Hadith al Dar in Sunni Books?

QUESTION: Salam: What is the Authenticity (level or degree) and the references for hadith Al-dar in Sunni references? Hadith Al-Dar: And Muhammad (PBUH) said on the day of the assembly at his house where he had especially gathered the banu-abd al-muttalib there in order to make the following solemn pledge: "Whosoever helps me in this matter will be my brother, my testamentary trustee (WASI), my helper, my heir, and my successor (KHALIFA) after me". Thanks, Salaam. ANSWER: Bismillah Arrahman Arrahim Hadith al-Dar = Tradition of the House. (The prophet summoned the his uncles to his house). Also know as, Hadith al-Inthar = Tradition of the Warning. From the Arabic words of the holy aya - "Wa ANTHIR 'asheeratuka al-aqrabeen": "And admonish thy nearest kinsmen," [26:214] When Allah (swt) ordered His messenger (s) to gather the heads of his family and admonish them about Islam, he invited them to a meal prepared by Ali (as) three times, inviting them into Islam in compliance with Allah's order. When he made the declaration, at the end, that "Whosoever helps me in this matter will be my brother, my testamentary trustee (WASI), my helper, my heir, and my successor (KHALIFA) after me," only Ali responded and received that honor. More details can be found in the on-line Shi'a Encyclopedia: http://al-islam.org/encyclopedia/chapter3/7.html The references mentioned in the Encyclopedia are: Sunni References: (1) History of al-Tabari, English version, v6, pp 88-91 (2) History of Ibn Athir, v2, p62(3) History of Ibn Asakir, v1, p85 (4) Tafsir al-Durr al-Manthoor, by al-Hafidh Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, v5, p97. (5) Tafsir al-Khazin, by Ala'uddin al-Shafi'i, v3, p371 (6) Shawahid al-Tanzil, by al-Hasakani, v1, p371 (7) Kanz al-Ummal, by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, v15, p15, pp 100-117 (8) al-Sirah al-Halabiyah, v1, p311 (9) Dala'il al-Nabawiyyah, by al-Baihaqi, v1, pp 428-430 (10) al-Mukhtasar, by Abul Fida, v1, pp 116-117 (11) Life of Muhammad, by Hasan Haykal, p104 (First Arabic Edition only. In the second edition the last sentence of Prophet is deleted.) (12) Tahdhib al-Athar, v4, pp 62-63. Below are additional Islamic resources and opinions by (Sunni) scholars as to the correctness of the event and authenticity of the hadith. 1 - Abu Jaafar al-Iskafi al-Mu'tazili al-Baghdadi (d. 240), "Naqdh al-'Uthmaniyya"; said that it is authentic (Sahih). 2 - Burhanul Deen, "Anbaa al-Nujabaa", p44-48 3 - Abul Fidaa al-Dimishqi, "History of Abul Fidaa", v1, p116 4 - Shahabul Deen al-Khafaji, "Sharh al-Shifa" (of Qadhi 'Ayyadh), v3, p37; dropped the ending and said that it is mentioned in "Dalael al-Bayhaqi" and others with an authentic chain. 5 - al-Khazin, 'Alaauddin al-Shafe'i al-Baghdadi, "Tafseer al-Khazin", p390 6 - ahl-Hafidh Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, "Jam'ul Jawami'", v6, p392; referenced it from al-Tabari; and in p397 referenced it by way of the six: Abi Is-haq, Ibn Jarir, Ibn Abi Hatam, Ibn Mardawayh, Abi Naeem, al-Bayhaqi and Ibn Abi Hadid (as in his commentary on Nahjul Balagha, v3, p 254.) 7 - Abu Is-haq al-Tha'labi (d. 427), "Tafseer al-Kashf wal Bayan", v1, p101. 8 - al-Hafidh al-Kanji al-Shafei, "al-Kifaya", p89. 9 - Historian Georgy Zaidan, "Tarikhul Tamaddun al-Islami", v1, p31 10- Mohammad Hussain Haikal, "The Life of Mohammad", p104, the first printing; (he removed the text of the hadith in the second print on! Even though, he defended the correctness of his first print by publishing the sources of this hadith in his newspaper "Jaridat al-Siyasah al-Misriyya", issue 2751, 12 Thil Qi'dah 1350 AH, p5; and issue 2985.) It is also obvious to the any researcher that al-Tabari's account in his well known commentary "Tafseer al-Tabari", on the holy aya, has been tampered with by replacing the last keywords of the hadith with "my helper and SO and SO", whereas he has reported the hadith in full in his famous history book "Tarikhul Tabari" also known as "Tarikhul Umam wal Mulouk." All the narrators of the hadith are trustworthy, except for Abu Mariam Abdul Ghaffar bin al-Qasim, some have regarded him as weak because of their accusation that he is a Shi'a! In spite of that, Ibn 'Uqdah had a very high regard for him and transmitted his narration's. See "Lisan al-Mizan", v4, p43. Additionally, many others have reported his hadith(s) and treated it as authentic. As they have stated in "Jame'ul Jawami'", al-Suyuti [v6, p396] said that Ibn Jarir al-Tabari regarded the men in the narration chain ALL TRUSTED. Ahmad bin Hanbal in his "Musnad", v1, p111: All its narrators are from the men of Sihah. Also, the Imam Ahmad [v1, p159] he reported another version by way of 'Affan bin Muslim, Abi 'Awaneh, Othman bin al-Mughireh, abi Sadiq, Rabi'ah bin Najith (Tabi'i) from Imam Ali. All these men are TRUSTWORTHY in the opinion of Ahmad bin Hanbal, as he said about them throughout his book. Ibn Taimiya, "Minhajul Sunna", v4, p80; he copied it from Ibn Abi Hatam and al-Ya'qoubi. He claimed that the hadith was fabricated! But that is not unlike him when it comes to any virtue of Ahlul Bayt. Even the Christian Abdul Masih al-Antaki (Egyptian) in his commentary on the poem "al-Qaseeda al-'Alawiyyah al-Mubaraka", p76; he mentioned the event of Yamul Darr/Yamul Inthar. Wal Salatu Wal Salamu ala Muhammadin Wa ~Alihi Shaun Astarabadi Ahlul Bayt (Arabic) references on the subject: 1. Sheikh Mohammad Mar'i al-Amin al-Antaki, "Limatha ikhtart mathhab al-Shi'a: Mathhab Ahlul Bayt (as)" (Why I chose the Shi'a School of thought: The school of Ahlul Bayt), al-Aalami Press. 2. al-'Allama al-Amini, "al-Ghadir fil Kitab wal Sunna wal Adab", v2, p279. 3. Dr. M. al-Tijani, "Thumma Ihtadait", p180. (English version available on-line at: http://www.al-islam.org/guided/)

Hadith al Kisaa QUESTION: I have heard that Hadith-e-Kisa has a weak chain of authority, is this true? ANSWER: It has a very strong and continuous chain of authority, as explained by Ayatullah Syed Shahabuddin al Mar'ashi in the first volume of his commentary notes on IHQAQUL HAQ. Asgharali M M Jaffer