Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:177).

Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:177). Haythamī, Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:106). Tabarānī related it from Hudhyfah bin Usayd al-Ghifārī (RA) in al-Mu‘jam-ul-kabīr (3:179 # 3049). Ibn ‘Asākir has narrated it through Hasan bin Hasan in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (15:60,61). Ibn ‘Asākir related it from Abū Hurayrah, ‘Umar bin al-Khattāb, Anas bin Mālik and ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar (RA) in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:176, 177, 178, 178) respectively.

Ibn ‘Asākir related it from Buraydah (RA) with slightly different words in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:143). Ibn Athīr narrated it through ‘Abdullāh bin Yāmīl in Asad-ul-ghābah fī ma‘rifat-is-sahābah (3:412). Haythamī narrated it through Abū Burdah رضي الله عنهما)) in Mawārid-uz-zam’ān (p.544 # 2204). ‘Asqalānī said in Fath-ul-bārī (7:74): Tirmidhī and Nasā’ī narrated the tradition and it is supported by numerous chains of transmission.

Albānī says in Silsilat-ul-ahādīth-is-sahīhah (4:331 # 1750) that its chain of authorities is sahīh (sound) according to the conditions of Bukhārī and Muslim. [2]. Tirmidhī narrated it in al-Jāmi‘-us-sahīh, b.

of manāqib (merits) 6:78 (#3712); Nasā’ī with the sound chains of transmission in Khasā’is amīr-il-mu’minīn ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib (pp.77, 92 # 65, 86), and as-Sunan-ul-kubrā (5:132 # 8484); Ahmad bin Hambal in Fadā’il-us-sahābah (2:620 # 1060), and the last words of the tradition narrated in his Musnad (4:437, 438) are: وقد تغير وجهه, فقال: دعوا عليا, دعوا عليا, إن علي مني وأنا منه, وهو ولي كل مؤمن بعدي. And his face flashed. Then he said: give up (opposing) ‘Alī, give up (opposing) ‘Alī.

Surely ‘Alī is from me and I am from ‘Alī and after me he is the guardian of every believer . Ibn Kathīr also narrated it with these words in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (5:458). Hākim in al-Mustadrak (3:110,111#4579) has declared this tradition sound according to the conditions laid down by Imām Muslim while Dhahabī has kept silent about it. Abū Ya‘lā has narrated it in al-Musnad (1:293 # 355) and its narrators are men of integrity while Ibn Hibbān has also called it sound.

The tradition in Tayālisī’s Musnad (p.111#829) also contains these words: The Prophet (SAW) said: ما لهم ولعلي؟ Why are they so concerned about ‘Alī? Ibn Hibbān narrated it with a firm ( qawī ) chain of transmission in as-Sahīh (15:373, 374 # 6929).