has loved Allah, the Exalted; and whoever hates ‘Ali has hated me, and whoever hates me has hated Allah, the Exalted.”
Al-Mukhallis recorded it in al-Fawa’id al-Muntaqah (10/5/1) with an authentic chain of transmission, from Umm Salamah, who said: “I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say it,” and she then mentioned it. It also has a brief supporting report from the hadith of Salman. Abu ‘Uthman al-Nahdi narrated: “A man said to Salman, ‘How great is your love for ‘Ali!’ He replied, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: “Whoever loves ‘Ali has loved me, and whoever hates ‘Ali has hated me.”’”
Al-Hakim recorded it (3/130) from Abu Zayd Sa‘id ibn Aws al-Ansari, who said: ‘Awf narrated to us, from Abu ‘Uthman al-Nahdi ... He said: “Authentic according to the conditions of the two Sahih collections.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him. But they were mistaken, for neither of the two Sahih compilers recorded anything from this Abu Zayd, despite the weakness found in him. Al-Hafiz said: “Truthful, but prone to errors.”
Al-Suyuti cited the hadith from al-Hakim’s narration from Salman, and al-Munawi corrected him, saying—after having endorsed al-Hakim’s previous statement: “Ahmad also narrated it, with the wording mentioned, from Umm Salamah, and its chain is good.” But Ahmad does not have it with the wording mentioned; rather, his wording is: “Whoever reviles ‘Ali has reviled me.” Moreover, its chain is also weak, which is why I included it in the other book (2310).
- “When two litigants come before you, do not judge between them until you have heard the other as you heard the first; for if you do so, the proper judgment will become clear to you.”
Recorded by Abu Dawud (2/114–115), al-Hakim (4/93), and al-Tayalisi.