Ahadith About Ahlul-Bayt (as) From Sunni Narrations

8/13/2019 Ahadith About Ahlul-Bayt (as) From Sunni Narrations

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1354 AH in Matba' al-Islamiyyah, Egypt.

Also reported by Ibn Adi on the authority of Ibn Umar, and by al-Bazzar on the authority

of Jabir Ibn Abdillah al-Ansari... and more ...

The Messenger of Allah said to Ali: "Your position to me is like the

position of Aaron (Haroon) to Moses, except that there shall be noProphet after me"

Sunni References:

(1) Sahih al-Bukhari, Arabic-English version, Traditions 5.56, 5.700(2) Sahih Muslim, Arabic, v4, pp 1870-71

(3) Sunan Ibn Majah, p12

(4) Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, p174(5) al-Khasa'is, by al-Nisa'i, pp 15-16

(6) Mushkil al-Athar, by al-Tahawi, v2, p309

The Messenger of Allah said: "I am the House of Wisdom and Ali is it's door."Sunni references:

Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, pp 201,637

Ibn Jarir al-Tabari recorder this tradition and wrote: "We believe this tradition to begenuine and authentic." (as quoted by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi in Kanz al-Ummal, v6, p401)

Jami' al-Saghir, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, v1, p170; Also in Jami' al-Jawami'

al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 9, section 2, p189

The Messenger of Allah ( &HF) said: "He who wants to see Noah

in his determination, Adam in his knowledge, Abraham in

his clemency, Moses in his intelligence and Jesus in his religious

devotion should look at Ali Ibn Abi Talib ."Sunni references:

Sahih al-BayhaqiMusnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, as quoted in

Sharh Ibn Abil Hadid, v2, p449

Tafsir al-Kabir, by Fakhruddin al-Razi, under the commentary of the Verse ofImprecation (Mubahilah), v2 p288. He wrote this tradition has been accepted as all


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genuine.

Ibn Batah has recorded it as a tradition related by Ibn Abbas as is stated in the book

"Fat'h al-Mulk al-Ali bi Sihah Hadith-e-Bab-e-Madinat al-Ilm", p34, by Ahmad IbnMuhammad Ibn Siddeeq al-Hasani al-Maghribi.

Among those who have admitted that Imam Ali is the store house of the secrets

of all the Prophets is the Chief of Gnostics, Muhyiddin al-Arabi, from whom al-Arif al-Sha'rani has copied it in his al-Yawaqeet wa al-Jawahir (p172, topic 32).

The Messenger of Allah said:

"Loving Ali is the sign of belief, and hating Ali is the sign ofhypocrasy."

Sunni references:

- Sahih Muslim, v1, p48;- Sahih Tirmidhi, v5, p643;

- Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p142;- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal v1, pp 84,95,128

- Tarikh al-Kabir, by al-Bukhari (the author of Sahih), v1, part 1, p202

- Hilyatul Awliya', by Abu Nu'aym, v4, p185

- Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v14, p462

Abu Huraira narrated:

The Prophet ( &HF) looked toward Ali, al-Hasan, al-Husain, andFatimah, and said: "I am in the state of war with those who will fightyou, and in the state of peace with those who are peaceful to you."

Sunni references:(1) Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, p699

(2) Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p52

(3) Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p767, Tradition #1350

(4) al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p149(5) Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v9, p169

(6) al-Kabir, by Tabarani, v3, p30, also in al-Awsat(7) Jamius Saghir, by al-Ibani, v2, p17

(8) Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v7, p137(9) Sawai'q al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p221

(10) Talkhis, by al-Dhahabi, v3, p149

(11) Dhakha'ir al-Uqba, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, p25(12) Mishkat al-Masabih, by Khatib al-Tabrizi, English Version, Tdadition #6145

(13) Others such as Ibn Habban, etc.


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The Messenger of Allah said: "Al-Hasan and al-Husain are the chiefs of

the youth of Paradise and Fatimah is the chief of their women."

Sunni references:

(1) Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, p660, on the authority of Abu Sa'id and Hudhayfa

(2) Sunan Ibn Majah, Introduction 8(3) al-Tabarani, on the authorities of: Umar, Ali, Jabir, Abu Hurayrah,Usamah Ibn Zaid, al-Baraa, Ibn 'Adi, and Ibn Masud.

