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Hadīth No. 29
ﻗﺎل ﺍﺒﻥ ﻋﺒـﺎﺱ,ﻋﻥ ﻋﻤﺭﻭ ﺒﻥ ﻤﻴﻤﻭﻥ ﺭﻀﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ ﻗﺎل )ﺭﺴﻭل ﺍﷲ ﺼـﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴـﻪ ﻭﺁﻟـﻪ:ﺭﻀﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ
. ﻤﻥ ﻜﻨﺕ ﻤﻭﻻﻩ ﻓﺈﻥ ﻤﻭﻻﻩ ﻋﻠﻲ:(ﻭﺴﻠﻡ
“ ‘Amr bin May m ūm ( )رﺿﻲ اﷲ ﻋﻨﮭﻤﺎh a s attribute d it to I bn ‘Abbās ( )رﺿﻲ اﷲ ﻋﻨﮭﻤﺎthat the M essen ger o f Allāh ( ) sa id: Sur ely on e who h as m e a s h is ma ster ha s ‘ Alī a s h is ma ster .”1
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Ahmad bin Hambal narrated it in al-Musnad (1:331); Nasā’ī, Khasā’is amīr-il-mu’minīn ‘Alī bin Abī Tālib (pp. 44, 46 # 23); Hākim, al-Musadrak (3:132-134 # 4652); Tabarānī, al-Mu‘jam-ulkabīr (12:77, 78 # 12593); Haythamī, Majma‘-uz-zawā’id (9:119, 120); and Muhib Tabarī in ar-Riyād-un-nadrah fī manāqib-il‘ashrah (3:174, 175), and Dhakhā’ir-ul-‘uqbā fī manāqib dhaw-ilqurbā (pp.156-158). The words of this tradition as recorded in as-Sunnah (pp.600,601 # 1351) by Ibn Abī ‘Āsim are as follows:
.ﻤﻥ ﻜﻨﺕ ﻭﻟﻴﻪ ﻓﻌﻠﻲ ﻭﻟﻴﻪ Who has me as his guardian has ‘Alī as his guardian. The tradition narrated by Nasā’ī has a sound chain of succession. Dhahabī graded Hākim’s narrated tradition as sahīh (sound). Haythamī has said that it has been narrated by Ahmad and Tabarānī and its men are those of sahīh (sound) hadīth except Abū Balj Farāzī while he is thiqah (trustworthy).