‘Ali (rta) as the leader of the Arabs

Sunni Sources

1. ‘Ā’ishah (rta)

 حدثنا أبو العباس محمد بن أحمد المحبوبي ثنا محمد بن معاذ ثنا أبو حفص عمر بن الحسن الراسبي ثنا أبو عوانة عن أبي بشر عن سعيد بن جبير عن عائشة رضي الله عنها أن النبي صلي اللّٰه عليه وسلم قال أنا سيد ولد آدم وعلي سيد العرب هذا حديث صحيح الإسناد ولم يخرجاه وفي إسناده عمر بن الحسن وأرجو أنه صدوق ولولا ذلك لحكمت بصحته علي شرط الشيخين وله شاهد من حديث عروة عن عائشة

‘Ā’ishah reported from the Prophet that he said: “I am the leader of the progeny of Adam and ‘Ali is the leader of the Arabs.”[1]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative’s variants:

In the first section:

‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Abd Rabbih is munkar al-hadith.[2]

In the second section:

No information is available on Abu Muhammad al-Sammak.

Following is some of the jarh al-Mizzi records about Muhammad ibn Humayd al-Razi: Ya‘qub ibn Shaybah says: kathir al-manakir; al-Bukhari says: hadithuhu fihi naẓr; al-Nasa’i says: laysa bi thiqah; Ibrahim ibn Ya‘qub al-Juzjani says: radi al-madhhab ghayr thiqah; Fadlak al-Razi says that he has fifty thousand narratives of Muhammad ibn Humayd and would not narrate a word from them; Ishaq ibn Mansur is reported to have sworn that Muhammad ibn Humayd is a liar; Salih ibn Muhammad al-Asadi says that they regard Muhammad ibn Humayd to be blameworthy in whatever he narrates to them; Abu Zur‘ah and ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Yusuf ibn Khirash regard him to be a liar; the scholars of Ray are unanimous that he is da‘if fi al-hadith and that he would narrate what he never heard and would take narratives of the people of Basrah and Kufah and would attribute them to Abu Hatim al-Razi and Abu Zur‘ah al-Razi.[3]

Ibn Hajar says that he is da‘if and that Ibn Ma‘in has a good opinion about him.[4]

About Ishaq ibn Bishr, al-Dhahabi records: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah regards him to be the only liar he has come across; Musa ibn Harun and Abu Zur‘ah also regard him so. Al-Fallas and others regard him to be matruk; al-Daraqutni regards him to be among those who fabricate narratives.[5] Ibn Hibban says that it is not permissible to write his narratives except as a means to express wonder.

No information is available on Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Bilal and Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Tahhan.

In the third section:

Al-Dhahabi says that ‘Umar ibn al-Hasan al-Rasibi is unknown and he thinks that he may have actually concocted this narrative.[6]

About Yahya ibn ‘Abd al-Himani, Ibn al-Jawzi records: Ibn Numayr says that he is a liar and Ahmad says that he openly lies and is yasriq al-hadith; al-Sa‘di says that he is saqit and al-Nasa’i regards him to be da‘if. However, Yahya ibn Ma‘in says that he is trustworthy.[7]

Nothing is known about ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar al-Fazari and Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ziyadi.

In the fourth section:

About Ayyub ibn ‘Utbah al-Yamami (d. 160 AH), al-Mizzi writes: at one instance, Ahmad ibn Hanbal regards him to be da‘if and at another, he regards him to be trustworthy; the following are the opinions of Yahya ibn Ma‘in about him: laysa bi shay’, laysa bi al-qawi’, da‘if , laysa hadithuhu bi shay’ and la ba’sa bihi; ‘Ali ibn al-Madini, Ibrahim ibn Ya‘qub al-Juzjani, ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Ammar and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj regard him to be da‘if while ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali adds that he has a bad memory though he is truthful; al-‘Ijli says yuktabu hadithuhu wa laysa bi al-qawi; al-Bukhari says huwa ‘indahum layyin; al-Nasa’i regards him to be mudtarib al-hadith and da‘if; Ya‘qub ibn Sufyan regards him to be da‘if as well and says that there is no pleasure in his narratives; al-Daraqutni says yutrak and at another instance says can be trusted and is shaykh; Ibn ‘Adi says some of his narratives are munkar but in spite of his du‘f his narratives can be written for corroboration.[8]

