Those Named Ali

Abd al-Rahman bin Abbad bin Yahya bin Khallad al-Zuraqi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: We visited Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Unays (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "Shall I not show you how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution (wudu) and how he prayed?" We said: "Yes, (please show us)." So he washed his hands three times each, rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose three times, washed his face and his forearms up to the elbows three times each, wiped his head from front to back and from back to front, touched his ears as well (wiping them), and washed his feet three times each. Then he took a garment, wrapped it around himself and prayed. And he said: "This is how I saw my beloved, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), performing ablution and praying."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Unays (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Zayd bin al-Hubab is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) assigned the belongings (of the slain enemy) to the one who killed him.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Masad bin Uqbah except Umar bin Ayyub; Abu Hashim is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the funeral prayer over a deceased person, he would make this supplication: 'Allahumma anta khalaqtahu wa anta hadaytahu lil-Islam wa anta qabadta ruhahu, wa anta a'lamu bi-sirrihi wa 'alaniyatihi, ji'na nashfa'u lahu fa-shaffi'na fihi' (O Allah, You created him, You guided him to Islam, You took his soul, and You know best what is hidden and what is open of him. We have come to intercede for him, so accept our intercession for him).
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Isma'il bin Abi Khalid except Muhammad bin Fudayl; al-Hasan bin Hammad is alone in narrating it. And Yahya bin Abbad is Abu Hubayrah al-Makhzumi."

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent food to us, he would also eat some of it himself. (Once) he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent food to us but did not eat any of it himself, so I said: "This is food from which you have not eaten?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is a vegetable (herb) in it which I dislike; but you may eat it." I said: "Whatever you dislike, I dislike too."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith was narrated from Isa bin Abi Azzah only by Isra'il, and Abd al-Razzaq is alone in narrating it."

Muhammad bin Durayh al-Ashja'i narrates: "I will narrate to you only what my two ears heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and my heart retained. Had I heard it only once, or twice, or three times, or four times, or five times, or six times, or seven times, I would have thought that I should not narrate it." (Then he said:) The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you are united upon a community (jama'ah), and someone comes seeking to split your community and break your unity, then kill him, whoever he may be."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith was narrated from Abu Hazim only by Furat, and from Furat only by Abu Ma'shar, and Abu Kamil is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to space out his admonition to us over the days, waiting for a suitable occasion, for fear that we might become bored."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith was narrated from Hammad bin Zayd only by al-Salt bin Mas'ud."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "After me there will be rulers (umara) who will lead you in prayer. If they complete its bowing and prostration, then (the reward) is for you and for them; and if they fall short in them, then (the reward of your prayer) is for you and (the burden of the shortcoming) is upon them."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith was narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin Harmalah, from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, only by Attaf bin Khalid, and Ali bin Hafs al-Mada'ini is alone in narrating it."
Yahya bin Ayyub al-Misri and others narrated it from Abd al-Rahman bin Harmalah, from Abu Ali al-Hamdani Thumamah bin Shufayy, from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with something similar.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever intends a good deed but does not manage to do it, one good deed is written for him; and if he does it, ten are written, and (Allah increases it beyond that) as much as Allah wills. And whoever intends an evil deed but does not do it, (no sin) is written against him; and if he does it, only one evil deed is written against him, or Allah erases it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith was narrated from Mansur bin Zadhan only by Hushaym, and from Hushaym only by al-Qasim and Amr bin Awn."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A Muslim has five rights over another Muslim: when he is ill, he visits him; when he dies, he attends his funeral; when he meets him on the way, he greets him with salam; when he sneezes (and says al-hamdu lillah), he says to him 'Yarhamuk Allah' (May Allah have mercy on you); and when he invites him, even to a sheep's trotter, he accepts his invitation."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith was narrated from Ash'ath only by al-Sabbah bin Muharib; and Sa'id is Sa'id al-Maqburi, who is also called Sa'id bin Mina."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you buy gold for silver, do not part from him (without completing the deal) while some ambiguity or matter remains between you and him."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a hummarah (a small bird) passing over the heads of his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), and he said: "Who has distressed this one?" A man of the Ansar said: "I did, O Messenger of Allah. I took her eggs, or her chicks." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him, and he put them back.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "These hadiths were narrated from Abu Khalid only by Abd al-Salam, and Abd al-Mu'min is alone in narrating them."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gold for gold, silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley and salt for salt, like for like. Whoever gives more or asks for more has dealt in usury (riba)." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, the man in charge of your dates buys one sa' for two sa'." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for him, and he said: "O Messenger of Allah, my dates are of such-and-such (a quality); people will not take them unless I give them something extra." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not do that."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith was narrated from Abd al-Malik bin Maysarah only by Abu Khalid, and from Abu Khalid only by Abd al-Salam; Abd al-Mu'min and Abu Ghassan al-Nahdi are alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "I have been given the closing verses of Surah al-Baqarah from a treasure that is beneath the Throne."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sa'id except Abu Khalid, and from Abu Khalid only Abd al-Salam; Abd al-Mu'min is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Amr bin al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever repents before his death, even by the interval between two milkings of a she-camel (that is, just a little while before), Allah Almighty accepts his repentance."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abu Khalid except Abd al-Salam; Abd al-Mu'min is alone in narrating it; and this hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Amr bin al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about throwing the pebbles (rami al-jimar): "What (reward) is there in it for us?" Then I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "You will find it with your Lord at the time when you are most in need of it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Qasim bin Abi Bazzah except Hajjaj, and no one narrated it from Hajjaj except Abd al-Salam; Abd al-Mu'min is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty helps the Muslims only by means of the supplication of the weak and helpless."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Amr bin Murrah except Abu Khalid, and no one narrated it from Abu Khalid except Abd al-Salam; Abd al-Mu'min is alone in narrating it."

