh (SAW). We reached a place called Ghadīr Khum. When the call came for congregational prayer, all the (Makkan) Immigrants and (Medinan) Helpers rallied there. Then the Prophet (SAW) stood between us and addressed us: O people! What witness do you bear? They said: We bear witness that there is no god but Allāh (SWT). He said: Then what? They said: Surely Muhammad (SAW) is His servant and Messenger. He said: then who is your guardian? They said: Allāh (SWT) and His Messenger. Then added: who else is your guardian? Then he made ‘Alī (RA) stand up by holding his hand and, holding (‘Alī’s) both arms said: This (‘Alī) is his master whose master is Allāh (SWT) and His Messenger. O Allāh! Be his friend who befriends him and be his enemy who is his (‘Alī’s) enemy. O Allāh! Love him who loves him (‘Alī) from among the people and bear malice towards him who bears malice towards him (‘Alī).”[20]

Refrences
[11]. Ibn Abī ‘Āsim related it in as-Sunnah (p.607 # 1385); and Diyā’ Maqdisī in al-Ahādīth-ul-mukhtārah (3:151 # 948).

Ahmad bin Hambal related it with a fair (hasan) chain of authorities in Fadā’il-us-sahāhah (2:643 # 1093).

Ibn ‘Asākir narrated this tradition through Sa‘d bin Abī Waqās who mentioned the four qualities in detail in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45: 89-91).

[12]. Ibn Abī ‘Āsim related it in as-Sunnah (p.608 # 1386); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (12:61 # 12127); and Diyā’ Maqdisī declared its chain of transmission sahīh (sound) in al-Ahādīth-ul-mukhtārah (3:207 # 1008).

Ibn ‘Asākir narrated it in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:88,89).

[13]. Hākim narrated it in al-Mustadrak (3:371 # 5594), Bayhaqī, al-I‘tiqād wal-hidāyah ilā sabīl-ir-rishād ‘alā madhhab-is-salaf wa ashāb-il-hadīth (p.373); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (27:76); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (11:332 # 31662); and Haythamī said in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:107) that this tradition has been narrated by Bazzār through Nadhīr.

[14]. Ahmad bin Hambal related it in al-Musnad (5:347), and Fadā’il-us-sahābah (2:584, 585 # 989); Nasā’ī, as-Sunan-ul-kubrā (5:130 # 8465), Khasā’is amīr-il-mu’minīn ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib (p. 86 # 78), and Fadā’il-us-sahābah (p.14 # 42); Hākim, al-Mustadrak (3:110 # 4578); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (12:84# 12181); Ibn Abī ‘Āsim, al-Āhad wal-mathānī (4:325, 326); Shāshī, al-Musnad (1:127); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (1:229 # 348); Muhib Tabarī, ar-Riyād-un-nadrah fī manāqib-il-‘ashrah (3:128); Abū ‘Ulā, Tuhfat-ul-ahwadhī (10:147); Abū Nu‘aym, Hilyat-ul-awliyā’ wa tabaqāt-ul-asfiyā’ (4:23); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:142, 146-8); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:134 # 36422).

Ibn Kathīr said in al-Bidāyah wan–nihāyah (4:168; 5:457) that the tradition narrated by Nasā’ī has a sound chain of succession (isnāduhū jayyid qawī) and all of its narrators are of integrity (rijāluhū thiqah).

[15]. Ahmad bin Hambal related it in al-Musnad (4:372); Bayhaqī, as-Sunan-ul-kubrā (5:131); Haythamī, Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:104); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:166); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:157 # 36485).

Tabarānī transmitted it through another chain of transmission in al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (5:195 # 5068).

Ibn Kathīr graded its chain of authorities fine (jayyid) in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:172), and its men are those of thiqah (trustworthy) hadīth.

[16]. Ahmad bin Hambal related it in al-Musnad (4:368), and Fadā’il-us-sahābah (2:586 # 992); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (5:195 # 5070); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:165); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:105 # 36343).

Nasā’ī has narrated this tradition through Sa‘d in Kasā’is amīr-il-mu’minīn ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib (p.97 # 92) with a slight difference in the use of words.

Haythamī has referred to it in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:107) that it has been narrated by Bazzar and its narrators are reliable (thiqah).

Maymūn Abū ‘Abdullāh describes that Zayd bin Arqam (RA) related this tradition when someone asked him about ‘Alī (RA), and Hindī has reproduced this tradition in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:104, 105 # 36342).