(4) al-Kubra, by al-Nisa'i

(5) Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 62,82, v3, pp 3,64, v5, p391(6) Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Hanbal, v2, p771, Tradition #1360

(7) al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, pp 166,167

(8) Hilyatul Awliyaa, by Abu Nu'aym, v5, p71

(9) Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v9, p187(10) Tuhfatul Ashraf, by Lumzi, v3, p31

(11) Ibn Habban, as mentioned in al-Mawarid, pp 551,553

(12) al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 11, section 3, p290(13) Mishkat al-Masabih, by Khatib al-Tabrizi, English Version, Tdadition #6154

Narrated Aisha:

One day the Prophet ( &HF) came out afternoon wearing a black cloak(upper garment or gown; long coat), then al-Hasan Ibn Ali came and the Prophetaccommodated him under the cloak, then al-Husain came and entered the cloak, then

Fatimah came and the Prophet entered her under the cloak, then Ali came and the Prophet

entered him to the cloak as well. Then the Prophet recited: "Verily Allah intends to keep

off from you every kind of uncleanness O' People of the House (Ahlul-Bayt), and purifyyou a perfect purification (the last sentence of Verse 33:33)."

Sunni reference:

Sahih Muslim, Chapter of virtues of companions, section of the virtues of the Ahlul-Bayt

of the Prophet ( &HF), 1980 Edition Pub. in Saudi Arabia, Arabic version,

v4, p1883, Tradition #61.

The verse "Verily Allah intends to ... (33:33)" was revealed to the Prophet (&HF) in the house of Umm Salama. Upon that, the Prophet gathered Fatimah, al-Hasan,

and al-Husain, and covered them with a cloak, and he also covered Ali who was behind

him. Then the Prophet said: "O' Allah! These are the Members of my House (Ahlul-Bayt). Keep them away from every impurity and purify them with a perfect purification."

Umm Salama (the wife of Prophet) asked: "Am I also included among them O Apostle of

Allah?" the Prophet replied: "You remain in your position and you are toward a goodending."


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Sunni reference: Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, pp 351,663

Based on the opinion of the majority of (Sunni) commentators, the saying of Allah

:"Verily Allah intends to ... (the last sentence of the verse 33:33)" was revealed for Ali,Fatimah, al-Hasan, and al-Husain, because of the usage of masculine gender in the word"Ankum" and after that.

Sunni reference: al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar, Ch. 11, section 1, p220

The Prophet said: "Even if the entire duration of the world's existence hasalready been exhausted and only one day is left (before the day of judgment), Allah willexpand that day to such a length of time, as to accommodate the kingdom of a person

from my Ahlul-Bayt who will be called by my name. He will fill out the earth with peace

and justice as it will have been full of injustice and tyranny (by then)."

Sunni References:

Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v2, p86, v9, pp 74-75Sunan Abu Dawud, v2, p7

Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 84,376; V3, p63

al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn, by al-Hakim, v4, p557Jami' al-Saghir, by al-Suyuti, pp 2,160

al-Urful Wardi, by al-Suyuti, p2

al-Majma', by al-Tabarani, p217

Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, v9, p144Fat'h al-Bari fi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, by Ibn Hajar Asqalani, v7, p305

al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p249

al-Tathkirah, by al-Qurtubi, p617al-Hawi, by al-Suyuti, v2, pp 165-166

Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah, by al-Zurqani, v5, p348

Fat'h al-Mugheeth, by al-Sakhawi, v3, p41

Kanz al-Ummal, v7 P186Iqd al-Durar Fi Akhbar al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, v12, Ch. 1,

al-Bayan fi Akhbar Sahib al-Zaman, By Ganji al-Shafi'i, Ch. 12

al-Fusool al-Muhimmah, by Ibn Sabbagh al-Maliki, Ch. 12

Arjahul Matalib, by Ubaidallah Hindi al-Hanafi, p380Muqaddimah, by Ibn Khaldoon, p266

and also in the works of Ibn Habban, Abu Nua'ym, Ibn Asakir, etc.

