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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books On The Khilafah Of ‘Ali Over Abu Bakr Hadith Al-Siyadah, Exploring the Scope of ‘Ali’s Superiority ================================================================ The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alaihi wa alihi , identified Amir al-Muminin, ‘alaihi al-salam , as a sayyid in both this world and the next. This, without doubt, falls within the spiritual context.
Of particular interest therefore is that the Prophet had described him as a sayyid in absolute terms. As such, he is superior – in the Sight of Allah - to all mankind, except whoever has been excluded through other irrefutable proofs. The Messenger stated the same thing about al-Hasan, ‘alaihi al-salam , the first son of ‘Ali. Imam Ahmad (d.
241 H) records: حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا سفيان عن أبي موسى ويقال له إسرائيل قال سمعت الحسن قال سمعت أبا بكرة وقال سفيان مرة عن أبي بكرة رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم على المنبر وحسن عليه السلام معه وهو يقبل على الناس مرة وعليه مرة ويقول أن ابني هذا سيد ‘Abd Allah (b. Ahmad) – my father (Ahmad b.
Hanbal) – Sufyan – Abu Musa, also called Israil – al-Hasan – Abu Bakrah; and Sufyan also narrated directly from Abu Bakrah at another time: I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, upon the pulpit, and Hasan, ‘alaihi salam , was with him. He was turning to the people at one time and turning to him (i.e.
al-Hasan) at another, and he was saying: “ Verily, this son of mine is a sayyid .”[^1] Shaykh al-Arnaut comments: إسناده صحيح على شرط البخاري Its chain is sahih upon the standard of al-Bukhari. ^2 Imam al-Tirmidhi (d. 279 H) also states about the same hadith : هذا حديث حسن صحيح This hadith is hasan sahih .[^3] And ‘Allamah al-Albani (d. 1420 H) agrees: صحيح Sahih ^4 In another report, our Prophet explains what this means.
‘Allamah al-Albani copies this hadith : ابناي هذان: الحسن والحسين: سيدا شباب أهل الجنة وأبوهما خير منهما These two sons of mine, al-Hasan and al-Husayn, are the two sayyids of the youth of the people of Paradise, and their father is better than them both .[^5] The ‘Allamah comments: صحيح Sahih ^6 Imam al-Hakim (d.
403 H) also documents a similar report: حدثنا أبو سعيد عمرو بن محمد بن منصور العدل ثنا السري بن خزيمة ثنا عثمان بن سعيد المري ثنا علي بن صالح عن عاصم عن زر عن عبد الله رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الحسن والحسين سيدا شباب أهل الجنة وأبوهما خير منهما Abu Sa’id ‘Amr b. Muhammad b. Mansur al-‘Adl – al-Sirri b. Khuzaymah – ‘Uthman b. Sa’id al-Mirri – ‘Ali b.