Ibn Hajar regards him to be da‘if.[9]

Ibn Hibban says that he would make a lot of mistakes and had a very bad memory so much so that his mistakes became excessive.[10]

Abu Zur‘ah regards him to be da‘if.[11]

In the fifth section, about al-Husayn ibn ‘Alwan, al-Dhahabi writes: Yahya says that he is a liar and ‘Ali says that he is da‘ifuṇ jiddaṇ; Abu Hatim, al-Nasa’i and al-Daraqutni say that he is matruk al-hadith; Ibn Hibban says that he concocts narratives from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah and others in such a way that it is not permitted to write his narratives except to marvel at.[12]

2. Anas ibn Malik (rta)

حدثنا أحمد قال حدثنا عبيد اللّٰه بن يوسف الجبيري قال حدثنا عمر بن عبد العزيز الدراع قال حدثنا خاقان بن عبد اللّٰه بن اهتم قال حدثنا حميد الطويل عن أنس بن مالك أن رسول الله قال من سيد العرب قالوا أنت يا رسول اللّٰه قال أنا سيد ولد آدم وعلي سيد العرب لم يرو هذا الحديث عن حميد إلا خاقان ولا عن خاقان إلا عمر بن عبد العزيز تفرد به عبيد الله الجبيري

Anas ibn Malik reported that God’s Messenger (sws) asked: “Who is the leader of the Arabs?” People replied: “You O Messenger of God.” He said: “I am the leader of Adam’s progeny and ‘Ali is the leader of the Arabs.”[13]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:

The narrative has the ‘an‘anah of Humayd al-Tawil who is a mudallis.[14]

No information is available on ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Dari‘

3. Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri (rta)

 Sunni Sources

حدثنا أبي ثنا محمد بن أحمد بن يزيد ثنا الخليل بن محمد العجلي ثنا أبو بكر الواسطي ثنا عبيد بن العوام عن فطر عن عطية العوفي عن أبي سعيد الخدري قال قال رجل يا رسول اللّٰه أنت سيد العرب قال لا أنا سيد ولد آدم وعلي سيد العرب وإنه لأول من ينفض الغبار عن رأسه يوم القيامة فبكي علي

Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri said: “A person said to God’s Messenger: ‘You are the leader of the Arabs.’ He replied: ‘No I am the leader of Adam’s progeny and ‘Ali is the leader of Arabs and he would be the first one from whose head dust would be blown away on the Day of Judgement.’ At this, ‘Ali cried.”[15]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:

About ‘Atiyyah ibn Sa‘d ibn Junadah al-‘Awfi (d. 111 AH), al-Mizzi records: Ahmad ibn Hanbal regards him to be da‘if al-hadith and Hushaym regards his narratives to be da‘if; Yahya ibn Ma‘in says that he is salih; Abu Zur‘ah regards him to be layyin; Abu Hatim says that he is da‘if al-hadith yuktabu hadithuhu; Ibrahim ibn Ya‘qub al-Juzjani says that he is ma’il; al-Nasa’i regards him to be da‘if; Ibn ‘Adi says that in spite of his weakness, his narratives can be written and that he is regarded to be from among the Shiites of Kufah.[16]

Ibn Hajar says that he is saduq who makes a lot of errors and is a mudallis Shiite. This narrative has his ‘an‘anah.[17]

No information is available on ‘Ubayd ibn al-‘Awwam and al-Khalil ibn Muhammad ibn Yazid.

 4. ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (rta)

حديث آخر في ذلك انبأنا الحريري قال انبأنا العشاري قال انا الدارقطني قال انا ابو الأسود عبيداللّٰه بن موسي القاضي قال حدثنا عبدالله بن محمد بن يزيد الحنفي قال انا عبدان قال انا خارجة بن مصعب عن ابن جريح عن عطاء عن ابن عباس قال قال رسول اللّٰه صلي اللّٰه عليه وسلم انا سيد ولد آدم ولا فخر وعلي سيد العرب قال يحيي خارجة ليس بثقة وقال ابن حبان لا يجوز الاحتجاج به

