The Messenger of Allah ( &HF) said: "I am the City of Knowledge, and Ali

is its Gate. So whoever intends to enter the City and the Wisdom, he should enter from its
Gate."

Sunni references:

Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, pp 201,637

al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, pp 126-127,226, Chapter of the Virtues of Ali, narrated
on the authority of two reliable reporters: one, Ibn Abbas, whose report has been
transmitted through two different but chain of authorities, and the other, Jabir Ibn
Abdullah al-Ansari. He said this tradition is Authentic (Sahih).
Fadha'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p635, Tradition #1081
Jami' al-Saghir, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, v1, pp 107,374; Also in Jami' al-Jawami'; Also
in Tarikh al-Khulafaa, p171. He said this tradition is accepted (Hasan).
al-Kabir, by al-Tabarani (d. 360); Also in al-Awsat
Ma'rifah al-Sahaba, by al-Hafidh Abu Nu'aym al-Isbahani
Ihyaa al-Ululm, by al-Ghazzali
History of Ibn Kathir, v7, p358
History of Ibn Asakir
Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v2, p337; v4, p348; v7, p173; v11, pp 48-50; v13,
p204
al-Isti'ab, by Ibn Abd al-Barr, v3, p38; v2, p461
Usdul Ghabah, by Ibn al-Athir, v4, p22
Tahdhib al-Athar, by Ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v9, p114
Bahr al-Asateed, by al-Hafidh Abu Muhammad Hassan Samarghandi (d. 491)
Siraj al-Muneer, by al-Hafidh Ali Ibn Ahmad Azizi Shafi'i (d.1070), v2, p63
Manaqib, by Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Tayyib al-Jalaabi Ibn Maghaazi (d. 483)
Firdaws al-Akhbar, by Abu Shuja'a Shirwayh Hamadani al-Daylami (d. 509)
Maqtal al-Husain, by Khateeb Kharazmi (d. 568), v1, p43
Manaqib, by Khateeb Kharazmi (d. 568), p49
Alif Ba'a, by Abul Hajjaaj Yusuf Ibn Muhammad Andulesi (d.605), v1, p222
Matalib al-Su'ul, by Abu Salim Muhammad Ibn Talhih Shafi'i (d. 652), p22
Jawahi al-Aghdi'in, by Noor al-Din al-Shafi'i (d. 911)
Yanabi' al-Mawaddah, by al-Qundoozi al-Hanafi, in Chapter 14
Tadhkirat al-Khawas al-Ummah, by Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 654), p29
Kunz al-Baraheen, by Shaikh Khathri
Kifayat al-Talib, by Yusuf al-Ganji al-Shafi'i (d. 658), Chapter 58
Kanz al-Ummal, by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, part 15, p13, Traditions #348-379
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 9, section 2, p189
Hafidh Salah al-Din al-Ulai, after copying the weakening arguments by al-Dhahabi, has
remarked "There are in this only mean attempts to oppose for the sake of opposition, and
not a single valid argument."
Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Siddeeq al-Hasani al-Maghribi, from Cairo, has compiled a
magnificent book named "Fat'h al-Mulk al-Ali bi Sihah Hadith-e-Bab-e-Madinat al-Ilm"
to prove the genuinness of the very above tradition. This book was printed in the year
1354 AH in Matba' al-Islamiyyah, Egypt.
Also reported by Ibn Adi on the authority of Ibn Umar, and by al-Bazzar on the authority
of Jabir Ibn Abdillah al-Ansari
... and more ...

