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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books ‘Ali: The Best of the Sahabah Hadith Al-Qadha, Confessions Of The Sahabah ============================================== The companions of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alaihi wa alihi , used to admit, unanimously, that Amir al-Muminin ‘Ali b. Abi Talib, ‘alaihi al-salam , was indeed the best judge among them. Imam Ahmad (d.

241 H), for instance records: حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا وكيع ثنا سفيان عن حبيب بن أبي ثابت عن سعيد بن جبير عن بن عباس قال قال عمر رضي الله عنه: علي أقضانا وأبي أقرؤنا ‘Abd Allah (b. Ahmad b. Hanbal) – my father (Ahmad b. Hanbal) – Waki’ – Sufyan – Habib b. Abi Thabit – Sa’id b.

Jubayr – Ibn ‘Abbas: ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “ ‘Ali is the best judge among us , and Ubayy is the best reciter among us.”[^1] Shaykh al-Arnauṭ says: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين Its chain is sahih upon the standard of the two Shaykhs. ^2 Imam Ahmad further records: حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا يحيى بن سعيد عن سفيان حدثني حبيب يعنى بن أبي ثابت عن سعيد بن جبير عن بن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال: قال عمر علي أقضانا وأبي أقرؤنا ‘Abd Allah (b. Ahmad b. Hanbal) – my father (Ahmad b.

Hanbal) – Yahya b. Sa’id – Sufyan – Habib b. Abi Thabit – Sa’id b. Jubayr – Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both: ‘Umar said: “ ‘Ali is the best judge among us , and Ubayy is the best reciter among us.”[^3] Al-Arnauṭ again comments: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين Its chain is sahih upon the standard of the two Shaykhs. ^4 This is the third athar recorded on the same matter by Ahmad b.

Hanbal: حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا سويد بن سعيد في سنة ست وعشرين ومائتين ثنا علي بن مسهر عن الأعمش عن حبيب بن أبي ثابت عن سعيد بن جبير عن بن عباس قال خطبنا عمر رضي الله عنه على منبر رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم فقال: علي رضي الله عنه أقضانا وأبي رضي الله عنه اقرؤنا ‘Abd Allah (b. Ahmad b. Hanbal) – my father (Ahmad b. Hanbal) – Suwayd b. Sa’id – ‘Ali b. Mashar – al-A’mash – Habib b. Abi Thabit – Sa’id b.

Jubayr – Ibn ‘Abbas: ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, delievered a sermon on the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and said: “‘ Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, is the best judge among us , and Ubayy, may Allah be pleased with him, is the best reciter.”[^5] Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arnauṭ has a simple verdict on it: صحيح Sahih ^6 Notably, ‘Umar mentioned this publicly and none among the Sahabah present – including the most senior ones - objected.

This evidences their unanimous concurrence with him on the matter.