Hadiths about imam Ali (AS) - His virtues (Part VII)
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ما أنزل الله تعالى آية {يا أيها الذين آمنوا} إلا وعلي رأسها وأميرها
( حل - عن ابن عباس؛ وقال: لا نكتبه مرفوعا إلا من حديث ابن أبي خيثمة والناس رووه موقوفا).
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Kanz al-U'ummal, by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, vol 11, #32920 (المجلد الحادي عشر >> {الإكمال} من فضائل علي رضي الله عنه)
Imam Abu Abdullah Ahmed ibn Hanbal has said: "Nobody among the companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) has possessed as many virtues as Ali ibn Abu Talib has."
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Mustadrak al-Hakim
Ibn Abbas (RA) said: There is no verse in Quran in which the term Believers', unless Ali is at the top of them and the chief of them and the more virtuous one among them. Surely Allah has admonished the companions of Muhammad (PBUH) in Quran, but He did not refer to Ali except with honor.
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Fadha'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p654, tradition #1114
al-Riyadh al-Nadhirah, by Muhibbuddin al-Tabari, v3, p229
Tarikh al-Khulafaa, by al-Hafidh Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, p171
Dhakha'ir al-Uqba, by Muhibbuddin al-Tabari, p89
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 9, section 3, p196
Others such as Tabarani and Ibn Abi Hatam
Ibn Abbas said: There hath not been revealed in the Book of God regarding any one what hath been revealed concerning Ali," and that "three hundred verses have been revealed concerning Ali."
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Ibn Asakir
Tarikh al-Khulafaa, by al-Hafidh Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, p171
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 9, section 3, p196
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Ali in the Quran
Here is a list of Quranic verses connected to Ali ibn Abi Talib:Sourat 3: aal-I'imran, Verse 59-61 (Revealed on Fatima, Ali, al-Hassan and al-Hussein - al Mubahala)Sourat 5: al-Ma'ida, Verse 55 (The wilayah of Ali - Ghadeer Khum)Sourat 22: al-Hajj, Verse 19-24 (Hamza, Ali, 'Ubaida bin Al-Harith as the men of faith)Sourat 26: al-Shua'ara', Verse 214 (Succession of Ali)Sourat 32: al-Sajdah, Verse 18-20 (Revealed on Walid ibn Uqbah and Imam Ali)Sourat 33: al-Ahzaab, Verse 33 (The purification of Ahlul Bayt)Sourat 98: al-Bayyina (The evidence), Verse 7 (Revealed on Ali and his followers)Top