The Messenger of Allah said to Ali: "Your position to me is like the

position of Aaron (Haroon) to Moses, except that there shall be no
Prophet after me"

Sunni References:
(1) Sahih al-Bukhari, Arabic-English version, Traditions 5.56, 5.700
(2) Sahih Muslim, Arabic, v4, pp 1870-71
(3) Sunan Ibn Majah, p12
(4) Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, p174
(5) al-Khasa'is, by al-Nisa'i, pp 15-16
(6) Mushkil al-Athar, by al-Tahawi, v2, p309

The Messenger of Allah said: "I am the House of Wisdom and Ali is it's door."
Sunni references:

Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, pp 201,637

Ibn Jarir al-Tabari recorder this tradition and wrote: "We believe this tradition to be
genuine and authentic." (as quoted by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi in Kanz al-Ummal, v6, p401)
Jami' al-Saghir, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, v1, p170; Also in Jami' al-Jawami'
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 9, section 2, p189

The Messenger of Allah ( &HF) said: "He who wants to see Noah
in his determination, Adam in his knowledge, Abraham in
his clemency, Moses in his intelligence and Jesus in his religious
devotion should look at Ali Ibn Abi Talib ."
Sunni references:

Sahih al-Bayhaqi
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, as quoted in
Sharh Ibn Abil Hadid, v2, p449
Tafsir al-Kabir, by Fakhruddin al-Razi, under the commentary of the Verse of
Imprecation (Mubahilah), v2 p288. He wrote this tradition has been accepted as all
genuine.
Ibn Batah has recorded it as a tradition related by Ibn Abbas as is stated in the book
"Fat'h al-Mulk al-Ali bi Sihah Hadith-e-Bab-e-Madinat al-Ilm", p34, by Ahmad Ibn
Muhammad Ibn Siddeeq al-Hasani al-Maghribi.
Among those who have admitted that Imam Ali is the store house of the secrets
of all the Prophets is the Chief of Gnostics, Muhyiddin al-Arabi, from whom al-Arif al-
Sha'rani has copied it in his al-Yawaqeet wa al-Jawahir (p172, topic 32).

The Messenger of Allah said:

"Loving Ali is the sign of belief, and hating Ali is the sign of
hypocrasy."

Sunni references:
- Sahih Muslim, v1, p48;
- Sahih Tirmidhi, v5, p643;
- Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p142;
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal v1, pp 84,95,128
- Tarikh al-Kabir, by al-Bukhari (the author of Sahih), v1, part 1, p202
- Hilyatul Awliya', by Abu Nu'aym, v4, p185
- Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v14, p462

Abu Huraira narrated:

The Prophet ( &HF) looked toward Ali, al-Hasan, al-Husain, and

Fatimah, and said: "I am in the state of war with those who will fight
you, and in the state of peace with those who are peaceful to you."

Sunni references:
(1) Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, p699
(2) Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p52
(3) Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p767, Tradition #1350
(4) al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p149
(5) Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v9, p169
(6) al-Kabir, by Tabarani, v3, p30, also in al-Awsat
(7) Jamius Saghir, by al-Ibani, v2, p17
(8) Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v7, p137
(9) Sawai'q al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p221
(10) Talkhis, by al-Dhahabi, v3, p149
(11) Dhakha'ir al-Uqba, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, p25
(12) Mishkat al-Masabih, by Khatib al-Tabrizi, English Version, Tdadition #6145
(13) Others such as Ibn Habban, etc.
The Messenger of Allah said: "Al-Hasan and al-Husain are the chiefs of
the youth of Paradise and Fatimah is the chief of their women."

Sunni references:
(1) Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, p660, on the authority of Abu Sa'id and Hudhayfa
(2) Sunan Ibn Majah, Introduction 8
(3) al-Tabarani, on the authorities of: Umar, Ali, Jabir, Abu Hurayrah,
Usamah Ibn Zaid, al-Baraa, Ibn 'Adi, and Ibn Masud.
(4) al-Kubra, by al-Nisa'i
(5) Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 62,82, v3, pp 3,64, v5, p391
(6) Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Hanbal, v2, p771, Tradition #1360
(7) al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, pp 166,167
(8) Hilyatul Awliyaa, by Abu Nu'aym, v5, p71
(9) Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v9, p187
(10) Tuhfatul Ashraf, by Lumzi, v3, p31
(11) Ibn Habban, as mentioned in al-Mawarid, pp 551,553
(12) al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 11, section 3, p290
(13) Mishkat al-Masabih, by Khatib al-Tabrizi, English Version, Tdadition #6154

