44/4. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2404a — Ali Like Harun to Musa
The Virtues Of 'Ali Bin Abi Talib (RA)
Hadith About Ali Like Harun to Musa
Sahih Muslim : 2404a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2404a
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ، وَأَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ وَسُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ يُوسُفَ الْمَاجِشُونِ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ - حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ، أَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْمَاجِشُونُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ، بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِعَلِيٍّ " أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ لاَ نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي " . قَالَ سَعِيدٌ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُشَافِهَ بِهَا سَعْدًا فَلَقِيتُ سَعْدًا فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِمَا حَدَّثَنِي عَامِرٌ فَقَالَ أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ . فَقُلْتُ آنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ فَوَضَعَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ عَلَى أُذُنَيْهِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِلاَّ فَاسْتَكَّتَا .
Amir b Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas Narrated from:
Amir b Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas reported (on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) addressing 'Ali said: You are in the same position with relation to me as Aaron (Harun) was in relation to Moses but with (this explicit difference) that there is no prophet after me. Sa'd said: I had an earnest desire to hear it directly from Sa'd, so I met him and narrated to him what (his son) Amir had narrated to me, whereupon he said: Yes, I did hear it. I said: Did you hear it yourself? Thereupon he placed his fingers upon his ears and said: Yes, and if not, let both my ears become deaf.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2404aIn-book reference : Book 44, Hadith 47USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 31, Hadith 5913
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2404a
This Hadith about Ali like Harun to Musa records a clear virtue of Ali b. Abi Talib. Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said to Ali: you are in the same position to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me. The narration also shows Sa'd confirming that he personally heard it. When asked if he heard it himself, he placed his fingers on his ears and said yes, and if not, may both ears become deaf. The focus of the report is twofold: the Prophet's high praise of Ali and the explicit statement that prophethood ended with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ali is given a high position in relation to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
- The hadith clearly states that there is no prophet after Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم.
- Sa'd strongly confirms that he heard this statement himself.
- The report should not be read as giving prophethood to Ali, because the exception is explicit.
