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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books On The Khilafah Of ‘Ali Over Abu Bakr Hadith Al-Wilayah, Al-Arnaut’s Rescue Attempts ================================================= Shaykh al-Arnaut is a hard-line follower of his “Shaykh al-Islam” Ibn Taymiyyah. Seeing the latter’s helplessness on Hadith al-Wilayah , he decides to come to his rescue. Although he falls short of calling the hadith “a lie” like Ibn Taymiyyah (d.

728 H), Shaykh al-Arnaut nonetheless makes frantic but fragile efforts to cast a shadow of doubt over its head. Imam Ibn Hibban (d. 354 H), in his Sahih , records the hadith : إن عليا مني وأنا منه وهو ولي كل مؤمن بعدي Verily, ‘Ali is from me and I am from ‘Ali, and he is the wali of every believer after me.[^1] The riwayah is through this chain: أخبرنا أبو يعلى حدثنا الحسن بن عمر بن شقيق حدثنا جعفر بن سليمان عن يزيد الرشك عن مطرف بن عبد الله بن الشخير عن عمران بن حصين Abu Ya’la – al-Hasan b.

‘Umar b. Shaqiq – Ja’far b. Sulayman – Yazid al-Rishk – Mutarrif b. ‘Abd Allah b. Shikhir – ‘Imran b. Hasin.[^2] Shaykh al-Arnaut says about the hadith : إسناده قوي Its chain is strong.[^3] This indicates the reliability of all the narrators. ‘Allamah al-Albani (d.

1420 H) confirms this when he says about the very same report, with the same chain: صحيح Sahih [^4] The hadith is also recorded in Musnad Ahmad with this chain: حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا عبد الرزاق وعفان المعنى وهذا حديث عبد الرزاق قالا ثنا جعفر بن سليمان قال حدثني يزيد الرشك عن مطرف بن عبد الله عن عمران بن حصين قال ... رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم .... دعوا عليا دعوا عليا ان عليا مني وأنا منه وهو ولي كل مؤمن بعدي ‘Abd Allah (b. Ahmad) – my father (Ahmad b.

Hanbal) – ‘Abd al-Razzaq and ‘Affan al-Ma’ni , and this is the hadith of ‘Abd al-Razzaq – Ja’far b. Sulayman – Yazid al-Rishk – Mutarrif b. ‘Abd Allah – ‘Imran b. Hasin: .... The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: “.... Leave ‘Ali alone! Leave ‘Ali alone! Verily, ‘Ali is from me and I am from ‘Ali and he is the wali of every believer after me.”[^5] Al-Arnaut already testifies to the reliability of Ja’far, Yazid and Mutarrif above.

So, we are left with only ‘Abd Allah, son of Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal; and both of them are highly authoritative hadith scientists and compilers in the eyes of the Ahl al-Sunnah. Like his father, Ahmad b. Hanbal, ‘Abd Allah needs no introduction and his trustworthiness is absolutely beyond question. ‘Abd al-Razzaq too is like that.