The Mother of the Believers Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Woe from the Fire to the heels (that are left dry)!"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Hisham bin Urwah except Abd al-Salam; Abd al-Mu'min is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "People are from different trees, and Ali and I are from one tree."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil except Muhammad bin Ali al-Sulami, and no one narrated it from Muhammad bin Ali except Amr bin Abd al-Ghaffar; Muhammad bin Ali bin Khalaf is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "By Allah! In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) we used to recognise our hypocrites only by their hatred of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Imran bin Sulayman al-Qubbi except Amr; Muhammad bin Hassan is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Trade with the wealth of orphans, so that zakah does not eat it up."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yahya except Umarah, no one from Umarah except Abd al-Malik, and no one from Abd al-Malik except Shajarah; and this hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Paradise is forbidden to all the nations until I and my Ummah enter it; (among the nations) whoever comes first will enter first."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ibn Jurayj except Kharijah, and no one from Kharijah except Abdan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A caller will call out in the Fire: 'Ya Hannan, ya Mannan' (O Most Compassionate! O Most Bountiful!)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yusuf bin Abdah except al-Asma'i; Qa'nab bin Muhriz bin Qa'nab is alone in narrating it."

Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a waterskin of wine was given as a gift to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) after wine had been made unlawful. When it was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wine has been made unlawful." Someone said: "Why not sell it and give its price to the poor among the Muslims?" So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order, and it was poured out in one of the valleys of Madinah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah Almighty curse the Jews! The fat was made unlawful for them, so they sold it and consumed its price."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ash'ath, from Abu Hubayrah, except al-Sabbah bin Muharib."

Sayyiduna Wabisah bin Ma'bad al-Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the Farewell Pilgrimage. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering a sermon and saying: "O people! Which month is the most sacred?" The people said: "This month." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Which day is the most sacred?" The people said: "This day, that is, the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Nahr)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "And which city is the greatest in sanctity with Allah?" The people said: "This city." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, your blood, your wealth and your honour are sacred to you, like this day of yours, in this month of yours and in this city of yours, until the day you meet your Lord. Listen! Have I conveyed (the message)?" The people said: "Yes." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised both his hands towards the sky and said: 'Allahumma ishhad' (O Allah, be witness). Then he said: "O people! Listen! Have I conveyed (the message)?" The people said: "Yes." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised both his hands towards the sky and said: 'Allahumma ishhad' (O Allah, be witness). Then he said: "Let whoever of you is present convey it to whoever is absent." Sayyiduna Wabisah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We were present and you were absent, and we will convey it to you just as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Wabisah (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Abd al-Salam bin Abd al-Rahman is alone in narrating it."
It is like this in the printed edition of Dar al-Haramayn; probably the correct reading is "Shaddad, the freed slave of Iyad".

