You are the guide, O ‘Ali. Through you will the guided find guidance after me
You are the guide, O ‘Ali. Through you will the guided find guidance after me
أنت الهادي يا علي بك يهتدي المهتدون من بعدي
You are the guide, O ‘Ali. Through you will the guided find guidance after me.
- Al Tabari records it.[1] The hadith is da’if.
- Al Dhahabi says, “Ibn Jarir reported it from Muaz ibn Muslim. Muaz is unknown. Probably he is problematic.”[2]
- Ibn Kathir says, “There is severe nakarah (disgust) in this hadith.”[3]
There is another narration which reads:
الهادي رجل من بني هاشم قال ابن الجنيد هو علي بن أبي طالب
The guide is a man from the Banu Hashim.
Ibn al Junaid clarified, “He is ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib.”
The problem with this narration is Muttalib ibn Ziyad.
Another narration reads:
أنا المنذر و علي الهادي بك يا علي يهتدي المهتدون
I am a warner and ‘Ali is the guide. Through you O ‘Ali will the guided be guided.
Al Albani remarked, “Mawdu’.”[4]
[1] Tarikh al Tabari vol. 7 pg. 344.
[2] Mizan al I’tidal vol. 1 pg. 484.
[3] Tafsir Ibn Kathir vol. 4 pg. 545.
[4] Silsilat al Ahadith al Da’ifah Hadith: 4899.