وَعَن قيس بن حازِم قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ يَدَ طَلْحَةَ شَلَّاءَ وَقَى بِهَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Qais b. Abu Hazim told that he saw Talha’s hand with which he had protected the Prophet at the battle of Uhud withered. Bukhari transmitted it.
عَنْ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: مَا أَحَدٌ أَحَقَّ بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّفَرِ الَّذِينَ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضٍ فَسَمَّى عَلِيًّا وَعُثْمَانَ وَالزُّبَيْرَ وَطَلْحَةَ وَسَعْدًا وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ. رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ
Ibn `Umar said no one was more worthy of the Caliphate than those persons with whom God’s messenger was pleased at the time of his death, and he named ‘Ali, `Uthman, az-Zubair, Talha, Sa’d and `Abd ar-Rahman. Bukhari transmitted it.
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: كُنْتُ شَاكِيًا فَمَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَجَلِي قَدْ حَضَرَ فَأَرِحْنِي وَإِن كَانَ متأخِّراً فارفَعْني وَإِنْ كَانَ بَلَاءً فَصَبِّرْنِي. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كَيْفَ قُلْتَ؟» فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ مَا قَالَ فَضَرَبَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ وَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ عَافِهِ – أَوِ اشْفِهِ -» شَكَّ الرَّاوِي قَالَ: فَمَا اشْتَكَيْتُ وَجَعِي بَعْدُ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
He said: God’s messenger came upon me when I had a complaint and was saying, “O God, if my appointed time has come grant me rest, if it is to be delayed grant me abundant means of subsistence, but if this is a testing grant me endurance.” God’s messenger asked him how he had expressed himself, and when he repeated to him what he had said, he gave him a kick and said, “O God, heal him,” or, “cure him. The transmitter was doubtful about the exact words. He said that he did not afterwards complain of his pain. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.
وَعَن عَليّ قَالَ: كَانَتْ لِي مَنْزِلَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ تَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْخَلَائِقِ آتِيهِ بِأَعْلَى سَحَرٍ فَأَقُولُ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ تَنَحْنَحَ انْصَرَفْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي وَإِلَّا دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ. رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيُّ
“Ali said: I had a position in relation to God’s messenger which no other creature had. I would come to him at the break of day and say, “Peace be upon you, prophet of God.” If he then cleared his throat I went off to my family, otherwise I entered. Nasa’i transmitted it.
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَ بِسَدِّ الْأَبْوَابِ إِلَّا بَابَ عَلِيٍّ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ
Ibn `Abbas told that God’s messenger ordered all the doors [opening on the mosque] to be shut except `Ali’s. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
وَعَن بُرَيْدَة قَالَ: خطب أبي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَاطِمَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّهَا صَغِيرَةٌ» ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا عليٌّ فزوَّجها مِنْهُ. رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيّ
Buraida told that Abu Bakr and `Umar asked Fatima’s hand in marriage, but God’s messenger said, “She is young.” Then `Ali asked her hand in marriage and he married her to him. N asa’i transmitted it.
وَعَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا نَزَلَ بِغَدِيرِ خُمٍّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ: «أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ؟» قَالُوا: بَلَى قَالَ: «أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَوْلَى بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ؟» قَالُوا: بَلَى قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ» . فَلَقِيَهُ عُمَرُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ: هَنِيئًا يَا ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَصْبَحْتَ وَأَمْسَيْتَ مَوْلَى كلَّ مُؤمن ومؤمنة. رَوَاهُ أَحْمد
Al-Bara bin Azib and Zaid b. Arqam told that when God’s Messenger alighted at the pool of Khumm[1] he took `Ali by the hand and asked those present, “Do you not know that I am closer to the believers than they themselves[2]?”and they replied, “Certainly.” He then asked, “Do you not know that I am nearer to every believer than he himself?” and they replied, “Certainly.” He then said, “0 God, he whose patron I am has `Ali as his patron. 0 God, be friendly to those who are friendly to him and hostile to those who are hostile to him.” After that `Umar met him and said, “Congratulations, son of Abu Talib. Morning and evening you are the patron of every believing man and woman.” Near al-Juhfa, a place four stages from Mecca on the way to Medina. cf. Quran, 33:6. Ahmad transmitted it.
وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «فِيكَ مَثَلٌ مِنْ عِيسَى أَبْغَضَتْهُ الْيَهُودُ حَتَّى بَهَتُوا أُمَّهُ وَأَحَبَّتْهُ النَّصَارَى حَتَّى أَنْزَلُوهُ بِالْمَنْزِلَةِ الَّتِي لَيْسَتْ لَهُ» . ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَهْلِكُ فِيَّ رَجُلَانِ: مُحِبٌّ مُفْرِطٌ يُقَرِّظُنِي بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيَّ وَمُبْغِضٌ يَحْمِلُهُ شَنَآنِي عَلَى أَنْ يَبْهَتَنِي. رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ
`Ali told that God’s messenger said to him, “You have a resemblance to Jesus whom the Jews hated so much that they slandered his mother and whom the Christians loved so much that they placed him in a position not rightly his.” `Ali afterwards said, “Two people will perish on my account, one who loves me so excessively that he praises me for what I do not possess, and one who hates me so much that he will be impelled by his hatred to slander me.” Ahmad transmitted it.
وَعَنْهَا قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ سَبَّ عَلِيًّا فَقَدْ سَبَّنِي» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمد
She reported God’s messenger as saying, “He who reviles `Ali has reviled me.” Ahmad transmitted it.
عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يُحِبُّ عَلِيًّا مُنَافِقٌ وَلَا يُبْغِضُهُ مُؤْمِنٌ» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيب إِسْنَادًا
Umm Salama reported God’s messenger as saying, “A hypocrite does not love `Ali and a believer does not hate him.” Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan tradition whose isnad is gharib .