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RECOGNITION OF ALI'S SUPERIORITY
Ibn-e-Hajar Makki in
Sawaiq-e-Muhariqa reports that Abubakr once said:
"It would be difficult indeed for
any one to pass over the bridge of Sirat', on the Day of Judgment
without getting a permit from Au, because this is what I have
heard from the Holy Prophet."
Omar related that once the Holy
Prophet said, "If the faith of the inhabitants of the seven worlds
be put on one side of the scale, and that of All alone on the
other side, verily Mi's side will weigh heavier."
Imam Shafai's famous verse: "Ali
will judge mankind and allot them either paradise or hell. He was
the leader of men and Jinns, the true Testator of the Holy
Prophet. If the followers of Ali are Raffizhes' (the
heterogeneous sect of Shias) verily I am one of that sect. Ali at
the time of the breaking of the symbols in the Kaaba put his feet
on that shoulder where God had put His hand on the Night of Meraj'
and verily Ali was that man into whose eyes shone the light of
God."
Once, Imam Ahmad asked his
father, Imam Hanbal, who was superior, Muawiya or Ali, to which
query Imam Hanbal replied, "Ali had numerous enemies and all of
them tried to find fault with him but they searched in vain and
could not find any flaw in him. At long last they joined hands
with Muawiya and declared war on Ali. When they failed to defeat
him by fair means they took to treacherous and deceitful courses
to harm him."
Ibn Athir says, "Ali was the
first Caliph whose parents were pure Hashimites and who was so
judicial minded that he could not put up with the dishonesty even
if his friends or relatives were to indulge in it and was so much
engrossed in piety that at the time of his marriage with Fatima,
he did not possess anything save a camel skin, which he converted
into a bed sheet at night. The Prophet in his sayings has not
extolled any of his companions as much as he has Ali. Surely Ali
never spoke a lie in his life time."
Some one asked the Umayyad
Caliph, Omar bin Abdul Aziz (717-20 A.D.) whom he considered the
most pious man in the world, to which query he replied, "Ali
excelled mankind in piety. Not only this, but he tried zealously
to reform his friends, associates, acquaintances and all those who
came in contact with him."
Ibn Masud used to say that
throughout Arabia there was no more impartial judge than Ali.
Abu Saeed Khudiri held that he
could easily detect a hypocrite by his enmity towards Ali.
Abdullah Ibn Abbas used to say,
"Should schism seep into Islam, it would be the bounden duty of
the believers to attach themselves fast to Ali (i.e. his
teachings) and the Quran for I have heard the Prophet say, Ali
was the first to believe in me, he will be the first to meet me in
Paradise and will be the greatest discriminator of truth from
falsehood, he is the leader of all the believers, he is the
Sadiq-i-Akbar' (the great truthful one) and is that door (of
faith) the entry through which will lead to Paradise."
(Munaqib ibn Murwaiyia)
