Ibn Abbas: Whoever Insults Ali Harms the Messenger ﷺ

Insulting Ali Is Harming the Prophet ﷺ

Narration:

Arabic:

عن أبي بكر بن عبيد الله بن أبي مليكة، عن أبيه قال:

جاء رجل من أهل الشام فسبَّ عليًّا عند ابن عباس، فحصبه ابن عباس، فقال: يا عدوَّ الله، آذيتَ رسولَ الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم:

﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا مُهِينًا﴾

لو كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم حيًّا لآذيته.

English translation:

Abu Bakr ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Abī Mulaykah narrated from his father:

A man from the people of Syria came and insulted Ali in the presence of Ibn Abbas. So Ibn Abbas threw pebbles at him and said:

“O enemy of Allah, you have harmed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ:

‘Indeed, those who harm Allah and His Messenger — Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter, and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.’

If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were alive, you would have harmed him.”

Reference:

Al-Hakim al-Naysaburi, al-Mustadrak ʿala al-Sahihayn, Kitab Maʿrifat al-Sahabah, hadith 4676.

Grading:

قال الحاكم:

هذا حديث صحيح الإسناد، ولم يخرجاه.

Al-Hakim said:

“This hadith has a sahih chain, but al-Bukhari and Muslim did not narrate it.”

تعليق الذهبي:

صحيح.

Al-Dhahabi’s comment in Talkhis al-Mustadrak:

“Sahih.”