The Virtues OfThe Companions Of TheMessenger Of Allāh ﷺ
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Book Of The SunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 120 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 44
Source no. 120 · Volume 1 · Page 192
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120. It was narrated that 'Abbâd bin 'Abdullâh said: "Ali said: 'I am the slave of Allâh and the brother of His Messenger ﷺ. I am the greatest teller of the truth (Siddiq Akbar), and no one will say this after me but a liar. I prayed seven years before the people.'" (Da'if)
120 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الرَّازِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: «أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَأَخُو رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَنَا الصِّدِّيقُ الْأَكْبَرُ، لَا يَقُولُهَا بَعْدِي إِلَّا كَذَّابٌ، صَلَّيْتُ قَبْلَ النَّاسِ لِسَبْعِ سِنِينَ»
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It is a Weak Hadith. Nâsiruddin Albani has declared it a fabrication. A scrutiny of the text will also reveal that it is highly improbable that 'Ali ﷺ would claim that he alone prayed with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ for seven years which was quite a long period, since after the declaration of the Prophet's mission. We know that, even during the first three years, a number of people in Makkah had accepted Islam through secret preaching. Moreover, how could a virtuous and modest servant of Allâh like 'Ali ﷺ utter words of boasting like "I am Siddiq Akbar," (the greatest of the truthful)? It is, thus, undoubtedly an extremely weak and false Hadith.