Narrated Aisha:
One day the Prophet ( &HF) came out afternoon wearing a black cloak
(upper garment or gown; long coat), then al-Hasan Ibn Ali came and the Prophet
accommodated him under the cloak, then al-Husain came and entered the cloak, then
Fatimah came and the Prophet entered her under the cloak, then Ali came and the Prophet
entered him to the cloak as well. Then the Prophet recited: "Verily Allah intends to keep
off from you every kind of uncleanness O' People of the House (Ahlul-Bayt), and purify
you a perfect purification (the last sentence of Verse 33:33)."

Sunni reference:

Sahih Muslim, Chapter of virtues of companions, section of the virtues of the Ahlul-Bayt
of the Prophet ( &HF), 1980 Edition Pub. in Saudi Arabia, Arabic version,
v4, p1883, Tradition #61.

The verse "Verily Allah intends to ... (33:33)" was revealed to the Prophet (
&HF) in the house of Umm Salama. Upon that, the Prophet gathered Fatimah, al-Hasan,
and al-Husain, and covered them with a cloak, and he also covered Ali who was behind
him. Then the Prophet said: "O' Allah! These are the Members of my House (Ahlul-
Bayt). Keep them away from every impurity and purify them with a perfect purification."
Umm Salama (the wife of Prophet) asked: "Am I also included among them O Apostle of
Allah?" the Prophet replied: "You remain in your position and you are toward a good
ending."
Sunni reference: Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, pp 351,663

Based on the opinion of the majority of (Sunni) commentators, the saying of Allah
:"Verily Allah intends to ... (the last sentence of the verse 33:33)" was revealed for Ali,
Fatimah, al-Hasan, and al-Husain, because of the usage of masculine gender in the word
"Ankum" and after that.

Sunni reference: al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar, Ch. 11, section 1, p220

The Prophet said: "Even if the entire duration of the world's existence has
already been exhausted and only one day is left (before the day of judgment), Allah will
expand that day to such a length of time, as to accommodate the kingdom of a person
from my Ahlul-Bayt who will be called by my name. He will fill out the earth with peace
and justice as it will have been full of injustice and tyranny (by then)."

Sunni References:

Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v2, p86, v9, pp 74-75

Sunan Abu Dawud, v2, p7
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 84,376; V3, p63
al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn, by al-Hakim, v4, p557
Jami' al-Saghir, by al-Suyuti, pp 2,160
al-Urful Wardi, by al-Suyuti, p2
al-Majma', by al-Tabarani, p217
Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, v9, p144
Fat'h al-Bari fi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, by Ibn Hajar Asqalani, v7, p305
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p249
al-Tathkirah, by al-Qurtubi, p617
al-Hawi, by al-Suyuti, v2, pp 165-166
Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah, by al-Zurqani, v5, p348
Fat'h al-Mugheeth, by al-Sakhawi, v3, p41
Kanz al-Ummal, v7 P186
Iqd al-Durar Fi Akhbar al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, v12, Ch. 1,
al-Bayan fi Akhbar Sahib al-Zaman, By Ganji al-Shafi'i, Ch. 12
al-Fusool al-Muhimmah, by Ibn Sabbagh al-Maliki, Ch. 12
Arjahul Matalib, by Ubaidallah Hindi al-Hanafi, p380
Muqaddimah, by Ibn Khaldoon, p266
and also in the works of Ibn Habban, Abu Nua'ym, Ibn Asakir, etc.

Jabir Ibn Abdillah al-Ansari said: I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: "A
group of my Ummah will fight for the truth until near the day of judgment when Jesus,
the son of Marry, will descend, and the leader of them will ask him to lead the prayer, but
Jesus declines, saying: "No, Verily, among you Allah has made leaders for others and He
has bestowed his bounty upon them."

