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did not narrate from any of the early Shi'a, such as Āsim ibn Damrah (1), al-Hārith al-A'war (2), Abd Allah ibn Salimah (3), or others like them, although these men were [among] (4) the best of the Shi'a. (5 The compilers of the Sahīh collections transmit Ali's hadith only through members of his household 5) (5), such as al-Hasan, al-Husayn (6), and Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah; through his scribe, [Ubayd Allah] (7) ibn Abī Rāfi'; through (8) the companions of Abd Allah (9) ibn Mas'ūd, such as Ubaydah al-Salmānī and al-Hārith ibn Qays; or through men like these. These are the leading authorities and critics of transmission: among those farthest removed from personal bias, the best informed about people, and the most forthright in speaking the truth (10). They fear no reproach from any critic for the sake of Allah.
Religious innovations take various forms (11). The Kharijites, despite being renegades who pass out of Islam just as—
(1) N reads: “Āsim ibn Sahrah,” which is incorrect. He is Āsim ibn Damrah al-Salūlī al-Kūfī, an associate of Alī. Ibn al-Madīnī and Ibn Ma'īn deemed him reliable, while Ibn Adī and Ibn Hibbān criticized him. He died in 174 AH. See al-Khazrajī, *al-Khulāsah*, p. 154; *Mīzān al-I'tidāl*, 1/3.
(2) He is al-Hārith ibn Abd Allah al-Hamdānī al-A'war. Al-Dhahabī stated (*Mīzān al-I'tidāl*, 2/202): “He was one of the leading scholars among the Successors, although there was weakness in him.” He also mentioned that al-Bukhārī included one of his hadiths in *al-Du'afā'* (The Weak Narrators). Al-Khazrajī stated (*al-Khulāsah*, p. [0–9]8): “One of the leading figures of the Shia.” Al-Sha'bī and Ibn al-Madīnī called him a liar. According to one report, Ibn Ma'īn said that there was nothing wrong with him, as did al-Nasā'ī. He died in 165 AH.
(3) Abd Allah ibn Salimah—the lām bears a kasra—al-Hamdānī al-Murādī al-Kūfī, an associate of Alī. Al-Bukhārī said: “His hadith is not corroborated,” while al-Ijlī deemed him reliable. See *Mīzān al-I'tidāl*, 2/42; al-Khazrajī, *al-Khulāsah*, p. [0–9]69.
(4) The word “among” is omitted from N and M.
(5) In place of these phrases, A and B read: “They narrate only from *Ahl al-Bayt* (the Household).”
(6) N and M read: “his household, such as al-Husayn.”
(7) “Ubayd Allah” is added in A and B.
(8) N and M read: “and from.”
(9) “Abd Allah” is omitted from A and B.
(10) N reads: “and their statements and circumstances.”
(11) N and M read: “newly introduced.”
لَمْ يَرْوِ عَنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ قُدَمَاءِ الشِّيعَةِ مِثْلِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ
(١)
، وَالْحَارِثِ الْأَعْوَرِ
(٢)
، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلِمَةَ
(٣)
، وَأَمْثَالِهِمْ مَعَ أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ
[مِنْ]
(٤)
خِيَارِ الشِّيعَةِ،
(٥ وَإِنَّمَا يَرْوِي أَصْحَابُ الصَّحِيحِ حَدِيثَ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ٥)
(٥)
كَالْحَسَنِ، وَالْحُسَيْنِ
(٦)
، وَمُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، وَكَاتِبِهِ
[عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ]
(٧)
بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، أَوْ عَنْ
(٨)
أَصْحَابِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
(٩)
بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: كَعَبِيدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ، وَالْحَارِثِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، أَوْ عَمَّنْ يُشْبِهُ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَهَؤُلَاءِ أَئِمَّةُ النَّقْلِ، وَنُقَّادُهُ مِنْ أَبْعَدِ النَّاسِ عَنِ الْهَوَى، وَأَخْبَرِهِمْ بِالنَّاسِ، وَأَقْوَلِهِمْ بِالْحَقِّ
(١٠)
لَا يَخَافُونَ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ.
وَالْبِدَعُ مُتَنَوِّعَةٌ
(١١)
، فَالْخَوَارِجُ مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ مَارِقُونَ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا.
(١) ن: عَاصِمُ بْنُ صَحْرَهْ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. وَهُوَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ضَمْرَةَ السَّلُولِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عَلِيٍّ، وَثَّقَهُ ابْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ وَابْنُ مَعِينٍ، وَتَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ ابْنُ عَدِيِّ وَابْنُ حِبَّانَ، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ١٧٤. انْظُرِ الْخُلَاصَةَ لِلْخَزْرَجِيِّ ص ١٥٤؛ مِيزَانَ الِاعْتِدَالِ ١/٣.
(٢) وَهُوَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ الْأَعْوَرُ. قَالَ الذَّهَبِيُّ (مِيزَانَ الِاعْتِدَالِ ٢/٢٠٢) : مِنْ كِبَارِ عُلَمَاءِ التَّابِعِينَ عَلَى ضَعْفٍ فِيهِ، وَذَكَرَ أَنَّ الْبُخَارِيَّ أَخْرَجَ لَهُ حَدِيثًا فِي كِتَابِ " الضُّعَفَاءِ ". وَقَالَ الْخَزْرَجِيُّ (الْخُلَاصَةَ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٨) : أَحَدُ كِبَارِ الشِّيعَةِ. وَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ وَابْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ: كَذَّابٌ. قَالَ ابْنُ مَعِينٍ فِي رِوَايَةٍ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ: لَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ. تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ١٦٥.
(٣) عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلِمَةَ (بِكَسْرِ اللَّامِ) الْهَمْدَانِيُّ الْمُرَادِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ صَاحِبُ عَلِيٍّ. قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ: لَا يُتَابَعُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ، وَوَثَّقَهُ الْعِجْلِيُّ. انْظُرْ مِيزَانَ الِاعْتِدَالِ ٢/٤٢؛ الْخُلَاصَةَ لِلْخَزْرَجِيِّ ص [٠ - ٩] ٦٩.
(٤) مِنْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) .
(٥) (٥ - ٥) : بَدَلًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْعِبَارَاتِ جَاءَ فِي (أ) ، (ب) : وَإِنَّمَا يَرْوُونَ عَنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ.
(٦) ن، م: بَيْتِهِ كَالْحُسَيْنِ.
(٧) عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) .
(٨) ن، م: وَعَنْ.
(٩) عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) .
(١٠) ن: وَأَقْوَالِهِمْ وَأَحْوَالِهِمْ.
(١١) ن، م: مُبْتَدَعَةٌ.