Hadith 267
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31-267 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
Only believers love Ali (a.s.) and only atheists despise him.”
267 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ
قالَالنَّبِيُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: لا يُحِبُّ عَلِيّاً إِلاّ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلا يُبغِضُهُ إِلاّ كافِرٌ.
Similar narrations
- ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā #225 The Messenger of Allah (sw) said, “O Ali! You are the best of men. No one except a disbeliever has any doubts about you.”
- ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā #235 Ali (as) said: "It is due to the covenant of the Prophet (saw) al-Umi that only a believer loves me, and only a hypocrite hates me."
- ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā #306 “During the time of God’s Prophet (S) we could not recognize the hypocrites except by their animosity towards Ali (a.s.) and his progeny.”
- ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā #266 “Those who love you love me, and those who despise you despise me. (Whoever despises me indeed despises God).”