Thursday 29 March 2012

The Master of Arabs


He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Umar b. Salim reported to me from Ali b. Ismail Abul Hasan al-Atrush, who reported from Muhammad b. Khalaf al-Muqri, who reported from Husain al-Ashqar, who reported from Qais b. al-Rabi', who reported from his father, from Abdul Rehman b. Abi Layla, from al-Husain b. Ali b. Abi Talib
(AS), that:

The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, (once) said: "O Anas! Send for the master of Arabs to come to me." He said: "O messenger of Allah, are you not the master of Arabs?"

He said: "I am the master of all children of Adam, and Ali is the master of Arabs." So, he sent for Ali (AS) and when he arrived, the Prophet said: "Ask the Ansar (the helpers) to assemble."

When they arrived, the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "O people of Ansar, this is Ali, the master of Arabs, love him for the sake of my love, and honour him for the sake of my honour. Surely, what I tell you is exactly what Jibraeel has revealed to me from Allah, Most High."

(Ref: Al-Amali Shaikh Mufeed: The Sixth Assembly : Hadees No. 4)

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