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Anyone who loves them, surely loves me, and anyone who hates them, surely hates me.”[^4] Others who have narrated and recorded this hadith are listed in the following two groups: A) The Prophet’s companions This hadith has been recounted by many of the Prophet’s (S) companions including: Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (as).

Imam al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali (as) ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abbas Abu Bakr ibn Abi Qahafah ‘Umar ibn Khattab ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah Ansari ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud Hudhayfah ibn Yaman Jahm Malik ibn Huwayrith Laythi Qurrah ibn Ayas Usamah ibn Zayd Anas ibn Malik Abu Hurayrah Dusi Abu Sa‘id Khudri Bara’ ibn ‘Azib ‘Ali Hilali Abu Ramathah Buraydah B) The Sunni ‘Ulama’ Many Sunni scholars have also recorded and narrated this noble hadith .

Among them are the following: Khatib Baghdadi[^5] Ibn ‘Asakir[^6] Tabarani[^7] Muttaqi al-Hindi[^8] Muhibb al-Din Tabari[^9] Haythami[^10] Abu Na‘im Isfahani[^11] Ibn Hammad Hanbali[^12] Waki‘[^13] Ibn Majah[^14] Al-Hakim al-Neyshaburi [^15] Ganji Shafi‘i[^16] Al-Tirmidhi[^17] Ahmad ibn Hanbal[^18] Dhahabi[^19] Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani[^20] Baghawi[^21] Abu al-Qasim Sahmi[^22] Nahbani[^23] Ibn Hajar Haythami[^24] Suyuti [^25] Daylami[^26] Ibn Abi Shaybah[^27] Nassa’i[^28] Ibn Hibban[^29] Sam‘ani[^30] Suyuti[^31] Al-Mannawi[^32] Al-Albani[^33] Stipulation of the correctness and authenticity of this hadith A number of Sunni scholars of hadith have stipulated and confirmed the correctness of this hadith : Hafiz al-Ganji al-Shafi‘i says, “This hadith is healthy [ hasan ] and founded [ thabit ]…”[^34] Abu al-Qasim Tabarani, the leader of Sunni scholars of hadith , has related the chain of transmission of this hadith in his “ Al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir ”.

At the same time, he comments on the spiritual state and position of Imam al-Husayn (as). He attributes this hadith to a number of the Prophet’s companions [ sahabah ] and names all of them… After that, he adds, “The close and strong connection of these chains of transmission to one another is enough to prove the correctness and authenticity of this hadith.

”[^35] Al-Hakim al-Neyshaburi says, “This hadith , including the part which says ‘and their father is better than these two’, is correct according to the conditions of the two shaykh s (i.e.