مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(حَضْرَةُ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بَابُ دَارِ الحِكْمَةِ)
(Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, is the door to the house of wisdom)
Hadith 6096
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَنَا دَارُ الْحِكْمَةِ وَعَلِيٌّ بَابُهَا» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَقَالَ: رَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا فِيهِ عَنِ الصُّنَابِحِيِّ وَلَا نَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الثِّقَاتِ غَيْرَ شَرِيكٍ
He reported God's messenger as saying, "I am the house of wisdom and `Ali is its door." Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition, adding that some transmit this tradition on Sharik's authority without mentioning regarding it that it is transmitted on as-Sunabihl's authority. He said the only reliable authority from whom he knew this tradition was Sharik.