[17]. Ibn Abī Shaybah related it in al-Musannaf (12:59 # 12121); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:137 # 32433); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:169, 170, 172); and Ibn Kathīr has written in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:173) that Dhahabī has graded it fair (hasan).

Dhahabī narrated it through ‘Abdullāh bin Muhammad bin ‘Aqīl in Siyar a‘lām-in-nubalā’, (7:570, 571), who said, “‘Alī bin Husayn, Muhammad bin Hanafiyyah, Abū Ja‘far and I were at Jābir’s house.” Dhahabī says that the text of the tradition is successive.

[18]. Ibn Abī ‘Āsim related it in as-Sunnah (p. 603 # 1360); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:161, 162); and Hindī has said in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:140 # 36441) that Ibn Rāhawayh, Ibn Jarīr, Ibn Abī ‘Āsim and Mahāmilī narrated it in Amālī, and graded it sahīh (sound).

[19]. Tabarānī related it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (3:67, 180, 181 # 2683, 3052; 5:166, 167 # 4971); Haythamī, Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:164, 165); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:166, 167); Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (5:463); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummal (1:188, 189 # 957, 958).

Ibn ‘Asākir related it from Sa‘d also in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:169).

[20]. Tabarānī transmitted it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (2:357 # 2505); Haythamī, Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:106); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:179); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:138, 139 # 36437).

The Ghadir Declaration : by Dr Tahirul Qaderi (Part 1)

Hadīth No. 1
عن شعبة، عن سلمة بن كهيل، قال: سمعت أبا الطفيل يحدث، عن أبي سريحة رضي الله عنه — أو زيد بن أرقم رضي الله عنه (شك شعبة) — عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم، قال: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه.

وقد روى شعبة هذا الحديث، عن ميمون أبي عبد الله، عن زيد بن أرقم رضي الله عنه، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم.

“Shu‘bah relates it from Salmah bin Kuhayl: I heard it from Abū Tufayl that Abū Sarīhah (RA) — or Zayd bin Arqam (RA) (Shu‘bah has doubts about the narrator) — relates that the Prophet (SAW) said: One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master.

“Shu‘bah has related the tradition from Maymūm Abū ‘Abdullāh, who related it on the authority of Zayd bin Arqam (RA) and he has related it from the Holy Prophet (SAW).”[1]

Hadīth No. 2

عن عمران بن حصين رضي الله عنه، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: ما تريدون من علي؟ ما تريدون من علي؟ ما تريدون من علي؟ إن عليا مني وأنا منه، وهو ولي كل مؤمن من بعدي.

“‘Imrān bin Husayn (RA) has narrated that Allāh’s Messenger (SAW) said: What do you people want about ‘Alī? What do you people want about ‘Alī? What do you people want about ‘Alī? Then added: Surely ‘Alī is from me and I am from ‘Alī and after me he is the guardian of every believer.”[2]

Hadīth No. 3

عن سعد بن أبي وقاص رضي الله عنه، قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه، وسمعته يقول: أنت مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى إلا أنه لا نبي بعدي، وسمعته يقول: لأعطين الراية اليوم رجلا يحب الله ورسوله.

“It is related by Sa‘d bin Abī Waqās (RA): I heard Allāh’s Messenger (SAW) say: One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master. And I heard him say (to ‘Alī (RA)): You are in my place as Hārūn was in Mūsā’s place, but there is no prophet after me. And I also heard him say (on the occasion of the battle of Khaybar): Today I shall bestow the flag on the person who loves Allāh (SWT) and His Messenger (SAW).”[3]

Hadīth No. 4

عن البراء بن عازب رضي الله عنه، قال: أقبلنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم في حجته التي حج، فنزل في بعض الطريق، فأمر الصلاة جامعة، فأخذ بيد علي رضي الله عنه، فقال: ألست أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: ألست أولى بكل مؤمن من نفسه؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: فهذا ولي من أنا مولاه، اللهم! وال من والاه، اللهم! عاد من عاداه.

