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the road (1), and night overtook him near (2) a rugged valley. Gabriel descended and informed him that (3) a group of unbelieving jinn had entered the valley, intending to plot against him and harm his Companions. He summoned ‘Alī, invoked protection for him, and ordered him (4) to descend into the valley, where he killed them.’”

The response is, first: ‘Alī is of far greater standing than this. Destroying jinn has been accomplished by those of lesser standing than ‘Alī. Nevertheless, according to hadith experts, this report is among those falsely attributed to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and to ‘Alī. Nothing of this sort occurred during the expedition against Banū al-Mustaliq.

As for his statement, “The majority have narrated this”: if he means that it has been transmitted through a sound chain of narration, or appears in a book whose mere inclusion of a report warrants reliance upon it, or has been authenticated by someone whose authentication is accepted, then that is not the case.

If he means [that] (5) the majority of scholars narrated it, this is a lie. If he means that it was narrated by someone whose narration does not constitute evidence, then this is of no benefit.

Of the same kind is the report that he fought the jinn in the well of Dhāt al-Alam. This is a fabricated hadith according to the experts.

(1) (k): junniba ‘an al-tarīq (“he was kept away from the road”). (2) (k): … al-laylu fa-nazala bi-qurbi (“… night, and he stopped near”). (3) (k): Jibra’īla—‘alayhi al-salām—ākhira al-layli wa-akhbara al-nabiyya—sallā Allāhu ‘alayhi wa-ālihi—anna… (“Gabriel—peace be upon him—at the end of the night, and informed the Prophet—may Allah bless him and his family—that…”). (4) (n), (s): wa-amarahum (“and he ordered them”); (m): fa-amarahum (“then he ordered them”); (k): wa-amara (“and he ordered”). (5) Anna (“that”) is omitted in (n), (m), and (s).

الطَّرِيقِ (١) ، وَأَدْرَكَهُ اللَّيْلُ، بِقُرْبِ (٢) وَادٍ وَعْرٍ، فَهَبَطَ جِبْرِيلُ وَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ (٣) طَائِفَةً مِنْ كُفَّارِ الْجِنِّ قَدِ اسْتَبْطَنُوا الْوَادِيَ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدَهُ وَإِيقَاعَ الشَّرِّ بِأَصْحَابِهِ، فَدَعَا بِعَلِيٍّ وَعَوَّذَهُ، وَأَمَرَهُ (٤) بِنُزُولِ الْوَادِي، فَقَتَلَهُمْ» ". وَالْجَوَابُ: أَنْ يُقَالَ أَوَّلًا: عَلِيٌّ أَجَلُّ قَدْرًا مِنْ هَذَا، وَإِهْلَاكُ الْجِنِّ مَوْجُودٌ لِمَنْ هُوَ دُونَ عَلِيٍّ، لَكِنَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِنَ الْأَحَادِيثِ الْمَكْذُوبَةِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَعَلَى عَلِيٍّ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِالْحَدِيثِ، وَلَمْ يَجْرِ فِي غَزْوَةِ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ هَذَا. وَقَوْلُهُ: " إِنَّ هَذَا رَوَاهُ الْجُمْهُورُ " إِنْ أُرِيدَ بِذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ مَرْوِيٌّ بِإِسْنَادٍ ثَابِتٍ، أَوْ فِي كِتَابٍ يُعْتَمَدُ عَلَى مُجَرَّدِ نَقْلِهِ، أَوْ صَحَّحَهُ مَنْ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى تَصْحِيحِهِ - فَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ. وَإِنْ أَرَادَ [أَنَّ] (٥) جُمْهُورَ الْعُلَمَاءِ رَوَوْهُ فَهَذَا كَذِبٌ. وَإِنْ أَرَادَ أَنَّهُ رَوَاهُ مَنْ لَا يَقُومُ بِرِوَايَتِهِ حُجَّةٌ، فَهَذَا لَا يُفِيدُ. وَمِنْ هَذَا الْجِنْسِ مَا يُرْوَى أَنَّهُ قَاتَلَ الْجِنَّ فِي بِئْرِ ذَاتِ الْعَلَمِ، وَهُوَ حَدِيثٌ مَوْضُوعٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ.

(١) ك: جُنِّبَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ. (٢) ك:. . اللَّيْلُ فَنَزَلَ بِقُرْبِ. (٣) ك: جِبْرَئِيلَ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَخْبَرَ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ - أَنَّ. . (٤) ن، س: وَأَمَرَهُمْ، م فَأَمَرَهُمْ، ك: وَأَمَرَ. (٥) أَنَّ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (س) .