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas stated: God’s Messenger said: ‘I am the leader of the progeny of Adam and this is nothing to boast about and ‘Ali is the leader of the Arabs.”[18]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:

Kharijah ibn Mus‘ab (d. 168 AH) is regarded very weak by authorities. Following is some of the jarh that al-Mizzi has recorded about him: Ahmad ibn Hanbal says about him: la yuktabu hadithuhu and ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal says that his father had stopped him from writing any narrative from him; Authorities have reported the opinions of Yahya ibn Ma‘in on him as: laysa bi shay’, laysa bi thiqah, kadhdhab, da‘if; al-Bukhari says that Ibn Mubarak and Waki‘ have abandoned him (tarakahu); al-Nasa’i says that he is da‘if, laysa bi thiqah and matruk al-hadith; Ibn Sa‘d said that people abstained from his narratives and thus they have abandoned him (tarakuhu); Abu Hatim says that he is mudtarib al-hadith laysa bi qawi yuktabu hadithuhu wa la yuhtajju bihi; Ibn Khirash and al-Hakim say that he is matruk al-hadith; al-Daraqutni regards him to be da‘if.[19]

Authorities have attributed tadlis to him. Ibn Hajar says that he does tadlis from liars.[20] (The narrative under consideration has his ‘an‘anah).

Ibn Hibban says that it is not permissible to adduce from him.[21]

5. Hasan ibn ‘Ali (rta)

حدثنا محمد بن عثمان بن أبي شيبة ثنا إبراهيم بن إسحاق الصيني ثنا قيس بن الربيع عن ليثٍ عن أبي ليلي عن الحسن بن علي رضي اللّٰه عنه قال قال رسول اللّٰه صلي اللّٰه عليه وسلم يا أنس انطلق فادع لي سيد العرب يعني عليا فقالت عائشة رضي اللّٰه عنها ألست سيد العرب قال أنا سيد ولد آدم وعلي سيد العرب فلما جاء علي رضي اللّٰه عنه أرسل رسول اللّٰه صلي اللّٰه عليه وسلم إلي الأنصار فأتوه فقال لهم يا معشر الأنصار ألا أدلكم علي ما إن تمسكتم به لن تضلوا بعده قالوا بلي يا رسول اللّٰه قال هذا علي فأحبوه بحبي وكرموه لكرامتي فإن جبريل صلي اللّٰه عليه وسلم أمرني بالذي قلت لكم عن اللّٰه عز وجل

al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali stated: “God’s Messenger said: ‘O Anas! Go and send the leader of the Arabs i.e. ‘Ali to me.’ At this, ‘Ā’ishah said: ‘Are you not the leader of the Arabs?’ He replied: ‘I am the leader of Adam’s progeny while ‘Ali is the leader of the Arabs.’ So, when ‘Ali came over, God’s Messenger called over the Ansar.’ Thereupon, they came over to him. So, he said to them: ‘Should I not tell you something which if you hold on to you will never go astray after it.’ They replied: ‘Why not! O Messenger of God.’ He said: ‘This is ‘Ali; love him the way you love me and respect him the way you respect me. This is because Gabriel on behalf of God, the Mighty, the Exalted has asked me to tell you this.’”[22]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:

One group of scholars has regarded Layth ibn Abi Sulaym to be suspect. According to Ibn Hibban[23] in his last years, he had a bad memory and would not know what he was narrating, would mix-up the chains of narration and make mursal narratives marfu‘ and wrongly attribute reports to sound narrators; Ibn Hibban goes on to add that Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan, Yahya ibn Ma‘in, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi and Ahmad ibn Hanbal have forsaken him. He also adds that in the opinion of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, he is da‘if al-hadith jiddaṇ and makes many mistakes. According to al-Nasa’i, he is da‘if.[24] Ibn Hajar says that he is saduq, mixes up a lot, is not able to distinguish between his narratives and has been forsaken.[25] Al-Mizzi[26] records that Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Abi Hatim and Abu Zur‘ah regard him to be mudtarib al-hadith and that Ibn Abi Hatim also regards him to be da‘if al-hadith. Ibn Hajar[27] records that Yahya ibn Ma‘in calls him to be munkar al-hadith and Ibn Sa‘d and Ya‘qub ibn Shaybah regard him to be da‘if al-hadith.