“Barā’ bin ‘Āzib (RA) narrates: We performed hajj with Allāh’s Messenger (SAW). On the way he stayed at a place and commanded us (to establish) the prayer in congregation. After this, he held ‘Alī’s hand, and said: Am I not nearer than the lives of the believers? They replied: Why not! He said: Am I not nearer than the life of every believer? They replied: Why not! He said: One who has me as his master has this (‘Alī) as his guardian. O Allāh! Befriend the one who befriends him and be the enemy of one who is his enemy.”[4]


Hadīth No. 5

عن البراء بن عازب رضي الله عنه، قال: كنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم في سفر، فنزلنا بغدير خم، فنودي فينا: الصلاة جامعة، وكسح لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم تحت شجرتين، فصلى الظهر وأخذ بيد علي رضي الله عنه، فقال: ألستم تعلمون أنى أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: ألستم تعلمون أنى أولى بكل مؤمن من نفسه؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: فأخذ بيد علي رضي الله عنه، فقال: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه، اللهم! وال من والاه، وعاد من عاداه. قال: فلقيه عمر رضي الله عنه بعد ذلك، فقال له: هنيئا يا ابن أبي طالب! أصبحت وأمسيت مولى كل مؤمن ومؤمنة.

“It is narrated by Barā’ bin ‘Āzib (RA): We were on a journey with Allāh’s Messenger (SAW). (On the way) we stayed at Ghadīr Khum. There it was announced that the prayer was about to be offered. The space under two trees was cleaned for Allāh’s Messenger (SAW). Then he offered the zuhr (noon) prayer, and, holding ‘Alī’s hand, he said: Don’t you know that I am even nearer than the lives of the believers? They said: Why not! He said: Don’t you know that I am even nearer than the life of every believer? They said: Why not! The narrator says that he said while holding ‘Alī’s hand: One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master. O Allāh! Befriend the one who befriends him (‘Alī) and be the enemy of one who is his enemy. The narrator says that after this ‘Umar (bin al-Khattāb (RA)) met ‘Alī (RA) and said to him: O Ibn Abī Tālib! Congratulations, you have become the master of every male and female believer, morning and evening (for ever).”[5]

Hadīth No. 6
عن ابن بريدة عن أبيه، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: من كنت وليه فعليّ وليه.

“Ibn Buraydah has attributed it to his father: Allāh’s Messenger (SAW) said: One who has me as his guardian has ‘Alī as his guardian.”[6]

Hadīth No. 7

عن زيد بن أرقم رضي الله عنه، قال: لما رجع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم من حجة الوداع، ونزل غدير خم، أمر بدوحات فقمن، فقال: كأني قد دعيت فأجبت، إني قد تركت فيكم الثقلين، أحدهما أكبر من الآخر: كتاب الله تعالى، وعترتي، فانظروا كيف تخلفوني فيهما، فإنهما لن يتفرقا حتى يردا علي الحوض. ثم قال: إن الله عز وجل مولاي، وأنا مولى كل مؤمن. ثم أخذ بيد علي رضي الله عنه، فقال: من كنت مولاه فهذا وليه، اللهم! وال من والاه، وعاد من عاداه.

“It is narrated by Zayd bin Arqam (RA): When Allāh’s Messenger (SAW) was returning after the Hajjat-ul-wadā‘, he stayed at Ghadīr Khum. He commanded that a canopy should be put up and so it was done. Then he said: It seems as if I am about to breathe my last which I shall accept. Indeed, I am leaving two important things in your midst which exceed each other in importance: One (is) Allāh’s Book and the other (is) my progeny. Now it is to be seen how do you treat both of them after me and they will not be separated from each other, and they will appear before me at the Fountain of kawthar. Then added: Surely Allāh (SWT) is my Master and I am the master of every believer. Then, holding ‘Alī’s hand, he said: One who has me as his master has this (‘Alī) as his guardian. O Allāh! Befriend him who befriends him (‘Alī) and be the enemy of one who is his enemy.”[7]

Hadīth No. 8

عن ابن واثلة أنه سمع زيد بن أرقم رضي الله عنه، يقول: نزل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم بين مكة والمدينة عند شجرات خمس دوحات عظام، فكنس الناس ما تحت الشجرات، ثم راح رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم عشية، فصلى، ثم قام خطيبًا، فحمد الله وأثنى عليه، وذكر ووعظ، فقال ما شاء الله أن يقول، ثم قال: أيها الناس! إني تارك فيكم أمرين، لن تضلوا إن اتبعتموهما، وهما كتاب الله، وأهل بيتي عترتي، ثم قال: أتعلمون إني أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم؟ ثلاث مرات، قالوا: نعم. فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه.

