Abi Bukayr – Israil – Abu Ishaq – Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Jadali...

Abi Bukayr – Israil – Abu Ishaq – Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Jadali: I entered upon Umm Salamah and she said to me, “Is the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, being cursed among you?” I said, “Allah forbid!” or “Glory to Allah!” or a similar statement. She said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: ‘ Whosoever curses ‘Ali has cursed me .’”[^10] Shaykh al-Arnauṭ comments: إسناده صحيح Its chain is sahih . ^11 Imam al-Haythami (d.

807 H) also states: رواه أحمد ورجاله رجال الصحيح غير أبي عبد الله الجدلي وهو ثقة Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are narrators of the Sahih , apart from Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Jadali and he was trustworthy.[^12] Imam al-Hakim (d. 403 H) too has this verdict upon the exact same hadith : هذا حديث صحيح الإسناد This hadith has a sahih chain[^13] And Imam al-Dhahabi (d. 748 H) agrees with him: صحيح Sahih ^14 It is natural logic, anyway. Cursing is an act of hatred.

So, whosoever curses ‘Ali apparently hates him. By that very token, such a person is guilty of hating Allah. Looking further, there is yet another point of equality between the Nabi and the Amir.

‘Allamah al-Albani documents this hadith : من آذى عليا فقد آذاني Whosoever hurts ‘Ali has hurt me.[^15] The ‘Allamah states: صحيح Sahih ^16 Imam al-Hakim also comments: هذا حديث صحيح الإسناد This hadith has a sahih chain.[^17] Imam al-Dhahabi affirms the verdict: صحيح Sahih ^18 Imam al-Haythami also declares about this hadith : رواه أحمد ... ورجال أحمد ثقات Ahmad recorded ...

and the narrators of Ahmad are trustworthy.[^19] In Islam, to hurt someone means to do anything that causes physical or emotional discomfort to them. For example, notice what Allah has said here: واللذان يأتيانها منكم فآذوهما And the two persons among you who commit it (i.e. fornication), hurt them both.[^20] This is clearly about physical hurt. Let us compare that with this noble verse: يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تكونوا كالذين آذوا موسى فبرأه الله مما قالوا وكان عند الله وجيها O you who believe!

Do not be like those who hurt Musa, but Allah cleared him of that which they said, and he was honourable before Allah.[^21] They made incorrect statements about Musa, ‘alaihi al-salam . Such statements apparently hurt the feelings and image of this noble prophet. Therefore, to Allah, they had thereby hurt him.