𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 “𝐌𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐚”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 “𝐌𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐚”

👳‍♂️Imam  al-Taftazani

The word ‘al-Mawla’ is commonly used to mean ‘guardian (Mutawalli),’ ‘the one who has authority over affairs’ (al-malik li-l-amr), and ‘the one who has the right to dispose of’ (awla bit-tasarruf). This usage has been documented by many Arabic language scholars.

Sunni source:Sharh al-Maqasid Volume 5, page 273

👳‍♂️Ibn Shaheen

Narrated by Abdullah bin Muhammad, from Abdulrahman bin Saleh Al-Azdi, from Musa bin Uthman Al-Hadrami, from Abu Ishaq, from Zaid bin Arqam and Al-Bara, who said: “We were with the Messenger of Allah (صلی الله علیه و آله و سلم) on the day of Ghadir Khumm, and we were holding up the branches of the trees over his head. Then he said: ‘𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚, 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒊 (𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓. 𝑾𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒘𝒍𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒊 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒘𝒍𝒂.’ 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, ‘𝑶 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉, 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 (𝑨𝒍𝒊), 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎.’

Ibn Shaheen: This is a strange, authentic hadith, and the hadith of Ghadir Khumm was
𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧(𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚), 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐞.”

Sunni source:Sharh Madhab Ahlul Sunnah page 103 ,Hadith 87

☀️𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔.

Holy Qur’an 33:6

It was narrated that Bara’ bin ‘Azib said:

“We returned with the Messenger of Allah from his Hajj that he had performed, and we stopped at some point on the road. He commanded that prayer should be performed in congregation, then he took the hand of ‘Ali and said: ‘Am I not dearer to the believers than their own selves?’ They said: ‘Yes indeed.’ He said: ‘Am I not more right  to every believer than his own self?’ They said: ‘Yes indeed.’ He said: ‘This man is the master  of those whose master I am.’ O Allah, take as friends those who take him as a friend, and take as enemies those who take him as an enemy.'”

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ، أَخَبَرَنِي حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي حَجَّتِهِ الَّتِي حَجَّ فَنَزَلَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَأَمَرَ الصَّلاَةَ جَامِعَةً فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ ‏”‏ أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا بَلَى ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏”‏ أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا بَلَى ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏”‏ فَهَذَا وَلِيُّ مَنْ أَنَا مَوْلاَهُ اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ اللَّهُمَّ عَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ ‏”‏ ‏.‏

Albani edited hadith is Sahih

Sunni source:Sunan Ibn Maja Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 116
Arabic reference : Book 1, Hadith 121