“Ibn Wāthilah is reported to have heard from Zayd bin Arqam (RA) that the Prophet (SAW) was camping between Makkah and Medina near five dense trees. The people cleaned the place under the trees and he rested there for some time. He offered the prayer and then stood up to address the people. He praised Allāh (SWT), gave some advice to the audience and then said whatever Allāh (SWT) wanted him to say. He said: O people! I am leaving two things with you. You will never go astray as long as you follow them and these (two things) are Allāh’s Book and my progeny. He then added: Don’t you know I am nearer than the lives of the believers? He repeated it three times. Everyone said: yes. Then he said: One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master.”[8]
Hadīth No. 9

عن زيد بن أرقم رضي الله عنه، قال: خرجنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم حتى انتهينا إلى غدير خم، فأمر بروح فكسح في يوم ما أتى علينا يوم كان أشدّ حرًا منه، فحمد الله وأثنى عليه، وقال: يا أيها الناس! أنه لم يبعث نبي قط إلا ما عاش نصف ما عاش الذي كان قبله، وإني أوشك أن أدعى فأجيب، وإني تارك فيكم ما لن تضلوا بعده كتاب الله عز وجل. ثم قام فأخذ بيد علي رضي الله عنه، فقال: يا أيها الناس! من أولى بكم من أنفسكم؟ قالوا: الله ورسوله أعلم. ألست أولى بكم من أنفسكم؟ قالوا: بلى. قال: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه.

“Zayd bin Arqam (RA) narrates: We set out with Allāh’s Messenger (SAW) until we reached Ghadīr Khum. He commanded that a canopy should be put up. He looked tired on that day and it was a very hot day. He praised Allāh (SWT) and then said: O people, out of the prophets Allāh (SWT) sent, each new prophet had a life span half as much as that of his predecessor, and it seems to me that soon I may be called (to breathe my last) which I shall accept. I am leaving in your midst something that will never let you go astray, and that is the Book of Allāh (SWT). Then he stood up, held ‘Alī’s hand and said: O people, who is he who is nearer than your lives? All of them said: Allāh (SWT) and His Messenger (SAW) know better. (Then added:) Am I not nearer than your lives? They said: Why not! He said: One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master.”[9]


Hadīth No. 10

عن سعد بن أبي وقاص رضي الله عنه، قال: لقد سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول في علي رضي الله عنه ثلاث خصال، لأن يكون لي واحدة منهن أحب إلي من حمر النعم:

سمعته يقول: إنه بمنزلة هارون من موسى، إلا أنه لا نبي بعدي، وسمعته يقول: لأعطين الراية غدا رجلا يحب الله ورسوله، ويحبه الله ورسوله، وسمعته يقول: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه.

“Sa‘d bin Abī Waqās (RA) says that he heard Allāh’s Messenger (SAW) describe three qualities of ‘Alī (RA). Had I possessed anyone of them, it would have been dearer to me than red camels.

“I heard him say: Indeed, he (‘Alī) is in my place as Hārūn was in Mūsā’s place, but there is no prophet after me. And I heard him say: Today I shall bestow the flag on the person who loves Allāh (SWT) and His Messenger (SAW), and Allāh (SWT) and His Messenger (SAW) love him too. And I heard him say: One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master.”[10]
Refrences
[1]. Tirmidhī has declared it fair, sound and weak (hasan sahīh gharīb) in al-Jāmi‘us-sahīh, b. of manāqib (merits) 6:79 (#3713), and Shu‘bh, in the manner of Maymūn Abū ‘Abdullah, has also related it on the authority of Zayd bin Arqam (RA). Ahmad bin Hambal narrated it in Fadā’il-us-sahābah (2:569 # 959); Mahāmilī, Amālī (p.85); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (5:195, 204 # 5071, 5096); Ibn Abī ‘Āsim, as-Sunnah (pp.603, 604 # 1361, 1363, 1364, 1367, 1370); Nawawī, Tahdhīb-ul-asmā’ wal-lughāt (p.318); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:163, 164); Ibn Athīr, Asad-ul-ghābah fī ma‘rifat-is-sahābah (6:132); Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (5:463); and ‘Asqalānī in Ta‘jīl-ul-manfa‘ah (p.464 # 1222).

