Habbah al-Urani narrates: I saw Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) laughing on the pulpit; I had never seen him laugh more than that, until his back teeth showed. Then he said: I remembered a statement of Abu Talib. Once Abu Talib came upon us while I was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the two of us were praying at Batn Nakhlah. Abu Talib asked: O my nephew, what are the two of you doing? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) invited him to Islam, and Abu Talib said: There is no harm in what the two of you are doing (the narrator is unsure whether the words were:) there is no harm in what the two of you are saying, but by Allah, you will never get my backside to rise above me. (The narrator says:) Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) laughed in amazement at this statement of his father. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Allah, I do not acknowledge that any servant of Yours from this Ummah worshipped You before me, other than Your Prophet." He said this three times. (Then he said:) I prayed seven before the other people prayed.
Ahmad recorded it, Abu Ya'la recorded it in abridged form, and al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 14601
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ حسن۔
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