The Šīʿah also tried to argue that it is mutawātir from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم that ʿAlī رضي الله عنه is the best of the Ṣaħābah. The main ħadīþ they used for this claim is Ħadīþ aṭ-Ṭayr, since it is the closest one to being explicit while still being arguably reliable. They said…

The 3rd and final of the major claimed “naṣṣ xafī” proofs used by the Šīʿah is Ħadīþ al-Manzilah. This is another authentic and mutawātir ħadīþ, and the text is as follows:  خَرَجَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى تَبُوكَ، وَاسْتَخْلَفَ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ أَتُخَلِّفُنِي فِي الصِّبْيَانِ وَالنِّسَاءِ قَالَ ‏ “‏ أَلاَ تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي…

The 2nd “naṣṣ xafī” proof that will be discussed is one of the most well-known arguments used by the Šīʿah; Ħadīþ al-Ğadīr. Although the phrase (مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ) “Whoever I am his mawlā, then ʿAlī is his mawlā” is mutawātir, there are various different narrations of the rest of the text of the…

One of the main arguments from naṣṣ xafī used by the Šīʿah is the ʾāyah known as ‘ʾĀyat al-Wilāyah’. Allāh said in the Qurʾān: اِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اُ۬للَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَالذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اُ۬لذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ اَ۬لصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُوتُونَ اَ۬لزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُمْ رَٰكِعُونَۖ (المائدة 55)“Your only walī is Allāh, then His Messenger and those who believe, who establish Ṣalāh and pay…