Day: December 29, 2022

Abu Huraira narrated:
The Prophet (PBUH&HF) looked toward Ali, al-Hasan, alHusain, and Fatimah, and said: “I am in the state of war with
those who will fight you, and in the state of peace with those who
are peaceful to you.”
Sunni references:
(1) Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, p699
(2) Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p52
(3) Fada’il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p767, Tradition #1350
(4) al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p149
(5) Majma’ al-Zawa’id, by al-Haythami, v9, p169
(6) al-Kabir, by Tabarani, v3, p30, also in al-Awsat
(7) Jamius Saghir, by al-Ibani, v2, p17
(8) Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v7, p137
(9) Sawai’q al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p221
(10) Talkhis, by al-Dhahabi, v3, p149
(11) Dhakha’ir al-Uqba, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, p25

The Messenger of Allah said:
“Loving Ali is the sign of belief, and hating Ali is the sign of
hypocrasy.”
Sunni references:

• Sahih Muslim, v1, p48;
• Sahih Tirmidhi, v5, p643;
• Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p142;
• Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal v1, pp 84,95,128
• Tarikh al-Kabir, by al-Bukhari (the author of Sahih), v1, part 1, p202
• Hilyatul Awliya’, by Abu Nu’aym, v4, p185
• Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v14, p462

This tradition of Prophet was popular to the extent that some of the companions used to say:
“We recognized the hypocrites by their hatred of Ali.”
Sunni references:

• Fada’il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p639, Tradition #1086
• al-Istiab, by Ibn Abd al-Barr, v3, p47
• al-Riyad al-Nadirah, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, v3, p242
• Dhakha’ir al-Uqba, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, p91

Also Muslim in his Sahih narrated on the authority of Zirr that:
Ali (RA) said: By him who split up the seed and created
something living, the Apostle (may peace and blessing be upon
him) gave me a promise that no one but a believer would love
me, and none but a hypocrite would nurse grudge against me.
Sahih Muslim, English version, Chapter XXXIV, p46, Tradition #141