Hadith of the door to knowledge

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Hadith of the door to knowledge is a famous Hadith in Islam.

1 Naration
2 Views
- 2.1 Sunni view
  - 2.1.1 Sunni analysis of narration
- 2.2 Shi'a view
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Naration

According to the Hadith, Muhammad said:

I am the city of knowledge and 'Ali is the gate.^[1]

It is also related by al-Tirmidhi with the wording:

"I am the House of Wisdom, and 'Ali is its Door". ^[2]

Similar dismissals of the hadith are reported from Abu Zur'ah, Abu Hatim and Yahya ibn Sa'd. ^[2]

[edit] Views

It is one of the primary hadiths used by the Shia to justify Ali's right in the Succession of Muhammad. The Sunnis interpret it otherwise, and do not consider is to be classified as sound, with many of their scholars labelling it either weak or fabricated.

[edit] Sunni view

In evaluation of the text of the narration, Al-Ijlouni says,

"... none of this devalues the consensus of the Adherents to the Sunnah from the Companions, the Successors and those after them, that the best of the Companions overall is Abu Bakr, followed by 'Umar ..."

He then quotes this view from Ibn 'Umar and 'Ali himself, as recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari. ^[2]

[edit] Sunni analysis of narration

Al-Daraqutni labelled the hadith as mudtarib ("shaky"), both in isnad and matn ("text").
al-Tirmidhi said it is gharib ("strange") and munkar ("rejected")
al-Bukhari said that it has no sahih ("authentic") narration
Ibn Ma'in said that it is a baseless lie.
Al-Albani declares the hadith to be maudu ("fabricated").
Al-Hakim declared the original hadith as sahih ("authentic") in isnad
Ibn al- Jauzi regarded both versions as maudu' ("fabricated"), and Al-Dhahabi agreed with him.

Several of the later scholars, including Ibn Hajar Asqalani, Ibn Hajar al-Makki and al-Suyuti declared it hasan ("fair") due to its various routes of narration.

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