Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

'Ali ibn Abi Tilib 455
Messenger of Allah (g) did not tell us anything that was for us
According to a report narrated by Imam Ahmad, 'Ali said:
"The Messenger of Allah (s) did not tell me anything in exclusion to
other people."672 Bukhari narrated in his Saheeh that Ahu Juhayfah
(&) said: "I said to 'Ali: 'Do you have a document?' He said: 'No,
except the Book of Allah or subtle understanding that a Muslim man
may be given, or what is in this document.' I said: 'What is in this
document?' He said: 'Compensation for death or injury, and ransom
of captives, and that no Muslim should he killed in retaliation for a
non-~uslim."'~~~ According to another report, 'Ali was asked: "Do
you have anything of the revelation apart from the Book of Allah?'
He said: "No, by the One Who split the seed and created the soul, I do
not know of anything except understanding that Allah may bestow
upon some."674
Ihn Hajar said: "Abu Juhayfah only asked him about that
because some of the Shia were claiming that Ah1 dBayt - and
especially 'Ali- knew some things that had been revealed that the
Prophet (g) had told only to them and not to anyone else."675 Ihn
~a~mi~ah(may Allah have mercy on him) said, after quoting this
hadith: "The documents that are attributed to 'Ali or others of Ah1 al-
Bayt in reports that speak of the future are all lies, such as the document
al-Jifr wal-Bitiqah and others. The same applies to the claim that 'Ali
had knowledge that the Prophet (g) taught to him only, to the
exclusion of the other Companions, and to the reports narrated from
other Companions saying that the Prophet (g) singled him out for
teaching esoteric, hidden knowledge of Islam. All of that is false."676
What proves the falseness of these claims is the report narrated
by Ibn Sa'd from 'Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn &'Abideen, who said
about Sa'eed ibn Jubayr (&): "This man used to come to us, and we
would ask him about the shares of inheritance and other things by