GUARDIANSHIP IN THE HOLY QURAN: (HOLY QURAN 5:55/56)"Your guardian can be only Allah; and His Messenger and those who believe, who establish worship and pay the poor-due while bowing down (in prayer). And whoso taketh Allah and His Messenger and those who believe for guardian (will know that), lo! The party of Allah, they are the victorious." In his al-Tafsir al-kabir, al-’Imām Abu Ishāq al-Tha‘labi (1) is reported, with his isnād (chain) reaching back to Abu Dharr al-Ghifāri, to have said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (may God’s peace and benediction be upon him and his Progeny) with my two ears, otherwise they be deaf, and saw him with my own eyes, otherwise they be blind, saying: ‘Ali is the leader of the pious, slayer of the disbelievers, victorious is that who helps him, and defeated is that who disappoints him.” Once upon a day I was praying with the Messenger of Allah, when a beggar came to the Prophet’s mosque. No one responded to his pleas. ‘Ali (‘a) was bowing down (in prayer) at that time. He pointed his little finger, on which was a ring, towards the beggar, who came forward and took away the ring. This incident occurred in the Prophet’s presence, who raised his hands towards the Heavens and prayed My God! My brother Moses had begged of You saying: “My Lord! Relieve my mind. And ease my task for me. And loose a knot from my tongue. That they may understand my saying. Appoint for me a henchman from my folk. Aaron, my brother. Confirm my strength with him. And let him share my task. That we may glorify Thee much. And much remember Thee. Lo! Thou art ever Seeing us.” Then you revealed to him: “Thou art granted thy request, O Moses.” O Allah! I am your bondman and prophet, relieve my mind and ease my task for me, and appoint for me a henchman from my folk, ‘Ali, and confirm my strength with him. Abu Dharr then said: By God, the Messenger of Allah (S) had not yet finished his prayers, when Gabriel descended upon him revealing the following verse: “Your Guardian can be only Allah; and His Messenger and those who believe, who establish worship and pay the poor-due, while bowing down (in prayer). And whoso taketh Allah and His Messenger and those who believe for guardian (will know that), Lo! the party of Allah, they are the victorious. (5:55,56). [2] The revelation of this verse in ‘Ali’s regard was reported by a large number of Ahl al-Sunnah ulama, among whom we refer only to the exegets. 1. Tafsir al-Kashshāf by al-Zamakhshari, vol.I, p.649 2. Tafsir al-Tabari, vol.VI,-P.288 3. Zād al-masir fi ‘ilm al-tafsir, by Ibn al-Jawzi, vol.II, p.383 4. Tafsir al-Qurtubi, vol. VI,p.219. 5. Tafsir al-Fakhr al-Rāzi, vol,. XII, p. 26 6. Tafsi Ibn Kathir, vol.II, p.71 7. Tafsir al-Nasafi, vol. I. p.289 8. Shawāhid al-tanzil, by al-Hasakāni al-Hanafi, vol. I, p.161 9. Al-Durr al-manthur fi al-tafsir bi al-ma’thur, by al-Suyuti, vol.II.p.293 10. Asbāb al-nuzul, by al-’Imām al-Wāhidi, p.148 11. Ahkām al-Qur’ān, by al-Jassās, vol.IV. p.102 12. Al-Tashil li ‘ulum al-tanzil, by al-Kalbi, Vol.I, p.181. (1]He is Abu Ishāq Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrāhim al-Naysāburi al-Tha‘labi (d. 337 H.). To him Ibn Khallikān referred by saying: “He was the matchless of his time in science of exegesis (‘ilm al-tafsir), of correct transmission, and trustable.” [2] Al-Jam‘ bayn al-Sihāh al-Sittah; Sahih al-Nasā’i; Musnad Ahmad; al-Sawā‘iq al-muhriqah of Ibn Hajar, and it was reported too by Ibn Abi al-Hadid in Sharh Nahj al-balāghah.
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