It has been related from ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Abbās رضي الله) عنهما) in the following books:

Hākim, al-Mustadrak (3:134 # 4652).
Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (12:78 # 12593).
Khatīb Baghdādī, Tārīkh Baghdad (12:343).
Haythamī, Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:108).
Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:77, 144).
Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (5:451).
This tradition has been related on the authority of Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh رضي الله عنهما)) in the following books:

Ibn Abī ‘Āsim, as-Sunnah (p.602 # 1355).
Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (12:59 # 12121).
This tradition has been reproduced from Abū Ayyūb al-Ansārī (RA):

Ibn Abī ‘Āsim, as-Sunnah (p.602 # 1354).
Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (4:173 # 4052).
Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (1:299 # 348).
This tradition has been related by Sa‘d (RA) in the following books:

Ibn Abī ‘Āsim, as-Sunnah (pp.602,605#1358,1375).
Diyā’ Maqdisī, al-Ahādīth-ul-mukhtārah (3:139 # 937).
Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (20:114).
The following narrated it through Buraydah (RA):

‘Abd-ur-Razzāq, al-Musannaf (11:225 # 20388).
Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-us-saghīr (1:71).
Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:143).
This tradition has been reproduced from Ibn Buraydahرضي الله عنهما)) in the following books:

Ibn Abī ‘Āsim, as-Sunnah (p.601 # 1353).
Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:146).
Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (5:457).
Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (11:602 # 32904).


The following transmitted it through Hubshā bin Junādah (RA):

Ibn Abī ‘Āsim, as-Sunnah (p.602 # 1359).
Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (11:608 # 32946).
This tradition has been related from Mālik bin Huwayrith in the following books:

Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (19:252 # 646).
Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:177).
Haythamī, Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:106).
Tabarānī related it from Hudhyfah bin Usayd al-Ghifārī (RA) in al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (3:179 # 3049).

Ibn ‘Asākir has narrated it through Hasan bin Hasan in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (15:60,61).

Ibn ‘Asākir related it from Abū Hurayrah, ‘Umar bin al-Khattāb, Anas bin Mālik and ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar (RA) in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:176, 177, 178, 178) respectively.

Ibn ‘Asākir related it from Buraydah (RA) with slightly different words in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:143).

Ibn Athīr narrated it through ‘Abdullāh bin Yāmīl in Asad-ul-ghābah fī ma‘rifat-is-sahābah (3:412).

Haythamī narrated it through Abū Burdah رضي الله عنهما)) in Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (p.544 # 2204).

‘Asqalānī said in Fath-ul-bārī (7:74): Tirmidhī and Nasā’ī narrated the tradition and it is supported by numerous chains of transmission.

Albānī says in Silsilat-ul-ahādīth-is-sahīhah (4:331 # 1750) that its chain of authorities is sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of Bukhārī and Muslim.

[2]. Tirmidhī narrated it in al-Jāmi‘-us-sahīh, b. of manāqib (merits) 6:78 (#3712); Nasā’ī with the sound chains of transmission in Khasā’is amīr-il-mu’minīn ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib (pp.77, 92 # 65, 86), and as-Sunan-ul-kubrā (5:132 # 8484); Ahmad bin Hambal in Fadā’il-us-sahābah (2:620 # 1060), and the last words of the tradition narrated in his Musnad (4:437, 438) are:

وقد تغير وجهه, فقال: دعوا عليا, دعوا عليا, إن علي مني وأنا منه, وهو ولي كل مؤمن بعدي.
And his face flashed. Then he said: give up (opposing) ‘Alī, give up (opposing) ‘Alī. Surely ‘Alī is from me and I am from ‘Alī and after me he is the guardian of every believer.

Ibn Kathīr also narrated it with these words in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (5:458).

Hākim in al-Mustadrak (3:110,111#4579) has declared this tradition sound according to the conditions laid down by Imām Muslim while Dhahabī has kept silent about it.

Abū Ya‘lā has narrated it in al-Musnad (1:293 # 355) and its narrators are men of integrity while Ibn Hibbān has also called it sound.

The tradition in Tayālisī’s Musnad (p.111#829) also contains these words: The Prophet (SAW) said:

ما لهم ولعلي؟
Why are they so concerned about ‘Alī?

Ibn Hibbān narrated it with a firm (qawī) chain of transmission in as-Sahīh (15:373, 374 # 6929).

Ibn Abī Shaybah narrated it in al-Musannaf (12:80 # 12170); Abū Nu‘aym, Hilyat-ul-awliyā’ wa tabaqāt-ul-asfiyā’ (6:294); Muhib Tabarī, ar-Riyād-un-nadrah fī manāqib-il-‘ashrah (3:129); Haythamī, Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (p.543 # 2203); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:142 # 36444).

