Hākim has narrated it from ‘Alī (RA) and Talhah (RA) in al-Mustadrak .

Hākim has narrated it from ‘Alī (RA) and Talhah (RA) in al-Mustadrak . Imām Ahmad bin Hambal and Tabarānī have related this tradition from ‘Alī, Zayd bin Arqam and thirty (RA). Abū Nu‘aym has copied it from Sa‘d in Fadāil-us-sahābah and Khatīb Baghdādī has copied it from Anas (RA). Khatīb Baghdādī has copied it in Tārīkh Baghdad (12:343) from ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Abbās (RA) along with the words: من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه. One who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master. [28].

Haythamī has related this tradition from Tabarānī in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:108, 109) and has called its narrators credible ( thiqah ); and Hindī copied it in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (11:611 # 32958). Ibn ‘Asākir narrated it in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:181, 182). [29].

Ahmad bin Hambal related it with a sound chain of authorities in al-Musnad (1:152), and Fadā’il-us-sahābah (2:705 # 1206); Ibn Abī ‘Āsim, as-Sunnah (p.604 # 1369); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ul-awsat (7:448 # 6878); Hindī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (13:77, 168 # 32950, 36511); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:161, 162, 163); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:171). Haythamī, copying it in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:107), has commented that its narrators are credible ( rijāluhū thiqah ). [30].

Hākim related it in al-Mustadrak (2:129, 130 # 2589); Ahmad bin Hambal, al-Musnad (5:350, 358, 361); Nasā’ī, Khasā’is amīr-il-mu’minīn ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib (pp. 85, 86 # 77); ‘Abd-ur-Razzāq, al-Musannaf (11:225 # 20388); Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Musannaf (12:84 # 12181); and Manāwī in Fayd-ul-qadīr (6:218).

Hākim is of the view that this tradition is quite compatible with the requirements of Bukhārī and Muslim for a sahīh (sound) hadīth , and narrated the tradition through another chain of transmission on the authority of Sa‘d bin ‘Ubaydah (RA) who has relied on the narration of Abū ‘Awānah. He has also narrated it briefly on the authority of Buraydah al-Aslamī (RA) at another place in al-Mustadrak (3:110 # 4578).

Abū Nu‘aym related it briefly with the words -من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه (one who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master - in Hilyat-ul-awliyā’ wa tabaqāt-ul-asfiyā’ (4:23). Ibn ‘Asākir related it in Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:76).

Haythamī copied it in Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:108) and said: Bazzar narrated it and its men are those of sound hadīth ( rijīluhū sahīh ) Hindī related it briefly with the words - من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه (one who has me as his master has ‘Alī as his master) - in Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (11:602 # 32905). Previous…