According to al-Daraqutni, Ibrahim ibn Ishaq is matruk al-hadith.[28]

Qays ibn Rabi‘ (d. 167 AH) is very suspect. Al-Mizzi records: Ahmad ibn Hanbal says that he narrates ahadith munkarah; according to Yahya ibn Ma‘in he is: da‘if, la yuktabu hadithuhu, laysa bi shay’, laysa hadithuhu bi shay’, da‘if al-hadith la yusawi shay’ (all these four opinions of Yahya are reported from different authorities); ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali states that Yahya and ‘Abd al-Rahman would not narrate from him; the latter did initially narrate from him; but then abandoned him; ‘Ali ibn al-Madini regards him to be da‘ifuṇ jiddaṇ; Ibn Numayr reported that scholars of Hadith are of the opinion that his son had altered his narratives; Waki‘ would also regard him as da‘if; Ibrahim al-Juzjani regards him to be saqit; Abu Zur‘ah says fihi lin; Abu Hatim says mahalluhu al-sidq, wa laysa bi qawi, yuktabu hadithuhu wa la yuhtajju bihi; according to al-Nasa’i, he is laysa bi thiqah and another opinion attributed to him is that he is matruk al-hadith; Ya‘qub ibn Shaybah says that according to all his teachers he is saduq, wa kitabuhu salih, wa huwa radi al-hifẓ jiddaṇ, kathir al-khata’ da‘ifuṇ fi rawayatihi.[29]

Al-Bukhari records him in his Al-Du‘afa’.[30] Ibn al-Jawzi also records him in his Al-Du‘afa’ and also records that al-Daraqutni regarded him to be da‘if al-hadith.[31] Ibn Hibban has recorded him in his Al-Majruhin.[32]

Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah is suspect in the eyes of some authorities. Ibn Hajar[33] records that according to ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal he is a liar and Ibn Khirash says that he fabricates narratives.

No information is available on Muhammad ibn Khalaf ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz and ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn ‘Abbas al-Hashimi.

About al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan al-Ashqar, al-Mizzi records: al-Bukhari’s two opinions about him are: fihi naẓar and ‘indahu manakir; Abu Zur‘ah says that he is munkar al-hadith; Abu Hatim says that he is laysa bi qawi.[34] Ibn al-Jawzi records that al-Nasa’i and al-Daraqutni say that he is laysa bi al-qawi and al-Azdi regards him to be da‘if; Abu Ma‘mar al-Hudhali says that he is a liar. [35]

Shiite Sources

1. ‘Ā’ishah (rta)

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان ، قال حدثني أحمد بن يحيي بن زكريا القطان ، قال حدثنا بكر بن عبد اللّٰه ، قال حدثنا تميم بن بهلول ، قال حدثنا عبد اللّٰه بن صالح بن أبي سلمة النصيبيني ، قال حدثنا أبو عوانة ، عن أبي بشر ، عن سعيد بن جبير ، عن عائشة ، قالت: كنت عند رسول اللّٰه صلي اللّٰه عليه وآله ، فأقبل علي بن أبي طالب ، فقال هذا سيد العرب ، فقلت يا رسول اللّٰه ، ألست سيد العرب قال أنا سيد ولد آدم ، وعلي سيد العرب ، فقلت وما السيد قال من افترضت طاعته كما افترضت طاعتي

‘Ā’ishah said: “I was with God’s Messenger (sws) when ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib arrived. At this, God’s Messenger said: ‘This is the leader of the Arabs.’ Thereupon, I said: ‘Are you not the leader of the Arabs?’ He said: ‘I am the leader of Adam’s progeny and ‘Ali is the leader of the Arabs.’ So, I said: ‘What does being a leader mean?’ he replied: ‘He who must be obeyed the way I am obeyed.’”[36]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:

About ‘Abdullah ibn Salih ibn Abi Salamah, Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakariyya and Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qattan, al-Namari says lam yadhkuruhu.[37]

According to al-Jawahiri, Tamim ibn Bahlul is majhul.[38]

