Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

256 'Ali ibn Abi Tilib at the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
love of consultation, and his desire to encourage the rulers after him
to consult advisers and not act like dictators, forcing their opinions on
others. In many cases, 'Ali (4) retracted his opinion and followed
that of 'Umar It was narrated from 'kishah (@) that she
said about 'Umar (&): "Ali (&) used to follow the opinion of
'Umar ibn d-Khagb with regard to what 'Umar thought was right,
even though 'Umar frequently consulted 'Ali, to such an extent that
'Mi ( ) said: "Umar consulted me about such and such; my
opinion was such and such, and his opinion was such and such, but
ultimately I decided to follow 'Umar's view."""
2.4. 'Ali (&) and his children,
and their relationship with 'Umar
(may Allah be pleased with them all)
'Umar (&) had such great respect for the family of the
Messenger of AUah a) that be preferred them to his own sons and
family. We will mention a few examples:
2.4.1. "You are more deserving of permission
to enter than Abdullah ibn 'Umar"
Among the things narrated by al-Husayn ibn 'Ali (&) was:
"Umar said to me one day: '0 my son, why don't you visit us and
spend time with us? So I came one day and found him on his own
with Mu'iwiyah, Ibn 'Umar was at the door and had not been given
permission to enter, so I went back. He met me after that and said: '0
my son, why did I not see you coming to visit us?' I said: 'I came, but
you were on your own with Mu'iwiyah, and I saw that Ibn 'Umar
was not given permission to enter, so I went back.' He said: 'You are
more deserving of permission to enter than Abdullah ibn 'Umat. All
the blessings that we are enjoying, as you see, are because of Allah
(g), then you [the Prophet a) and Ah1 d-~a~t].'"'~~