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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books On The Khilafah Of ‘Ali Over Abu Bakr Hadith Al-Wirathah, Examining Some Shawahid ============================================== Imam al-Haythami (d.
807 H) records: وعن ابن عباس أن عليا كان يقول في حياة رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم : إن الله عز و جل يقول : {أفإن مات أو قتل انقلبتم على أعقابكم} والله لا ننقلب على أعقابنا بعد إذ هدانا الله تعالى والله لئن مات أو قتل لأقاتلن على ما قاتل عليه حتى أموت والله إني لأخوه ووليه وابن عمه ووارثه فمن أحق به مني Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: ‘Ali used to say during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah , peace be upon him: “Verily, Allah the Almighty said {If he dies or is killed, will you then turn back on your heels} [3:144].
By Allah, we will never turn back on our heels after Allah the Most High has guided us. I swear by Allah, if he dies or he is killed, I will fight upon what he fights upon until I die. I SWEAR BY ALLAH, verily I am his brother, AND HIS WALI **, and his cousin, AND HIS INHERITOR. So, who is it that is more entitled to him than me?**”[^1] Al-Haythami comments: رواه الطبراني ورجاله رجال الصحيح Al-Tabarani records it, and its narrators are narrators of the Sahih . ^2 ‘Allamah al-Albani (d.
1420 H) senses the fatal danger the above sahih hadith poses to the Sunni creed as a whole. So, he decides to “take care of” it. After including it in his Silsilah Dha’ifah (his collection of unreliable ahadith ), he grades it as: منكر Munkar (repugnant)[^3] What is his reason? He explains: قلت: وسكت عليه الحاكم والذهبي؛ ولعل ذلك لظهور علته، وهي تنحصر في سماك، أو في الراوي عنه: أسباط.
أما الأول؛ فلأنه وإن كان ثقة؛ فقد تكلموا في روايته عن عكرمة خاصة، فقال الحافظ في "التقريب": "صدوق، وروايته عن عكرمة خاصة مضطربة، وقد تغير بآخره…". وأما الآخر؛ فقال الحافظ: "صدوق، كثير الخطأ…". I say: al-Hakim and al-Dhahabi kept silent about it. Maybe this is due to the obviousness of its defect, and it is limited to Simak, or from the narrator from him, Asbat .
As for the first (Simak), it is because even though he is thiqah (trustworthy), his report from ‘Ikrimah has been specifically criticized. So, al-Hafiz says in al-Taqrib : “ Saduq (very truthful), his report from ‘Ikrimah alone is confused. He changed during the last part of his life…”.
As for the other (Asbat), al-Hafiz says: “ Saduq (very truthful), makes a lot of mistakes[^4]…”.[^5] Since no-one in the chain is munkar al-hadith , the ‘Allamah’s grading of the hadith as “munkar” is a clear error.