Hadith 3724

A Gharīb Hadīth: “I Am The House Of Wisdom And ‘Ali Is Its Door”

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Darussalam · Volume 6

46. Chapters On Al-Manāqib (Virtues) From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 86

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English translation

3724. 'Āmir bin Sa'd bin Abī Waqqāsh narrated from his father, saying: "Mu'āwiyah bin Abū Sufyān ordered Sa'd, saying: 'What prevented you from reviling Abū Turāb?' He said: 'Three things that I remember from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prevent me from reviling him. That I should have even one of those things is more beloved to me than red camels. I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ speaking to 'Ali, and he had left him behind in one of his battles. So 'Ali said to him: "O Messenger of Allāh! You leave me behind with the women and children?" So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to him: "Are you not pleased that you should be in the position with me that Hārūn was with Mūsā? Except that there is no Prophethood after me?" And on the Day of (the battle of) Khaibar, I heard him saying: "I shall give the banner to a man who loves Allāh and His Messenger, and Allāh and His Messenger love him." So we all waited for that, then he said: "Call 'Ali for me.'" He said: 'So he came to him, and he had been suffering from Ramad,[1] so he (ﷺ) put spittle in his eye and gave the banner to him, then Allāh granted him victory. And when this Āyah was revealed: 'Let us call our sons and your sons, and our women and your women...' [1] the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ called 'Ali, Fāṭimah, Ḥasan, and Ḥusain and said: "O Allāh, these are my family." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb Ṣaḥīḥ from this route.

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٣٧٢٤ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، عَنْ ‌بُكَيْرِ بْنِ مِسْمَارٍ، عَنْ ‌عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ قَالَ: «أَمَرَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ» سَعْدًا، فَقَالَ: مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تَسُبَّ أَبَا تُرَابٍ؟ قَالَ: أَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتُ ثَلَاثًا قَالَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَنْ أَسُبَّهُ؛ لَأَنْ تَكُونَ لِي وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ! سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لِعَلِيٍّ وَخَلَّفَهُ فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، تُخَلِّفُنِي مَعَ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نُبُوَّةَ بَعْدِي. وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ: لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، وَيُحِبُّهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، قَالَ: فَتَطَاوَلْنَا لَهَا، فَقَالَ: ادْعُوا لِي عَلِيًّا فَأَتَاهُ وَبِهِ رَمَدٌ، فَبَصَقَ فِي عَيْنِهِ، فَدَفَعَ الرَّايَةَ إِلَيْهِ فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَأُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا نَدْعُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ} الْآيَةَ، دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلِيًّا وَفَاطِمَةَ وَحَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ، هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلِي. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ، غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ.

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[1] An eye condition.

Commentary

When Mu'āwiyah asked Sa'd why he did not revile 'Ali, he meant his opinion on Ijtihād in the interpretation of Islamic Law. Al-Imām An-Nawawī also explained that what Mu'āwiyah ﷺ said is like saying: "Did you refrain from reviling 'Ali, out of piety or out of fear? And if it were out of piety then you are on the right. Tuhfat Al-Ahwadḥī.