Chapter 12-Imam 'Ali's (a) Comparison with Prophet Jesus (a)
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Chapter 12
Imam ‘Ali’s (‘a) Comparison with Prophet Jesus (‘a)
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Ibn Hanbal says:
‘AbdullÄh bin Ahmad has related to us from Abu al-Harth Surayj bin Yunus from Abu Hafs AbbÄr from Hakam bin ‘Abd al-Malik from Harth bin HasÄ«rah from AbÄ« SÄdiq from RabÄ«‘ah bin NÄjidh from (Imam) ‘AlÄ« (‘a), who narrates:
The Messenger of Allah (S) told me:
“FÄ«ka mathalun min ‘IsÄ, abghazathu al-Yahud hattÄ bahatu ummahu, wa ahabbathu al-NasÄrÄ hattÄ anzaluhu bi al-manzilati allatÄ« laysa bih (You are like Jesus. The Jews hated him so much that they slandered his mother, and the Christians because of their extreme devotion to him placed him in a position which was not his.”
Then (Imam) ‘AlÄ« (‘a) said:
n yahmiluhu shan’ÄnÄ« ‘alÄ an yabhatanÄ« (Two persons [groups] are doomed concerning me; the devoted extremist exalting me to what I am not, and the spiteful hater bearing malice towards me and slandering me).[53]
The annotator of the Musnad considers the isnÄd of this hadith as hasan (fair).
Notes:
[53] Al-Musnad, hadith no. 1376 and also hadith no. 1377 with a slight variation in its text and a different chain of authority (Ahmad ShÄkir).