About Ziyad ibn al-Mundhir, al-Tafrashi says that our scholars disliked what Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated from him and there is a narrative from him which testifies that he is a liar and given to disbelief.[39] Al-Barujardi says that he was called al-Surhub by Imam Baqir because Surhub is the name of a devil that resides in the sea.[40]

About Muhammad ibn Sinan, Ibn Da’ud al-Hilli says that he is regarded as weak, blameworthy and an extremist.[41]

About Ja‘far ibn Muhammad ibn Malik al-Faza’iri, al-Ghada’iri says that he is a liar and matruk al-hadith who narrates from weak and unknown narrators and that all the defects of weak narrators are found in him.[42] Ibn Da’ud al-Hilli says that he is trustworthy but a group has regarded him to be weak. He is also called Abu ‘Abdullah al-Kadhdhab; he narrates from weak and unknown narrators and fabricates narratives and is not trustworthy either as corroborating evidence or as any other; al-Najashi says that according to Ahmad, he fabricated narratives in abundance and would narrate from unknown narrators and that he does not know how two great scholars like Abu ‘Ali ibn Hammam and Abu Ghalib al-Razi have narrated from him.[43]

According to al-Jawahiri, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sinani is majhul.[44]

According to al-Jawahiri, Khidr ibn Aban is also majhul.[45]

2. Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri (rta)

حدثنا محمد بن عبد اللّٰه بن عبيد اللّٰه بن البهلول الموالي رحمه اللّٰه ، قال : حدثني محمد بن الحسن ، قال: حدثني عيسي بن مهران ، قال حدثني عبيد اللّٰه بن موسي قال حدثني خالد بن طهمان الخفاف ، قال سمعت سعد بن جنادة العوفي يذكر أنه سمع زيد بن أرقم يقول أنه سمع أبا سعيد الخدري يقول أنه سمع النبي صلي اللّٰه عليه وآله يقول علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام سيد العرب . فقيل ألست أنت سيد العرب فقال أنا سيد ولد آدم وعلي سيد العرب ، من أحبه وتولاه أحبه اللّٰه وهداه ، ومن أبغضه وعاداه أصمه اللّٰه وأعماه ، علي حقه كحقي ، وطاعته كطاعتي ، غير أنه لا نبي بعدي ، من فارقه فارقني ، ومن فارقني فارق اللّٰه ، أنا مدينة الحكمة - وهي الجنة - وعلي بابها ، فكيف يهتدي المهتدي إلي الجنة إلا من بابها . علي عليه السلام خير البشر من أبي فقد كفر

Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri heard the Prophet say: “ ‘Ali ibn ‘Ali Talib is the leader of the Arabs.” It was said to him: ‘Are you not the leader of the Arabs?’ Upon this, he replied: ‘I am the leader of Adam’s progeny and ‘Ali is the leader of the Arabs; he who loves him and befriends him, God loves him and guides him; he who has malice for him and shows enmity to him, God will make him deaf and blind; The right of ‘Ali is the same as that of me; obeying him is obeying me except that there is no prophet after me; he who left him, left me and he who left me, left God; I am the city of wisdom which is Paradise and ‘Ali is its door. How can he be guided to Paradise who wants to be guided to it except through its door; ‘Ali is the best of human beings; he who denied this committed disbelief.’”[46]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:

Al-Namari says that Sa‘d ibn Junadah is a companion but lam yadhkuruhu.[47]

According to al-Jawahiri, ‘Isa ibn Mihran is majhul.[48]

Shiite rijal books mention nothing about Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Ubaydullah ibn Bahlul.

3. ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (rta)

وبهذا الاسناد ، عن علي عليه السلام قال قال رسول اللّٰه صلي اللّٰه عليه وآله: علي سيد العرب . فقالت امرأة من نسائه ألست أنت سيد العرب فقال اسكتي ، أنا سيد ولد آدم ، وعلي بن أبي طالب سيد العرب .

