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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books On The Khilafah Of ‘Ali Over Abu Bakr Hadith Al-Wilayah, Doctored By Shi’is? ========================================= Facing severe hopelessness about Hadith al-Wilayah , a high-standing Sunni ‘alim decides to play the last remaining card: “Shi’is doctored it”! Imam al-Mubarakfuri (d.
زيادة لفظ بعدي في هذا الحديث ليست بمحفوظة بل هي مردودة فاستدلال الشيعة بها على أن عليا رضي الله عنه كان خليفة بعد رسول الله من غير فصل باطل جدا Ahmad recorded it in his Musnad : “And he is THE wali of every believer after me ( min ba’di )”. This is how it is recorded in some manuscripts, with the addition of “min”. In other manuscripts, there is “ba’di” without “min”, and this is how it is in the report of Ahmad in his Musnad . The Shi’ah have proved with it (i.e.
the phrase “after me”) that ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, was the immediate khalifah of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. Their reliance of upon as proof is fallacious because it depends entirely upon the authenticity of the additional phrase “after me”. If it were authentic, then it would be acceptable as proof . But, the matter is not like that.... The additional phrase “after me” in this hadith is not authentic . Rather, it is rejected.
Therefore, the reliance upon it as proof, by the Shi’ah, that ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, was the immediate khalifah of the Messenger of Allah is terribly fallacious.[^1] In simple words, the original hadith was this: علي ولي كل مؤمن ‘Ali is THE wali of every believer. However, some unreliable people maliciously added “after me” to it to make it: علي ولي كل مؤمن بعدي ‘Ali is THE wali of every believer after me.
In his haste, al-Mubarakfuri obviously fails to notice that the “dangerous elements” in the hadith are two, not one: the word “the” before wali and the phrase “after me”. The only way he can have his way is if the original hadith had been this: علي ولي لكل مؤمن ‘Ali is a wali of every believer. In that case, Amir al-Muminin, ‘alaihi al-salam , would have been only one of the friends and helpers of the believers. But, the definite article (i.e.