Jabir Ibn Abdillah al-Ansari said: I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: "Agroup of my Ummah will fight for the truth until near the day of judgment when Jesus,


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the son of Marry, will descend, and the leader of them will ask him to lead the prayer, but

Jesus declines, saying: "No, Verily, among you Allah has made leaders for others and He

has bestowed his bounty upon them."

Sunni reference:

Sahih Muslim, Arabic, part 2, p193Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v3, pp 45,384

al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p251

Nuzool Isa Ibn Maryam Akhir al-Zaman, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, p57Musnad, by Abu Ya'ala which provides another version of the tradition with more clear

words on the authority of Jabir that the Messenger of Allah said: "A group among my

Ummah will continue to fight for the truth until Jesus, the son of Marry, will descend,

and the Imam of them will ask him to lead the prayer, but Jesus replies: "You have moreright to it, and verily Allah has honored some of you over others in this Ummah."

Sahih Ibn Habban, whose tradition reads: "their leader al-Mahdi" and the rest of tradition

is the same.

Messenger of Allah said: "He who loves me and loves these two: al-Hasan and al-Husain,

and loves their father and mother, he will be with me in Paradise."

Sunni reference:

Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, p641

Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, on the authority of Imam Ali

Fadha'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p693, Tradition #1185al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p264

Sunni references that the Prophet said that "there shall be twelveImams/Caliphs/Amirs for my nation" are:

Sahih al-Bukhari, Arabic-English, v9, Tradition #329;

Sahih Muslim, English version, Chapter DCCLIV, v3, pp 1009-1010, Traditions #4476 --> #4483;

Sunan Abi Dawud, v2, p421 (three traditions);Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v4, p501;

Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v5, p106;

Others such as al-Tiyalasi, Ibn al-Athir, etc.


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The Messenger of Allah , from the time the revelation of "Verily Allahintends to... (the last part of Verse 33:33)" and for six (6) months thereafter, stood by the

door of the House of Fatimah and said: "Time for Prayer Ahlul-Bayt; No doubt! Allah

wished to remove all abomination from you and make you pure and spotless."

Sunni references:

Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v12, p85

Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v3, p258

Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p158 who wrote this tradition is authentic as per the criteriaof Muslim and Bukhari

Tafsir al-Durr al-Manthoor, by al-Suyuti, v5, pp 197,199

Tafsir Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, v22, pp 5,6 (saying seven month)

Tafsir Ibn Kathir, v3, p483Musnad, by al-Tiyalasi, v8, p274

Usdul Ghabah, by Ibn al-Athir, v5, p146

Furthermore, Ibn Abbas narrated:

The Messenger of Allah said: Four women are the mistress of

the worlds: Mary, Asiya (the wife of Pharaoh), Khadija, and Fatimah.And the most excellent one among them in the world is Fatimah."

Sunni references: Ibn Asakir, as quoted in Tafsir al-Durr al-Manthoor

1. At Àrafat

AlTirmidhi in his Sunan (v, 662, no. 3786) records the following tradition

....Jabi r ibn Abd Al lah said : "I saw the Messenger of Al lah - upon whom be God's peaceand benediction s - in the course of his haj j pi lgr im age on the day of Arafah. The Proph et

(S) was s eated on his c amel, alQaswa', and was d el ivering a sermo n. I heard himsay: 'Opeople, I am leaving among you that which if you hold on to you shall never go astray: theBook of Allah and my kindred, myhousehold."

AlTirmidhi states that the same tradition has been narrated by Abu dzarr, Abu Saìd, Zayd ibnArqam and Hudhayfah ibn Usayd.

