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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books ‘Ali: The Best of the Sahabah Hadith Al-Tashbih, Instances Of Equality ============================================ When the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alaihi wa alihi , described Amir al-Muminin, ‘alaihi al-salam , as being “exactly like” himself, or his own “similarity”, what was he saying? Was he talking about physical identicalness? Or, was it about tribal affiliations? What was it exactly?
Basically, those statements have deliberately been made general and left open by the Messenger of Allah. As such, everything is the same between them both except whatever has been excluded as exceptions. In other words, the only differences between the Nabi and the Amir are those that have been proved through the Qur’an or authentic ahadith . In everything else, they were, and are, the same.
Meanwhile, it would not be inappropriate to cite a few examples of equality between the Messenger of Allah and Imam ‘Ali. ‘Allamah al-Albani (d. 1420 H), for instance, records that the Prophet said: من أحب عليا فقد أحبني ومن أبغض عليا فقد أبغضني Whosoever loves ‘Ali has loved me, and whosoever hates ‘Ali has hated me.[^1] The ‘Allamah says: صحيح Sahih ^2 In simple terms, the obligations to love the Messenger, and to love Amir al-Muminin, are the same.
Love or hatred of either of them attracts the same recognition, reward or punishment from Allah the Almighty. Interestingly, Imam ‘Ali was not the only one with this status. Imam Abu Ya’la (d. 307 H) further records: حدثنا أبو هشام الرفاعي حدثنا ابن فضيل حدثنا سالم بن أبي حفصة عن أبي حازم عن أبي هريرة قال : قال رسول الله ـ صلى الله عليه و سلم :من أحب الحسن والحسين فقد أحبني ومن أبغضهما فقد أبغضني Abu Hisham al-Rufa’i – Ibn Fudhayl – Salim b.
Abi Hafsah – Abu Hazim – Abu Hurayrah: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: “Whosoever loves al-Hasan and al-Husayn has loved me, and whosoever hates them has hated me.”[^3] Shaykh Dr. Asad says: إسناده حسن Its chain is hasan . ^4 Imam Ibn Majah (d.
273 H) has also recorded the hadith through a different ṭariq (route): حدثنا علي بن محمد حدثنا وكيع عن سفيان عن داود بن أبي عوف أبي الجحاف وكان مرضيا عن أبي حازم عن أبي هريرة قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من أحب الحسن والحسين فقد أحبني ومن أبغضهما فقد أبغضني ‘Ali b. Muhammad – Waki’ – Sufyan – Dawud b.