Chapter 11
Friendship with the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a)
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Ibn Hanbal says:
A. Ahmad has related from Ibn Numayr from A‘mash from ‘Adiyy bin ThÄbit from Zirr bin Husbaish from (Imam) ‘AlÄ« [(‘a)] who narrates:
By Allah! One of the covenants which the Messenger of Allah (S) bound me with is this:
“None will bear enmity towards me but the hypocrite and none will love me but the faithful believer.”[49]
Ahmad ShÄkir regards the isnÄd of this hadith as sahÄ«h and says about ‘Adiyy bin ThÄbit al-AnsÄrÄ« al-KufÄ«:
He was one of the trustworthy persons of the first generation of Muslims after the Prophet and his being a ShÄ«‘ah does not affect his narrations since he was trustworthy and truthful.
B. ‘AbdullÄh bin Ahmad has recorded: Nasr bin ‘AlÄ« AzdÄ« narrates from ‘AlÄ« bin Ja‘far from his brother (Imam) MusÄ bin Ja‘far [(‘a)] from his father (Imam) Ja‘far bin Muhammad (al-Sadiq) from his father (Muhammad bin ‘AlÄ« al-BÄqir), and he from (his father Imam) ‘AlÄ« bin al-Husayn [(‘a)], who from his father (Imam Husayn), and grandfather (Imam ‘AlÄ«), who narrates the hadith that the Messenger of Allah (S) holding the hands of Hasan and Husayn said:
“Man ahabbanÄ« wa ahabba hadhayn wa abÄhumÄ wa ummahumÄ kÄna ma‘Ä« fÄ« darajatÄ« yawm al-qiyÄmah” (Anyone who loves me and these two and their father and mother will be with me and on my station on the Day of Resurrection).[50]
Ahmad ShÄkir considers the isnÄd of this hadith as sahÄ«h. It is also worth noting that when Nasr bin ‘AlÄ« AzdÄ« narrated this hadith he was subjected to 1000 whiplashes on the orders of the ‘AbbÄsid caliph al-Mutawakkil.[51]
C. Abu Ahmad (Muhammad bin ‘AbdullÄh bin Zubayr AsadÄ«) has related to us from SufyÄn (ThawrÄ«) from AbÄ« JihÄf from Abi HÄzim from AbÄ« Hurayrah who quotes a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (S), saying:
“Man ahabbahumÄ faqad ahabbanÄ« wa man abghazahumÄ faqad abghazanÄ«, ya‘nÄ« Hasanan wa Husaynan” (Anyone who loves them, I mean Hasan and Husayn, indeed loves me, and anyone who hates them, surely hates me).[52]
Ahmad ShÄkir considers the isnÄd of this hadith as sahÄ«h.
Notes:
[49] Al-Musnad, hadith no. 642 (Ahmad ShÄkir). This hadith has been recorded through a slightly different chain of authority (isnÄd) on pages 102 & 236 of the same book.
[50] Ibid, hadith no. 576. This hadith has been added by Ibn Hanbal’s son ‘AbdullÄh.
[51] Ibn Hajar ‘AsqalÄnÄ«, TahdhÄ«b al-TahdhÄ«b, vol. 1, p. 430, printed by DÄ’irat al-Ma‘Ärif al-‘UthmÄniyyah, Haiderabad Deccan (India).
[52] Al-Musnad, hadith no. 7863 (Ahmad ShÄkir); also refer to hadith nos. 6406 & 7392 of the same edition.