16
Second: This is a fabricated lie, by the consensus of hadith experts (1).
Third: This is categorically false, for it would entail (2) that Alī is superior to Abraham and Muhammad, since he is in the middle while they are on either side. Abraham and Muhammad are the best of creation; whoever regards Alī as superior to them is more unbelieving than the Jews and Christians.
Fourth: It is established in the two Sahīh collections that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:
“The first to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection will be Abraham” (3).
It makes no mention of Muhammad or Alī. The fact that Abraham will be clothed first does not entail that he is superior to Muhammad in every respect (4), just as in his words:
“The people will be struck unconscious on the Day of Resurrection, and I shall be the first to regain consciousness. I will then find (5) Moses holding fast (6) to the Throne, and I do not know whether he regained consciousness before me or was among those whom Allah exempted” (7),
(1) I have been unable to locate this fabricated hadith.
(2) N and M read: “because it entails.”
(3) This hadith is narrated from Ibn Abbās, may Allah be pleased with them both, in al-Bukhārī, 4/139 (Book of the Prophets, chapter on the words of Allah Most High: “Allah took Abraham as an intimate friend”), and 4/168 (Book of the Prophets, chapter “And mention Mary in the Book”). It also appears elsewhere in al-Bukhārī; in Muslim, 4/2194–2195 (Book of Paradise and the Description of Its Bliss and Its Inhabitants, chapter on the Passing of This World and the Gathering on the Day of Resurrection); and in Sunan al-Tirmidhī, 5/4 (Book of Exegesis, Sūrah “The Prophets”). It appears elsewhere in al-Tirmidhī as well, and is also found in al-Nasāī, al-Dārimī, and the Musnad of Ahmad.
(4) N and M read: “superior in every respect to Muhammad.”
(5) M reads: “and my brother.”
(6) S reads: “stretching out.”
(7) This hadith is narrated from Abū Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him. It appears in al-Bukhārī in several places, the last at 9/139 (Book of Tawhīd [Monotheism], chapter on Will and Volition). It begins: “A Muslim man and a Jewish man exchanged insults...” The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—then said: “Do not regard me as superior to Moses, for the people will be struck unconscious on the Day of Resurrection, and I shall be the first to regain consciousness. Then, behold, Moses will be holding fast to the side of the Throne. I do not know whether he was among those who were struck unconscious and recovered before me, or among those whom Allah exempted.” With variations in wording, the hadith also appears in Muslim, 4/1844–1845 (Book of Virtues, chapter on Some of the Virtues of Moses—may Allah bless him and grant him peace); Sunan Abī Dāwūd, 4/301–302 (Book of the Sunnah, chapter on Giving Preference among the Prophets—may blessings and peace be upon them); and al-Musnad (Maārif ed.), 14/20–22, no. 7576.
الثَّانِي:
أَنَّ هَذَا كَذِبٌ مَوْضُوعٌ بِاتِّفَاقِ أَهْلِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِالْحَدِيثِ
(١)
.
الثَّالِثُ:
أَنَّ هَذَا بَاطِلٌ قَطْعًا ; لِأَنَّ هَذَا يَقْتَضِي
(٢)
أَنْ يَكُونَ عَلِيٌّ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدٍ ; لِأَنَّهُ وَسَطٌ وَهُمَا طَرَفَانِ. وَأَفْضَلُ الْخَلْقِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَمُحَمَّدٌ، فَمَنْ فَضَّلَ عَلَيْهِمَا عَلِيًّا كَانَ أَكْفَرَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى.
الرَّابِعُ:
أَنَّهُ قَدْ ثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
"
«أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُكْسَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ»
"
(٣)
. وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ ذِكْرُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَلَا عَلِيٍّ. وَتَقْدِيمُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِالْكُسْوَةِ لَا يَقْتَضِي أَنَّهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ مُطْلَقًا
(٤)
،
كَمَا أَنَّ قَوْلَهُ:
" «إِنَّ النَّاسَ يُصْعَقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَأَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَفِيقُ، فَأَجِدُ
(٥)
مُوسَى بَاطِشًا
(٦)
بِالْعَرْشِ، فَلَا أَدْرِي هَلِ اسْتَفَاقَ قَبْلِي أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَثْنَى اللَّهُ» "
(٧)
،
(١) لَمْ أَجِدْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ الْمَوْضُوعَ.
(٢) ن، م: لِأَنَّهُ يَقْتَضِي.
(٣) الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٤/١٣٩ (كِتَابُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: وَاتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا) ٤/١٦٨ (كِتَابُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ بَابُ وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ) ، وَهُوَ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي مَوَاضِعَ أُخْرَى وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي مُسْلِمٍ ٤/٢١٩٤ - ٢١٩٥ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَّةِ وَصِفَةِ نَعِيمِهَا وَأَهْلِهَا، بَابُ فِنَاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَبَيَانِ الْحَشْرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ) سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٥/٤ (كِتَابُ التَّفْسِيرِ، سُورَةُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ) ، وَهُوَ فِي التِّرْمِذِيِّ فِي مَوَاضِعَ أُخْرَى، وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي النَّسَائِيِّ وَالدَّارِمِيِّ وَمُسْنَدِ أَحْمَدَ.
(٤) ن، م: مُطْلَقًا مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ.
(٥) م: وَأَخِي.
(٦) س: بَاسِطًا.
(٧) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، وَجَاءَ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ فِي عِدَّةِ مَوَاضِعَ آخِرُهَا ٩/١٣٩ (كِتَابُ التَّوْحِيدِ بَابٌ فِي الْمَشِيئَةِ وَالْإِرَادَةِ) ، وَأَوَّلُ الْحَدِيثِ اسْتَبَّ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَرَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ. . .، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا تُخَيِّرُونِي عَلَى مُوسَى، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يُصْعَقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَأَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَفِيقُ، فَإِذَا مُوسَى بَاطِشٌ بِجَانِبِ الْعَرْشِ، فَلَا أَدْرِي أَكَانَ فِيمَنْ صُعِقَ فَأَفَاقَ قَبْلِي، أَوْ كَانَ مِمَّنِ اسْتَثْنَى اللَّهُ "، وَالْحَدِيثُ مَعَ اخْتِلَافِ الْأَلْفَاظِ فِي مُسْلِمٍ ٤/١٨٤٤ - ١٨٤٥ (كِتَابُ الْفَضَائِلِ، بَابٌ مِنْ فَضَائِلِ مُوسَى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) ، سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ، ٤/٣٠١ - ٣٠٢ (كِتَابُ السُّنَّةِ، بَابٌ فِي التَّخْيِيرِ بَيْنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ) ، وَالْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ١٤/٢٠ - ٢٢ رَقْمِ ٧٥٧٦.