Whoever does not proclaim ‘Ali as the best of people has committed kufr
Whoever does not proclaim ‘Ali as the best of people has committed kufr
من لم يقل علي خير الناس فقد كفر
Whoever does not proclaim ‘Ali as the best of people has committed kufr.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar said, “Ibn ‘Adi documented it from many chains, all of which are da’if.”[1]
Muhammad ibn Kathir al Kufi
A weak narrator
Abdullah ibn Jafar al Tha’labi
- Ibn ‘Adi commented, “Suspected (of forgery).”[2]
Al Suyuti, ibn al Jawzi, and al Shawkani classified it mawdu’.[3]
[1] Tasdid al Qaws vol. 3 pg. 89.
[2] Al Mughni fi al Du’afa’ vol. 1 pg. 334; Lisan al Mizan vol. 3 pg. 268; Mizan al I’tidal vol. 4 pg. 77.
[3] Al La’ali al Masnu’ah vol. 1 pg. 300; al Mawdu’at vol. 1 pg. 260; al Fawa’id al Majmu’ah vol.
1 pg. 347.