Sunni reference:

Sahih Muslim, Arabic, part 2, p193

Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v3, pp 45,384
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p251
Nuzool Isa Ibn Maryam Akhir al-Zaman, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, p57
Musnad, by Abu Ya'ala which provides another version of the tradition with more clear
words on the authority of Jabir that the Messenger of Allah said: "A group among my
Ummah will continue to fight for the truth until Jesus, the son of Marry, will descend,
and the Imam of them will ask him to lead the prayer, but Jesus replies: "You have more
right to it, and verily Allah has honored some of you over others in this Ummah."
Sahih Ibn Habban, whose tradition reads: "their leader al-Mahdi" and the rest of tradition
is the same.

Messenger of Allah said: "He who loves me and loves these two: al-Hasan and al-Husain,
and loves their father and mother, he will be with me in Paradise."
Sunni reference:

Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, p641

Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, on the authority of Imam Ali
Fadha'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p693, Tradition #1185
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ch. 11, section 1, p264

Sunni references that the Prophet said that "there shall be twelve
Imams/Caliphs/Amirs for my nation" are:

Sahih al-Bukhari, Arabic-English, v9, Tradition #329;

Sahih Muslim, English version, Chapter DCCLIV, v3, pp 1009-1010, Traditions #4476 --
> #4483;
Sunan Abi Dawud, v2, p421 (three traditions);
Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v4, p501;
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v5, p106;
Others such as al-Tiyalasi, Ibn al-Athir, etc.
The Messenger of Allah , from the time the revelation of "Verily Allah
intends to... (the last part of Verse 33:33)" and for six (6) months thereafter, stood by the
door of the House of Fatimah and said: "Time for Prayer Ahlul-Bayt; No doubt! Allah
wished to remove all abomination from you and make you pure and spotless."

Sunni references:

Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v12, p85

Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v3, p258
Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p158 who wrote this tradition is authentic as per the criteria
of Muslim and Bukhari
Tafsir al-Durr al-Manthoor, by al-Suyuti, v5, pp 197,199
Tafsir Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, v22, pp 5,6 (saying seven month)
Tafsir Ibn Kathir, v3, p483
Musnad, by al-Tiyalasi, v8, p274
Usdul Ghabah, by Ibn al-Athir, v5, p146

Furthermore, Ibn Abbas narrated:

The Messenger of Allah said: Four women are the mistress of

the worlds: Mary, Asiya (the wife of Pharaoh), Khadija, and Fatimah.
And the most excellent one among them in the world is Fatimah."

Sunni references: Ibn Asakir, as quoted in Tafsir al-Durr al-Manthoor

1. At `Arafat
AlTirmidhi in his Sunan (v, 662, no. 3786) records the following tradition

....Jabir ibn `Abd Allah said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah - upon whom be God's peace
and benedictions - in the course of his hajj pilgrimage on the day of `Arafah. The Prophet
(S) was seated on his camel, alQaswa', and was delivering a sermon. I heard him say: 'O
people, I am leaving among you that which if you hold on to you shall never go astray: the
Book of Allah and my kindred, my household."

AlTirmidhi states that the same tradition has been narrated by Abu dzarr, Abu Sa`id, Zayd ibn
Arqam and Hudhayfah ibn Usayd.

Among others who have recorded this tradition are:

alHafiz Ibn Abi Shaybah, as in Kanz al`ummal (1st ed.), i, 48;

al`Uqayli in alDu`afa' alKabir, ii, 250;

alHakim alTirmidhi, Nawadir al-'usul, 68, 50th asl;

alTabarani, alMu`jam alkabir, iii, 63, no. 2679;

alKhatib, alMuttafiq wa almuftariq, cf. Kanz al`ummal, i, 48 and Majma' alzawa'id, v, 195; ix, 163,
x, 363, 268;

alBaghawi, al-Masabih, ii, 206;

