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of trustworthy transmitters whatsoever. As for all the other hadiths to which the Rāfidah (1) appeal, they are fabricated. Anyone with even the slightest knowledge (2) of reports and their transmission (3) knows this.”

If it is objected:

Ibn Hazm did not mention the Prophet’s statement found in the two Sahīh collections, “You are from me, and I am from you” (4), or the hadith of mutual invocation of Allah’s curse (5), or the hadith of the cloak (6).

The reply is:

Ibn Hazm meant the authentic hadiths in which only Alī is mentioned. Those reports, by contrast, mention others as well. The Prophet said (7) to Ja'far, “You resemble me in appearance and character” (8), and he said to Zayd, “You are our brother and our freedman” (9). The hadith of mutual invocation of Allah’s curse and the hadith of the cloak both (10) mention Alī, Fātimah, Hasan, and Husayn—may Allah be pleased with them. Thus, this is not a valid objection to Ibn Hazm.

We offer a twofold answer: If the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—did not say it, there is nothing to discuss. If he did say it (11), he certainly did not mean by it that Alī was to hold the caliphate after him, since nothing in the wording indicates that. A matter of such magnitude would have to be conveyed with unmistakable clarity.

(1) *Al-Fasl* reads: “the Rāfidah.” (2) S and B read: “familiarity.” (3) *Al-Fasl* reads: “and their transmitters.” (4) This hadith was cited earlier at 4/34. (5) This hadith was cited earlier in this volume, p. 123. (6) This hadith was cited earlier at 4/22. (7) M reads: “and by this he said.” (8) This hadith was cited earlier at 4/34. (9) This hadith was cited earlier in the same passage in the preceding commentary. (10) N and M read *fīhi* (“in it,” masculine); S reads *fīhā* (“in it,” feminine). (11) S and B read: “for he said it.”

الثِّقَاتِ أَصْلًا، وَأَمَّا سَائِرُ الْأَحَادِيثِ الَّتِي يَتَعَلَّقُ بِهَا الرَّوَافِضُ (١) فَمَوْضُوعَةٌ يَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ مَنْ لَهُ أَدْنَى عِلْمٍ (٢) بِالْأَخْبَارِ وَنَقْلِهَا (٣) ". فَإِنْ قِيلَ: لَمْ يَذْكُرِ ابْنُ حَزْمٍ مَا فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ: «أَنْتَ مِنِّي، وَأَنَا مِنْكَ» " (٤) ، وَحَدِيثَ الْمُبَاهَلَةِ (٥) ، وَالْكِسَاءِ (٦) . قِيلَ: مَقْصُودُ ابْنِ حَزْمٍ: الَّذِي فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ الَّذِي لَا يُذْكَرُ فِيهِ إِلَّا عَلِيٌّ، وَأَمَّا تِلْكَ فَفِيهَا ذِكْرُ غَيْرِهِ فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ (٧) لِجَعْفَرٍ: «أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي» " (٨) ، «وَقَالَ لِزَيْدٍ: " أَنْتَ أَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا» " (٩) ، وَحَدِيثُ الْمُبَاهَلَةِ، وَالْكِسَاءِ فِيهِمَا (١٠) ذِكْرُ عَلِيٍّ، وَفَاطِمَةَ، وَحَسَنٍ، وَحُسَيْنٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - فَلَا يُرَدُّ هَذَا عَلَى ابْنِ حَزْمٍ. وَنَحْنُ نَجِيبُ بِالْجَوَابِ الْمُرَكَّبِ فَنَقُولُ: إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَهُ فَلَا كَلَامَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ قَالَهُ (١١) فَلَمْ يُرِدْ بِهِ قَطْعًا الْخِلَافَةَ بَعْدَهُ ; إِذْ لَيْسَ فِي اللَّفْظِ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ، وَمِثْلُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ الْعَظِيمِ يَجِبُ أَنْ يُبَلَّغَ بَلَاغًا مُبِينًا.

(١)) الْفِصَلُ: الرَّافِضَةُ. (٢)) س، ب: إِلْمَامٍ. (٣)) الْفِصَلُ: وَنَقَلَتِهَا. (٤)) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِيمَا مَضَى ٤/٣٤ (٥)) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِي هَذَا الْجُزْءِ. ص ١٢٣ (٦)) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ ٤/٢٢ (٧)) م: وَبِهِ قَالَ. (٨)) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِيمَا مَضَى ٤/٣٤ (٩)) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِي نَفْسِ الْمَوْضِعِ فِي التَّعْلِيقِ السَّابِقِ. (١٠) ١٠) ن، م: فِيهِ، س: فِيهَا. (١١) ١١) س، ب: فَإِنَّهُ قَالَهُ.