Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Duhaym al-Shaybani informed us; Ahmad ibn Hazim ibn Abi Gharazah informed us; Ya'la ibn Ubayd, [and Ubayd Allah] (1) ibn Musa, and Abu Nu'aym narrated to us from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Rib'i ibn Hirash, from a man, from Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “A servant does not believe until he believes in four matters: that he testifies that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah, whom He sent with the truth; that he believes in the resurrection after death ⦗147/a⦘; and that he believes in the divine decree”—[Ubayd Allah] (2) added—“its good and its evil.” (3)
Abu Dawud also narrated it from Shu'bah, from Mansur, and said: “From Rib'i, from Ali,” without mentioning “from a man”; and this is more authentic. (4)
(1) Manuscript A reads “Abd Allah”; the correct reading is that established above.
(2) Manuscript A reads “Abd Allah”; the correct reading is that established above.
(3) Narrated by al-Tirmidhi in Kitab al-Qadar, chapter: “What Has Been Related Concerning Belief in Divine Decree, Its Good and Its Evil,” 6/358; Ibn Hibban in Mawarid al-Zam'an, no. 23, p. 37; Imam Ahmad, 1/233; and the author in Sharh al-Sunnah, 1/122.
(4) Narrated by Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, 1/22, no. 106; and through him by al-Tirmidhi in Kitab al-Qadar, chapter: “What Has Been Related Concerning Belief in Divine Decree, Its Good and Its Evil,” 6/357; Ibn Majah in al-Muqaddimah, chapter: “On Divine Decree,” no. 81, 1/32; Ibn Abi Asim, 1/59; al-Lalaka'i in Usul I'tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah, 3/620; al-Hakim, who graded it authentic, 1/32, and al-Dhahabi concurred; Imam Ahmad, 1/97; and the author in Sharh al-Sunnah, 1/122. See also Sahih al-Jami al-Saghir wa Ziyadatuhu, no. 7584.