Hadith 116: The Siddiqun (especially righteous) are three: Habib al Najjar, the believer from the family of Yasin; about whom Allah says, “He said, ‘O my people, follow the messengers.’”….
Hadith 115: When the death of Abu Bakr al Siddiq came, I heard ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib say, “The mutafarrisun (those endowed with recognizing Prophethood) among the people are four: two women and two men. ….
January 31, 2019Hadith 117: The Messenger of Allah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam went to the masjid and said, “Verily Allah sent wahi (revelation) to His Prophet Musa, ‘Build for me a pure masjid that only Musa, Harun, and the two sons of Harun can reside in.’…
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Hadith 116
الصديقون ثلاثة: حبيب النجار مؤمن آل ياسين الذي قال: وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ [يس:20،] وحزقيل مؤمن آل فرعون الذي قال: أَتَقْتُلُوْنَ رَجُلًا أَن يَّقُوْلَ رَبِّيَ اللّٰهُ [غافر: 28،] وعلي بن أبي طالب وهو أفضلهم.
The Siddiqun (especially righteous) are three: Habib al Najjar, the believer from the family of Yasin; about whom Allah says, “He said, ‘O my people, follow the messengers.’”[1] (The second person is) Hizqil, the believer from the family of Firoun; about whom Allah says, “Do you kill a man [merely] because he says, ‘My Lord is Allah…’”[2] (The third person is) ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib; and he is the most virtuous of them.
Al Qati’i and others narrate this hadith — from ‘Amr ibn Jumay’ — from Ibn Abi Layla — from his brother ‘Isa — from ‘Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Layla — from his father who said, “The Messenger of Allah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said…”[3]
The above wording of the hadith is Ibn ‘Asakir’s.
This hadith is mawdu’ (fabricated).
‘Amr ibn Jumay’ al Kufi is a kadhdhab (liar) and a wadda’ (fabricator).
His teacher is Muhammad ibn ‘Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Layla and he is sayyiʾ al hifz (possesses a weak memory).
Ibn Taymiyyah and al Albani both ruled the hadith a fabrication.[4] Ibn Taymiyyah explained this at length in terms of its chain of transmission and matn (text).
[1] Surah Yasin: 20.
[2] Surah Ghafir: 28.
[3] Al Qati’i: Zawaʾid Fadaʾil al Sahabah, 2/1072-1117.
[4] Ibn Taymiyyah: Minhaj al Sunnah, 7/223; al Albani: Silsilat al Ahadith al Da’ifah, 1/355.