Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Glimpses of Shi'ism in the Musnad of Ibn Hanbal Chapter 6: Hadith Al-ghadir Ahmad bin Hanbal says: ‘Abdulla-h bin Ahmad relates from ‘Ali- bin Haki-m Awdi- from Shari-k from Abi Isha-q from Sa‘i-d bin Wahab and Zayd bin Yuyhay‘ both of whom have narrated: (Imam) ‘Ali- [(‘a)] complained and addressed the people at Rahbah, saying: “All those who had heard the Prophet’s words at Ghadi-r Khum, stand up.” The narrator says: Six persons on behalf of Sa‘i-d and six persons on behalf of Zayd stood up and bore testimony that they heared the Prophet say on the Day of Ghadi-r: “A laysa Allahu awla- bi al-mu’mini-n?
Qa-lu: Bala-. Qa-la: Allahumma man kuntu mawla-h fa ‘Ali-yyun mawla-h. Allahumma wa-li man wa-la-h wa ‘adi man ‘ada-h (Is not God superior to the faithful? Yes! said the gathering. He said: O Allah! For whomsoever I am master ‘Ali- is his master. O Allah!
befriend his friends and despise his enemies)”.[^34] Ibn Hanbal has recorded the event of Ghadi-r over 30 times in his Musnad through different isna-d or chains of authority and in the words of more than 10 companions of the Prophet.[^35] The version of Hadi-th al-Ghadi-r mentioned above is from the notes of Ibn Hanbal’s son ‘Abdulla-h on his father’s work.