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companions. And they are: Ali Bin Abi Talib, Ibn Abbas, Anas Bin Malik,
Salman al-Farsi, Ammar Bin Yasir, Buraida, Jabir Bin Abdullah, Zuwaib,
Bara’ah Bin Azab, Umm Salma, Abu Barda, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, and Umm
ul-Momineen Umm Salma (RAA). Furthermore, al-Amir al-Sana’i says in his
“Rawdat ul-Nadiyya” that this tradition has frequently been reported
“Mutawatir” according to Hafiz al-Suyuti and others.)
16) Ma’arij al-Nabuwwa “Naqsh e Mustafa” Urdu, V2, P.242
17) Tafseer Khazin “Luba’ab al-Taweel” by “Khazin” al-Baghdadi, V5, P.127
18) Tafseer al-Baghawi “Mua’alim al-Tanzeel” by Imam al-Baghawi, V5, P.127
19) Tafseer Ibn Abi Hatim, V9, P.2826, H.No.16015
20) Tafseer Al-Kashaf WA al-Bayan by al-Tha’alabi al-Shafai’e, V7, P.182
21) Kitab al-Arbaeen Fi Usool al-Deen by Imam al-Razhi, P.458
22) Nuzm Durar al-Simtain by Hafiz al-Zarandi al-Hanafi, P.103, P.149 and
P.180
23) Riyadh al-Nadhra by Muhib al-Tabari, V3, P.138
24) Muwaddat ul-Qurba by 'Ali Hamdani al-Shafai’e, Muwadda VI, H.Nos 2-5
25) Tafseer Dhurr al-Manthour by Imam al-Suyuti al-Shafai’e, V6, P.328
26) Hayat Muhammed by Muhammed Hussain Haykal, P.104 (in first edition only
i.e. 1354 AH by Matba’ah ul-Misr, Cairo, Egypt, as in all the other editions it
has been deleted)
27) Kanz ul-Ummal, V13, P.46, H.No.36341 and P.50, H.No.36367
28) Kanz ul-Ummal, V13, P.56, H.No.36404 and P.58, H.No.36415
29) Also reported in Shawahid al-Tanzil by al-Hasakani al-Hanafi, Musannaf Ibn
Abi Shayba, Huliyat ul-Awlia, Tafseer Ibn Mardawwiya and many others.
The Account of the Above-recorded event, has also been reported by Non-
Muslim Western Scholars
1. Mahomet and His Successors by Washington Irving, P.46-47 ("Oh, children of
Abd al Motâlleb," cried he, with enthusiasm, "to you, of all men, has Allah vouchsafed
these most precious gifts. In his name, I offer you the blessings of this world, and endless
joys hereafter. Who among you will share the burden of my offer? Who will be my
brother: my lieutenant, my vizier?"
All remained silent; some wondering, others smiling with incredulity and derision.
At length Ali, starting up with youthful zeal, offered himself to the service of the prophet,
though modestly acknowledging his youth and physical weak ness. * -Mahomet threw his
arms round the generous youth, and pressed him to his bosom. "Behold my brother, my
vizier, my vicegerent," exclaimed he; "let all listen to his words, and obey him.")
* (By an error of translators, Ali is made to accompany his offer of adhesion by an
extravagant threat against all who should oppose Mahomet.)
2. The History of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, V5, Ch. L:
Description Of Arabia And Its Inhabitants. Part IV, P.72: he prepared a banquet, a
lamb, as it is said, and a bowl of milk, for the entertainment of forty guests of the race of
Hashem. "Friends and kinsmen," said Mahomet to the assembly, "I offer you, and I alone