Among others who have recorded this tradition are:

alHafiz Ibn Abi Shaybah, as in Kanz alùmmal (1st ed.), i, 48;
http://www.al-islam.org/mot/default.asp?url=14ahlbayt.htmhttp://www.al-islam.org/mot/default.asp?url=14ahlbayt.htmhttp://www.al-islam.org/mot/default.asp?url=14ahlbayt.htmhttp://www.al-islam.org/mot/default.asp?url=14ahlbayt.htm


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alÙqayli in alDuàfa' alKabir, ii, 250;

alHakim alTirmidhi, Nawadir al-'usul, 68, 50th asl;

alTabarani, alMu`jam alkabir, iii, 63, no. 2679;

alKhatib, alMuttafiq wa almuftariq, cf. Kanz alùmmal, i, 48 and Majma' alzawa'id,v, 195; ix, 163,x, 363, 268;

alBaghawi, al-Masabih, ii, 206;

Ibn al'Athir, Jami` al'usul, i, 277, no. 65;

al-Rafiì, alTadwin, ii, 264 (in the biographical account of Ahmad ibn Mihran alQattan; this hadithhas been deleted in the Indian print, but is present in the manuscripts of the book ! );

alMizzi, Tahdhib alkamal, x, 51, and Tuhfat al'ashraf, ii, 278, no. 2615;

alQadi alBaydawi, Tuhfat al'ashraf;

alKhwarazmi, Maqtal alHusayn (A),i, 144;

alKhatib alTabrizi, Mishkat almasabih, iii, 258;

Ibn Kathir, Tafsir (Bulaq edition, on the margin of Fath albayan), ix, 115;

al-Zarandi, Nazm aldurar alsimtayn, 232;

alMaqrizi, Ma`rifat ma yajib li Al alBayt alNabawi, 38.

Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith: 9.329

Narrated Jabir Ibn Samura:

I heard the Prophet saying, "There will be twelve commanders (Amir)."

Hethen said a sentence which I did not hear. My father said, theProphetadded, "All of them will be from Quraish."

In Sahih Muslim

Narrated Jabir Ibn Samura:

The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "The matter (life) will not end, until it

ispassed by twelve Caliphs."He then whispered a sentence. I asked myfatherwhat the Prophet said. He said, the Prophet added: "All of themwill befrom Quraish."


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Again from Sahih Muslim:

The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "The affairs of people will continue to be

conducted (well) as long as they are governed by the twelve men."

references:

- Sahih Muslim, Arabic version, Kitab al-Imaara, 1980 Edition Pub. in

SaudiArabia, v3, p1453, Tradition #6

- Sahih Muslim, English version, Chapter DCCLIV (titled: The People aresubservient to the Quraish and the Caliphate is the Right oftheQuraish), v3, p1010, Tradition #4478

2. At Ghadir Khumm:

AlNasa'i in his alSunan alkubra,96, No. 79, records the following tradition in the chapter"Khasa'is Àli":

AlNasa'i narrates from Muhammad ibn alMuthanna, he from Yahya ibn Hammad, from Abu'Uwwanah, from Sulayman, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Abu alTufayl, from Zayd ibn Arqam,who said, "When the Messenger of Allah (A) returned from the last hajj and came down at GhadirKhumm....

"Then he declared: 'I am about to answer the call (of death). Verily, I have left two precious

things (thaqalayn) among you,one of which is greater than the other: the Book of God andmy Ìtrah, my Ahl alBayt. So watch out how you treat them after me. For, indeed, they willnever separate until they return to me by the side of the Pond.' Then he said, 'Verily, Godis my master (mawlaya) and I am the wali of every believer.' Then he took Àli's hand anddeclared, 'To whomever I am his wali , this one is also his wali. My God, befriend whoeverbefriends him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him.'" Abu alTufayl says: "I said toZayd, 'Did you hear it from the Prophet(S)?' He replied, 'There was no one in the caravanwho did not see it with his eyes and hear it with his ears,'"

Khasa'is Àliis part of alNasa'i's alSunan alkubra as shown by the 3rd volume of the MS in theking's collection in Morocco, written in 759/1358 folios 81-117. See also in this regard theintroduction of alKhasa'is(Kuwait: Maktabat alMuàlla, 1406), ed. by Ahmad Mirayn Balushi. Theeditor states that this tradition is sahih and its transmitters are thiqah.