Ibn al'Athir, Jami` al'usul, i, 277, no. 65;

al-Rafi`i, alTadwin, ii, 264 (in the biographical account of Ahmad ibn Mihran alQattan; this hadith
has been deleted in the Indian print, but is present in the manuscripts of the book ! );

alMizzi, Tahdhib alkamal, x, 51, and Tuhfat al'ashraf, ii, 278, no. 2615;

alQadi alBaydawi, Tuhfat al'ashraf;

alKhwarazmi, Maqtal alHusayn (A), i, 144;

alKhatib alTabrizi, Mishkat almasabih, iii, 258;

Ibn Kathir, Tafsir (Bulaq edition, on the margin of Fath albayan), ix, 115;

al-Zarandi, Nazm aldurar alsimtayn, 232;

alMaqrizi, Ma`rifat ma yajib li Al alBayt alNabawi, 38.

Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith: 9.329

Narrated Jabir Ibn Samura:

I heard the Prophet saying, "There will be twelve commanders (Amir)."

He then said a sentence which I did not hear. My father said, the
Prophet added, "All of them will be from Quraish."

In Sahih Muslim

Narrated Jabir Ibn Samura:

The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "The matter (life) will not end, until it
is passed by twelve Caliphs." He then whispered a sentence. I asked my
father what the Prophet said. He said, the Prophet added: "All of them
will be from Quraish."
Again from Sahih Muslim:

The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: "The affairs of people will continue to be

conducted (well) as long as they are governed by the twelve men."

references:

- Sahih Muslim, Arabic version, Kitab al-Imaara, 1980 Edition Pub. in

Saudi Arabia, v3, p1453, Tradition #6

- Sahih Muslim, English version, Chapter DCCLIV (titled: The People are
subservient to the Quraish and the Caliphate is the Right of the
Quraish), v3, p1010, Tradition #4478

2. At Ghadir Khumm:
AlNasa'i in his alSunan alkubra, 96, No. 79, records the following tradition in the chapter
"Khasa'is `Ali":

AlNasa'i narrates from Muhammad ibn alMuthanna, he from Yahya ibn Hammad, from Abu
'Uwwanah, from Sulayman, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Abu alTufayl, from Zayd ibn Arqam,
who said, "When the Messenger of Allah (A) returned from the last hajj and came down at Ghadir
Khumm....

"Then he declared: 'I am about to answer the call (of death). Verily, I have left two precious
things (thaqalayn) among you, one of which is greater than the other: the Book of God and
my `Itrah, my Ahl alBayt. So watch out how you treat them after me. For, indeed, they will
never separate until they return to me by the side of the Pond.' Then he said, 'Verily, God
is my master (mawlaya) and I am the wali of every believer.' Then he took `Ali's hand and
declared, 'To whomever I am his wali, this one is also his wali. My God, befriend whoever
befriends him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him.'" Abu alTufayl says: "I said to
Zayd, 'Did you hear it from the Prophet(S)?' He replied, 'There was no one in the caravan
who did not see it with his eyes and hear it with his ears,'"

Khasa'is `Ali is part of alNasa'i's alSunan alkubra as shown by the 3rd volume of the MS in the
king's collection in Morocco, written in 759/1358 folios 81-117. See also in this regard the
introduction of alKhasa'is (Kuwait: Maktabat alMu`alla, 1406), ed. by Ahmad Mirayn Balushi. The
editor states that this tradition is sahih and its transmitters are thiqah.

