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Hadīth No. 36
ﺸﻬﺩﺕ ﻋﻠﻴﺎ ﺭﻀﻲ: ﻗﺎل,ﻋﻥ ﻋﺒﺩ ﺍﻟﺭﺤﻤﻥ ﺒﻥ ﺃﺒﻲ ﻟﻴﻠﻰ ﺃﻨﺸﺩ ﺍﷲ! ﻤﻥ ﺴﻤﻊ ﺭﺴـﻭل:ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﺭﺤﺒﺔ ﻴﻨﺸﺩ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺱ ﻤﻥ ﻜﻨﺕ:ﺍﷲ ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻟﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ ﻴﻘﻭل ﻴﻭﻡ ﻏﺩﻴﺭ ﺨﻡ ﻓﻘﺎﻡ ﺃﺜﻨﺎ: ﻗﺎل ﻋﺒﺩ ﺍﻟﺭﺤﻤﻥ.ﻤﻭﻻﻩ ﻓﻌﻠﻲ ﻤﻭﻻﻩ؟ ﻟﻤﺎ ﻗﺎﻡ ﻓﺸﻬﺩ ﻨﺸﻬﺩ ﺃﻨﺎ ﺴـﻤﻌﻨﺎ: ﻓﻘﺎﻟﻭﺍ,ﻋﺸﺭ ﺒﺩﺭﻴﺎ ﻜﺄﻨﻲ ﺃﻨﻅﺭ ﺇﻟﻰ ﺃﺤﺩﻫﻡ :ﺭﺴﻭل ﺍﷲ ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺁﻟﻪ ﻭﺴﻠﻡ ﻴﻘﻭل ﻴﻭﻡ ﻏﺩﻴﺭ ﺨـﻡ : ﻭﺃﺯﻭﺍﺠﻲ ﺃﻤﻬﺎﺘﻬﻡ؟ ﻓﻘﻠﻨـﺎ,ﺃﻟﺴﺕ ﺃﻭﻟﻰ ﺒﺎﻟﻤﺅﻤﻨﻴﻥ ﻤﻥ ﺃﻨﻔﺴﻬﻡ ! ﺍﻟﻠﻬﻡ, ﻓﻤﻥ ﻜﻨﺕ ﻤﻭﻻﻩ ﻓﻌﻠﻲ ﻤﻭﻻﻩ: ﻴﺎ ﺭﺴﻭل ﺍﷲ! ﻗﺎل,ﺒﻠﻰ . ﻭﻋﺎﺩ ﻤﻥ ﻋﺎﺩﺍﻩ,ﻭﺍل ﻤﻥ ﻭﺍﻻﻩ “ ‘Abd- ur- Rahmān bin Abī L aylā n arr ates that I sa w ‘ Alī ( ) in a va st p la in. At that time he wa s a skin g peop le on o ath that anyone who ha d he ar d the M e ssen ger of Allāh ( ) say on the day of Gha dīr Kh um — one who h a s me a s h is m aster ha s ‘ Alī as his m aste r — sho uld stan d up an d be ar witne ss. ‘Abd- ur- Rahm ān said: At this t welve Ba dr ī1 Compan ion s () stood up a s I am look in g at one of them. T hose ( Ba dr ī Compan ions) sa id: W e bea r witne ss that we he ar d the Me ssen ger of Allāh ( ) say on the day of Gh a dīr Kh um : Am I not near er than the live s of the be liever s an d ar e not my wiv es their mother s? All of them sa id: Why not, O Me ssen ger of Allāh! At this he said: One who h as me as h is m aster h as ‘ Alī a s h is ma ster. O Allāh! Bef rien d him who befr ien ds him (‘Alī) an d be h is enemy who is h is (‘ Alī’ s) en emy. ”2 1. 2.
The Companions () who took part in defensive war fought at the plain of Badr near Medina after the aggression of Makkans on Medinan Muslims. Ahmad bin Hambal narrated it in al-Musnad (1:119); Tahāwī, Mashkal-ul-āthār (2:308); Diyā’ Maqdisī, al-Ahādīth-ulmukhtārah (2:80, 81 # 458); Khatīb Baghdādī, Tārīkh Baghdad (14:236); Ibn ‘Asākir, Tārīkh Dimashq al-kabīr (45:156, 157); Ibn