Among others who have recorded it in their books are:

Al-Bukhari, alTa'rikh alkabir,iii, 96;

Muslim, Sahih, bab fada'il Àli, no. 2408;

Ahmad, Musnad,iii, 17, iv, 366;


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Àbd ibn Humayd, Musnad, no. 265;

Ibn Sa`d, and

Abu Ya`la from Abu Saìd, as mentioned in Jam` aljawami` and Kanz alùmmal;

Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, in his Sahih., as mentioned by Ibn Hajar in alMatalib alàliyah, iv, 65, no.1873, where he states that its isnad is sahih, and also by al-Busayri in Ithaf alsadah (MS inTopcopi Library, vol. 3, F.55b) who, too, considers the isnad as sahih;

Ibn Khuzaymah, Sahih, MS in Topcopi Library, F.240;

alDarimi, Sunan,ii, 310, no. 2319;

Abu Dawud, Sunan, as mentioned in Sibt ibn alJawzi, Tadhkirat khawass al'ummah, 322;

Abu 'Uwwanah, Musnad, as mentioned in alShaykhani, alSirat alsawi;

alBazzaz, from Umm Hani, as mentioned in Wasilat alma'al;

Ibn Abi 'Asim, Kitab alSunnah, 629, no. 1551, 630, no. 1555, 629, no. 1551;

alYa`qubi, Ta'rikh, ii, 112;

alBaladhuri,Ansab al'ashraf, 110, no. 48, the biographical account of Àli (A);

alHafiz alHasan ibn Sufyan alNasawi, the author of Musnad, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd, asmentioned by Abu Nuàym, alHilyah,i, 355,

alFasawi, alMa`rifah wa alta'rikh,i, 536;

Ibn Jarir alTabari, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd, Zayd ibn Arqam (with alNasa'i's wording as well aswith the wording of Muslim), Abu Saìd alKhudri, as cited in Jam` aljawami`,ii, 357, 395, Kanz al-ùmmal, 12911, xiii, 36441, 36340, 37620, 37621, 36341, Jami` al-'ahadith,vii, 14523, 15112,15122, 15113, iv, 7773, 8072, 8073;

alDulabi, alDhurriyyat altahirah, no. 228;

alHafiz alTahawi, Mushkil al 'athar,ii, 307, iv, 368;

alHakim alTirmidhi, Nawadir al-'usul, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd;

alTabarani, alMu`jam alkabir,iii, 2679, 2681, 2683, 3052, v, 4969, 4970, 4971, 4986, 5026, 5028;

alHakim, alMustadrak àla alSahihayn,iii, 109, 110 where he expressly states, as mentionedabove, that the tradition is sahih in accordance with the criteria of alBukhari and Muslim; al-Dhahabi has confirmed his judgement;

Abu Nuàym, Hilyat al'awliya',i,355, ix, 64;

alBayhaqi, alSunan alkubra,ii, 148, vii, 30, x, 114;


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alKhatib, Ta'rikh Baghdad,viii, 442;

Ibn alMaghazili, Manaqib Amir alMu'minin (A), 23;

Ibn Àsakir, Ta'rikh Dimashq,ii, 45, no. 547, the biographical account of Àli (A), and v, 436 ofBadran's edition in the biographical account of Zayd ibn Arqam;

alBaghawi, Masabih alSunnah,ii, 205 and Sharh alSunnah (MS in Topcopi Libary, vol. 2, F. 718),bab Manaqib Ahl alBayt;

Ibn al'Athir, Usd alghabah, iii, 92 in the biographical account of 'Amir ibn Layla, no. 2727;

Ibn Hajar, al'Isabah in the biographical account of 'Amir;

al-Mizzi, Tuhafat al'ashraf,iii, 203, no. 3688 from Muslim and alNasa'i;

alDiya' alMuqaddisi, alMukhtarah, as cited by alSamhudi and alSakhawi;

Ibn Taymiyyah, Minhaj alSunnah,iv, 85;

al-Dhahabi, Talkhis alMustadrak,iii, 109;

Ibn Kathir, alBidayah wa alnihayah,v, 209, vi, 199, from alNasa'i, where he quotes alNasa'i'sstatement that this narration is sahih;

alKhazin, Tafsirunder verses 42:23 and 3:103;

alMulla, Wasilat almutaàbbidin,v, 199;

al-Haythami, Majma` alzawa'id,ix, 163 from Zayd, 164 from Hudhayfah.

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