Hadith Prophet Muhammad (S) and Ali (RA) - Beautiful Hadith with Explanation

[Mabsoot]

Narrated: 'Amir bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, from his father, saying "Mu'awiyah bin Abu Sufyan ordered Sa'd, saying 'What prevented you from reviling Abu Turab?' He said: 'Three things that I remember from the Messenger of Allah (SAW) prevent me from reviling him. That I should have even one those things is more beloved to me than red camels.

I heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) speaking to 'Ali, and he had left him behind in one of his battles. So 'Ali said to him: "O Messenger of Allah! You leave me behind with women and children?" So the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said to him: "Are you not pleased that you should be in the position with me that Harun was with Musa? Except that there is no Prophethood after me?"

And on the Day of (the battle of) Khaibar, I heard him saying: "I shall give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him." So we all waited for that, then he said: "Call 'Ali for me." He said: 'So he came to him, and he had been suffering from Ramad (an eye condition), so he (SAW) put spittle in his eye and gave the banner to him, then Allah granted him victory.

And when this Ayah was revealed: 'Let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women...' (3:61) the Messenger of Allah (SAW) called 'Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husain and said: "O Allah, these are my family."

Jami At-Tirmidhi, Volume 6, Book of Al-Manaaqib, Hadith #3724 (Sahih)

Commentary: When Mu'awiyah asked Sa'd why he did not revile 'Ali, he meant his opinion on Ijtihad in the interpretation of Islamic Law. Al-Imam An-Nawawi also explained that what Mu'awiyah (SAW) said is like saying: "Did you refrain from reviling 'Ali, out of piety or fear? And if it were out of piety then you are on the right. Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.

 

[Janaan]

Maasha'Allaah! A beautiful narration, indeed. `Ali radiyallahu `anh and the prophet has so many different forms of relationships with each other and incidents including the two of them always amaze me, subhanallaah!

What was `Ali's opinion on Ijtihaad, akhy? Can you share that as well...

 

[Mujaddid Ibn Abdullah]

Abu Najih Al-‘Irbad bin Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported,​

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“The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) delivered an eloquent sermon, which greatly moved us and sent a wave of fear into our hearts and our eyes shed tears. We said to him, ‘This sermon seems like the last advice; then tell us something more as advice.’ He said, ‘I advise you to fear Allah (because of your obligations to Allah) and to hear and obey even a slave who may be put in authority over you. Those of you who survive me will notice many differences. It will be incumbent upon you to follow my Sunnah (tradition) and the practices of my rightly guided successors (Caliphs) and hold fast with these precepts and traditions and beware of innovations and inventions in religion, because every innovation leads to the wrong path.’”​

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[Recorded by Abu Dawud in his As-Sunan, no., 4607; by At-Tirmidhy in Kitab Al- 'Ilm (Book on Knowledge), no., 2676; by Ibn Majah in his Al-Muqaddimah, no., 42; and by Imam Ahmad, no., 4/126,127.]