Hadith 41: Three-hundred verses (of the Qur’an) were revealed regarding ‘Ali.
December 14, 2018Hadith 43: Verily Allah has purified a nation of sins with the baldness from their heads (i.e. by making them bald). And verily ‘Ali is from them.
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Hadith 42
أبشر يا علي، حياتك وموتك معي.
Rejoice, O ‘Ali. Your life and death is with me.
Al Tabarani and others narrate — from ‘Ubadah ibn Ziyad al Asadi — Qais ibn al Rabi’ — from Abu Ishaq — from Abu al Bakhtari — from Hujr ibn ‘Adi who said, “I heard Sharahil ibn Murrah say: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam say to ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu…’”[1]
The chain of transmission is wah (feeble). It contains the following defects:
- Qais ibn al Rabi’’s son inserted hadith into his father’s collection that are not his.
- Abu Ishaq is a mudallis[2] (obfuscates when he narrates) and a mukhtalit (commits serious errors).
- There is a difference of opinion regarding ‘Ubadah ibn Ziyad al Asadi. He has ahadith that are manakir (unacceptable) regarding fadaʾil (virtues).
Ibn ‘Asakir also narrates this hadith with a chain of transmission that is saqit (wholly unreliable).[3] It contains the narrator ‘Amr ibn Shimr. He is suspected of lying.
It also contains Jabir. He is (also) suspected of lying.
It also contains Abu Tawq. I could not trace him.
[1] Al Tabarani: al Mujam al Kabir, 10/4929 and al Mujam al Awsat, 6/5842.
[2] For an explanation of this term. Click Here
[3] Ibn ‘Asakir: Tarikh Dimashq, 12/208.
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Hadith 42
أبشر يا علي، حياتك وموتك معي.
Rejoice, O ‘Ali. Your life and death is with me.
Al Tabarani and others narrate — from ‘Ubadah ibn Ziyad al Asadi — Qais ibn al Rabi’ — from Abu Ishaq — from Abu al Bakhtari — from Hujr ibn ‘Adi who said, “I heard Sharahil ibn Murrah say: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam say to ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu…’”[1]
The chain of transmission is wah (feeble). It contains the following defects:
- Qais ibn al Rabi’’s son inserted hadith into his father’s collection that are not his.
- Abu Ishaq is a mudallis[2] (obfuscates when he narrates) and a mukhtalit (commits serious errors).
- There is a difference of opinion regarding ‘Ubadah ibn Ziyad al Asadi. He has ahadith that are manakir (unacceptable) regarding fadaʾil (virtues).
Ibn ‘Asakir also narrates this hadith with a chain of transmission that is saqit (wholly unreliable).[3] It contains the narrator ‘Amr ibn Shimr. He is suspected of lying.
It also contains Jabir. He is (also) suspected of lying.
It also contains Abu Tawq. I could not trace him.
[1] Al Tabarani: al Mujam al Kabir, 10/4929 and al Mujam al Awsat, 6/5842.
[2] For an explanation of this term. Click Here
[3] Ibn ‘Asakir: Tarikh Dimashq, 12/208.