[3]. Ibn Mājah transmitted this sahīh (sound) hadīth in the preface (al-muqaddimah) to his Sunan (1:90 # 121); Ibn Abī ‘Āsim, as-Sunnah (p.608 # 1386); Mizzī, Tuhfat-ul-ashrāf bi-ma‘rifat-il-atrāf (3:203 # 3901); and Nasā’ī reproduced it with slightly different words in Khasā’is amīr-il-mu’minīm ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib (pp. 32,33 #91).

[4]. Ibn Mājah narrated this sound hadīth (tradition) in preface (al-muqaddimah) to his Sunan (1:88 # 116); Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:168); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (11:602 # 32904); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:167, 168); and Ibn ‘Abī ‘Āsim briefly mentioned in as-Sunnah (p.603 # 1362).


[5]. Ahmad bin Hambal related it from Barā’ bin ‘Āzib through two different chains of transmission in al-Musnad (4:281); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (12:78 # 12167); Muhib Tabarī, Dhakhā’ir-ul-‘uqbā fī manāqib dhawī al-qurbā (p.125), ar-Riyād-un-nadrah fī manāqib-il-‘ashrah (3:126, 127); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:133, 134 # 36420); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (5:167, 168); Ibn Athīr, Asad-ul-ghābah (4:103); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:169; 5:464).

Ahmad bin Hambal in his book Fadā’il-us-sahābah (2:610 # 1042) has added the following words in the tradition related to ‘Umar bin al-Khattāb (RA). The Prophet (SAW) said:

وعاد من عاداه, وانصر من نصره, وأحب من أحبه.
قال شعبة: أو قال: و ابغض من أبغضه.
(O Allāh!) Be the enemy of one who is his (‘Alī’s) enemy, and help him who helps him, and love him who loves him.

Shu‘bah says that the Prophet (SAW) said in its place, “Bear malice towards him who bears malice towards (‘Alī).”

Manāwī has written in Fayd-ul-qadīr (6:217) that when Abū Bakr (RA) and ‘Umar (RA) had heard the Prophet’s saying — One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master — they said to ‘Alī (RA) : O son of Abū Tālib! You have become the master of every male and female believer, morning and evening (for ever).”

Dhahabī has said in Siyar a‘lām-in-nubalā’ (2:623, 624) that ‘Umar (RA) uttered the words:

هنيئا لك يا علي!
O ‘Alī! Congratulations.

[6]. Ahmad bin Hambal narrated it in al-Musnad (5:361), and Fadā’il-us-sahābah (2:563 # 947); Ibn Abī ‘Āsim, as-Sunnah (pp.601, 603 # 1351, 1366); Hākim, al-Mustadrak (2:131 # 2589); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (12:57 # 12114); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (5:166 # 4968), al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (3:100, 101 # 2204); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:143); Haythamī, Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:108); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (11:602 # 32905).

The same tradition has been reproduced by Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (15:168, 169 # 36511), using slightly different words and he says that it has been narrated by Ibn Rāhawayh and Ibn Jarīr.

Ibn ‘Asākir narrated it through Fātimah (رضي الله عنها) also in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:142).

[7]. Hākim narrated it in al-Mustadrak (3:109 # 4576); Nasā’ī, as-Sunan-ul-kubrā (5:45, 130 # 8148, 8464); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (5:166 # 4969); and Ibn Abī ‘Āsim related it briefly in as-Sunnah (p.644 # 1555).

Nasā’ī related it with a sound chain of authorities in Khasā’is amīr-il-mu’minīn ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib (pp.84, 85 # 76).

Abū Mahāsin copied it in al-Mu‘tasar min-al-mukhtasar min Mashkal-il-āthār (2:301).

[8]. Hākim related it in al-Mustadrak (3:109, 110 # 4577); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (1:381 # 1657); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:164); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:168).


[9]. Hākim graded it sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of Bukhārī and Muslim in al-Mustadrak (3:533 # 6272) and Dhahabī confirmed its soundness. Tabarānī transmitted it in al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (5:171,172 # 4986); and Hindī in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (11:602 # 32904).

[10]. Nasā’ī narrated it with sound chain of trasmission in Khasā’is amīr-il-mu’minīm ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib (pp.33, 34, 88 # 10, 80); and Hindī related it in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (15:163 # 36496) through ‘Āmir bin Sa‘d with the addition of a few words.

Shāshī narrated it through ‘Āmir bin Sa‘d bin Abī Waqās in al-Musnad (1:165, 166 # 106).

Ibn ‘Asākir narrated it through ‘Āmir bin Sa‘d and Sa‘d bin Abī Waqās in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:88).