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No woman has bodily contact with another woman (uncovered) except that both of them are adulteresses, and no man has bodily contact with another man (uncovered) except that both of them are adulterers."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) only with this chain; Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi is alone in narrating it; and Abu Yahya, from whom Anas bin Sirin narrated in this hadith, is Ma'bad bin Sirin."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at the time of the morning adhan and found him (peace and blessings be upon him) asleep, so he called out: "Al-salatu khayrun min al-nawm" (Prayer is better than sleep). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not object to it and included it in the adhan; and the adhan is not given for any prayer before its time except the Fajr prayer.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith was narrated from al-Zuhri only by al-Nu'man; Marwan is alone in narrating it."

The Mother of the Believers Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and with him was an elderly man. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O so-and-so! Who is this with you?" He said: "My father." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then do not walk ahead of him, do not sit down before him, do not call him by his name, and do not cause him to be insulted."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith was narrated from Hisham only by Muhammad bin al-Hasan; Amr bin Muhammad bin Ar'arah is alone in narrating it; and this hadith is narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) only with this chain."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection I will be the first to enter Paradise, and I will be the one to intercede; and some men of my Ummah will live to see Isa, son of Maryam (peace be upon him), and will take part in the fight against the Dajjal."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah! In the Days of Ignorance we used to slaughter the 'atirah (animal); what do you command us now?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Slaughter in whatever month it may be, obey Allah, and feed (people)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ayyub except Unays; Mu'awiyah bin Wahib is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) dispatched a military detachment (sariyyah), he would say: "Fight in the name of Allah and in the path of Allah; fight those who disbelieve in Allah; do not steal from the spoils of war, do not break covenants, do not mutilate (the bodies of the enemy), and do not kill a child, nor a woman, nor an old man."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Jabir bin Zayd except Amr bin Harim, and no one from Amr except Salim; al-Sabbah is alone in narrating it."

Abu Wa'il (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Abu al-Hayyaj: "Shall I not send you on the task on which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me? (It is this:) do not leave any raised grave without levelling it (with the ground), and do not leave any statue or image without effacing it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-A'mash except Amr bin Abi Qays; Abd al-Samad bin Abd al-Aziz is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "An army will be swallowed up by the earth in a barren plain of the land."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Abd al-Malik bin Umayr except Ibn Awn, and no one from Ibn Awn except Ashhal; Ibrahim bin al-Mustamirr is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The child born of fornication bears nothing of the burden of his parents' sin." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sufyan al-Thawri as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet) except Abbad bin al-Awwam; Ja'far bin Muhammad al-Mada'ini is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said during the Farewell Pilgrimage: "Do not become disbelievers after me, some of you striking the necks of others. A man will not be held to account for the crime of his brother, nor for the crime of his father."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Sufyan al-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him) except Muhammad bin Mihsan al-Ukkashi, and he is from the descendants of Sayyiduna Ukkashah bin Mihsan al-Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him). Ibn Abi Khidash al-Mawsili is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever conceals testimony when he has been called to give it is like the one who gives false testimony."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) except al-Ala', no one narrated it from al-Ala' except Mu'awiyah, and no one narrated it from Mu'awiyah except Abdullah bin Salih. Abu Qurrah is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Haydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allah does not show mercy to him."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Bahz bin Hakim (may Allah have mercy on him) except Zakariyya bin Abi Ubaydah. Ahmad bin Abd al-Mu'min is alone in narrating it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever points at his brother with an iron weapon, the angels keep cursing him until he puts it down, even if he is his full brother."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Ala' (may Allah have mercy on him) except Damrah bin Rabi'ah."
It is like this in the Dar al-Haramayn edition; probably the correct name is "Amr bin Khulayf".

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the night of the Mi'raj I saw Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him). He said to me: 'O Muhammad! Convey my greeting of peace to your Ummah, and tell them that the soil of Paradise is most pure and its water very sweet, that it is a level, barren plain, and that its plants are these words: Subhan Allah, wal-hamdu lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest, and there is no might nor power except with Allah).'"
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) only through the narration of Abd al-Rahman bin Ishaq from al-Qasim."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever goes to the Friday prayer (Jumu'ah), let him take a ritual bath (ghusl)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Yahya except Hushaym; Muhammad bin Khalid is alone in narrating it."
In the Dar al-Haramayn edition it is like this (Ubaydullah bin Amr); probably the correct name is (Ubaydullah bin Umar).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him), concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "Then, after the distress, He sent down upon you security in the form of drowsiness," that he said: "Sleep was cast upon us on the day of Uhud."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) except Muhammad bin Abd al-Aziz."