مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
بَابٌ فِي أَفْضَلِيَّتِهِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ .
The superiority of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)
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عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ - قَالَ : كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ أَفْضَلَ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ .
رَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ ، وَفِيهِ يَحْيَى بْنُ السَّكَنِ ، وَثَّقَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ وَضَعَّفَهُ صَالِحٌ جَزَرَةٌ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ .
رَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ ، وَفِيهِ يَحْيَى بْنُ السَّكَنِ ، وَثَّقَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ وَضَعَّفَهُ صَالِحٌ جَزَرَةٌ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We used to say among ourselves that the most virtuous person among the people of Madinah was Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him).
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Yahya bin al-Sakan, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and Salih Jazarah declared da'if (weak); the remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Yahya bin al-Sakan, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and Salih Jazarah declared da'if (weak); the remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً ، وَخَتَمْتُ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى خَيْرِ النَّاسِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ .
قُلْتُ : هُوَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ خَلَا مِنْ قَوْلِهِ : وَخَتَمْتُ إِلَى آخِرِهِ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَفِيهِ مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ .
قُلْتُ : هُوَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ خَلَا مِنْ قَوْلِهِ : وَخَتَمْتُ إِلَى آخِرِهِ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَفِيهِ مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ .
It is transmitted from him that he said: I recited seventy surahs before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I completed the whole Qur'an before the best of people, Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him). (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This report is in the Sahih, but without the part about completing the whole Qur'an before Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.
This report is in the Sahih, but without the part about completing the whole Qur'an before Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.
وَعَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : " مَنْ سَيِّدُ الْعَرَبِ ؟ " . قَالُوا : أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ : " أَنَا سَيِّدُ وَلَدِ آدَمَ ، وَعَلِيٌّ سَيِّدُ الْعَرَبِ " .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَفِيهِ خَاقَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَهْتَمِ ضَعَّفَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَفِيهِ خَاقَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَهْتَمِ ضَعَّفَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ .
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Who is the chief of the Arabs? The people submitted: You are, O Messenger of Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I am the chief of the children of Adam, and Ali is the chief of the Arabs.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Khaqan bin Abdullah bin al-Ahtam, whom Abu Dawud declared da'if (weak).
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Khaqan bin Abdullah bin al-Ahtam, whom Abu Dawud declared da'if (weak).