With this isnad,[49] ‘Ali stated: “God’s Messenger (sws) said: ‘ ‘Ali is the leader of the Arabs.’ One of his wives said: ‘Aren’t you the leader of the Arabs.’ At this he replied: ‘Be quiet! I am the leader of the progeny of Adam and ‘Ali is the leader of the Arabs.’” [50]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:

According to al-Ghada’iri, as recorded by al-Jawahiri, Isma‘il ibn ‘Ali ibn ‘Ali al-Da‘buli is majhul.[51] Al-Najashi says kana mukhtalit yu‘rafu minhu wa yunkar.[52]

Al-Khu’i records that according to al-Najashi, ‘Ali ibn ‘Ali ibn Razin is known only through his son Isma‘il ibn ‘Ali ibn ‘Ali.[53]

4. al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali

محمد بن سليمان قال حدثنا عثمان بن سعيد بن عبد اللّٰه قال حدثنا محمد بن عبد اللّٰه المروزي قال حدثنا سهل بن يحيي قال حدثنا الحسن بن هارون قال حدثنا قيس بن حفص قال حدثنا علي بن الحسن العبدي قال حدثنا ليث بن أبي سليم عن ابن أبي ليلي عن الحسن بن علي أن رسول اللّٰه صلي اللّٰه عليه وآله قال لانس بن مالك انطلق فادع لي سيد العرب . يعني عليا فقالت عائشة ألست سيد العرب يا رسول الله قال أنا سيد ولد آدم وعلي سيد العرب . فلما جاء علي أرسل النبي صلي اللّٰه عليه وآله وسلم إلي الأنصار فأتوه فقال لهم يا معشر الأنصار ألا أدلكم علي ما إن تمسكتم به لن تضلوا من بعدي قالوا بلي يا رسول اللّٰه قال هذا علي فأحبوه لحبي وأكرموه لكرامتي فإن جبرئيل أمرني بذلك . قلت عن اللّٰه تبارك وتعالي قال عن اللّٰه تبارك وتعالي

al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali reported that God’s Messenger said to Anas: “Go and send the leader of the ‘Arabs to me i.e. ‘Ali.” At this, ‘Ā’ishah said: “Are you not the leader of the Arabs O Messenger of God?” He replied: “I am the leader of Adam’s progeny and ‘Ali is the leader of the Arabs. When ‘Ali came over, the Prophet sent for the al-Ansar. So, when they came over, he said to them: “O Group of al-Ansar! Should I tell you something which if you hold fast to you will never go astray after me?” They said: “Why not! O Messenger of God!” He stated: “This is ‘Ali; love him the way you love me and respect him the way you respect me because Gabriel has commanded this to me.” I asked: “Is this from God, the Blessed, the Exalted?” He said: “Yes this is from God, the Blessed, the Exalted.”[54]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:

About Layth ibn Abi Sulaym, al-Tusi, al-Hilli, al-Tafrashi, al-Barujardi and al-Khu’i say that he is majhul.[55]

Shiite rijal books contain no information about ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id ibn ‘Abdullah.

According to al-Jawahiri, Khidr ibn Aban is majhul.[56]

About al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan al-Ashqar, Muhammad ibn Khalf al-Muqri and ‘Ali ibn Isma‘il al-Utrush, al-Namari says lam yadhkuruhu.[57]

5. al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali (rta)

محمد بن سليمان قال حدثنا أحمد بن السري المصري قال حدثنا أحمد بن عيسي بن عبد اللّٰه بن العمري قال حدثنا أحمد بن حماد عن عنبسة بن بجاد عن حسين بن علي بن الحسين عن أبيه عن جده قال قال رسول اللَٰه صلي اللّٰه عليه وآله : علي سيد العرب . فما ترك أن قيل له فأنت قال : أنا سيد ولد آدم . قال وقال رسول اللّٰه فاطمة سيدة نساء العالمين . فما ترك أن قيل له فمريم وآسية فقال تلك سيدة نساء عالمها وهذه سيدة نساء عالمها

al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali stated: “God’s Messenger said: ‘Ali is the leader of the Arabs.’ As soon as he said this, it was said to him: ‘Aren’t you?’ He replied: ‘I am the leader of the progeny of Adam. Fatimah is the leader of the women of the world.’ As soon as he said the latter, it was said to him: ‘Are they not Maryam and Āsiyah.’ At this, he replied: ‘They are leaders of the women of their world and she is the leader of her world.’”[58]

Following is the schematic illustration of the isnad of this narrative:

No information is found in Shiite book on Ahmad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Abdullah ibn al-‘Umri and Ahmad ibn al-Sariy al-Misri.

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