Among others who have recorded it in their books are:

Al-Bukhari, alTa'rikh alkabir, iii, 96;

Muslim, Sahih, bab fada'il `Ali, no. 2408;

Ahmad, Musnad, iii, 17, iv, 366;

`Abd ibn Humayd, Musnad, no. 265;

Ibn Sa`d, and

Abu Ya`la from Abu Sa`id, as mentioned in Jam` aljawami` and Kanz al`ummal;

Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, in his Sahih., as mentioned by Ibn Hajar in alMatalib al`aliyah, iv, 65, no.
1873, where he states that its isnad is sahih, and also by al-Busayri in Ithaf alsadah (MS in
Topcopi Library, vol. 3, F.55b) who, too, considers the isnad as sahih;

Ibn Khuzaymah, Sahih, MS in Topcopi Library, F.240;

alDarimi, Sunan, ii, 310, no. 2319;

Abu Dawud, Sunan, as mentioned in Sibt ibn alJawzi, Tadhkirat khawass al'ummah, 322;

Abu 'Uwwanah, Musnad, as mentioned in alShaykhani, alSirat alsawi;

alBazzaz, from Umm Hani, as mentioned in Wasilat alma'al;

Ibn Abi 'Asim, Kitab alSunnah, 629, no. 1551, 630, no. 1555, 629, no. 1551;

alYa`qubi, Ta'rikh, ii, 112;

alBaladhuri, Ansab al'ashraf, 110, no. 48, the biographical account of `Ali (A);

alHafiz alHasan ibn Sufyan alNasawi, the author of Musnad, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd, as
mentioned by Abu Nu`aym, alHilyah, i, 355,

alFasawi, alMa`rifah wa alta'rikh, i, 536;

Ibn Jarir alTabari, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd, Zayd ibn Arqam (with alNasa'i's wording as well as
with the wording of Muslim), Abu Sa`id alKhudri, as cited in Jam` aljawami`, ii, 357, 395, Kanz al-
`ummal, 12911, xiii, 36441, 36340, 37620, 37621, 36341, Jami` al-'ahadith, vii, 14523, 15112,
15122, 15113, iv, 7773, 8072, 8073;

alDulabi, alDhurriyyat altahirah, no. 228;

alHafiz alTahawi, Mushkil al 'athar, ii, 307, iv, 368;

alHakim alTirmidhi, Nawadir al-'usul, from Hudhayfah ibn Usayd;

alTabarani, alMu`jam alkabir, iii, 2679, 2681, 2683, 3052, v, 4969, 4970, 4971, 4986, 5026, 5028;

alHakim, alMustadrak `ala alSahihayn, iii, 109, 110 where he expressly states, as mentioned
above, that the tradition is sahih in accordance with the criteria of alBukhari and Muslim; al-
Dhahabi has confirmed his judgement;

Abu Nu`aym, Hilyat al'awliya', i, 355, ix, 64;

alBayhaqi, alSunan alkubra, ii, 148, vii, 30, x, 114;

alKhatib, Ta'rikh Baghdad, viii, 442;

Ibn alMaghazili, Manaqib Amir alMu'minin (A), 23;

Ibn `Asakir, Ta'rikh Dimashq, ii, 45, no. 547, the biographical account of `Ali (A), and v, 436 of
Badran's edition in the biographical account of Zayd ibn Arqam;

alBaghawi, Masabih alSunnah, ii, 205 and Sharh alSunnah (MS in Topcopi Libary, vol. 2, F. 718),
bab Manaqib Ahl alBayt;

Ibn al'Athir, Usd alghabah, iii, 92 in the biographical account of 'Amir ibn Layla, no. 2727;

Ibn Hajar, al'Isabah in the biographical account of 'Amir;

al-Mizzi, Tuhafat al'ashraf, iii, 203, no. 3688 from Muslim and alNasa'i;

alDiya' alMuqaddisi, alMukhtarah, as cited by alSamhudi and alSakhawi;

Ibn Taymiyyah, Minhaj alSunnah, iv, 85;

al-Dhahabi, Talkhis alMustadrak, iii, 109;

Ibn Kathir, alBidayah wa alnihayah, v, 209, vi, 199, from alNasa'i, where he quotes alNasa'i's
statement that this narration is sahih;

alKhazin, Tafsir under verses 42:23 and 3:103;

alMulla, Wasilat almuta`abbidin, v, 199;

al-Haythami, Majma` alzawa'id, ix, 163 from Zayd, 164 from Hudhayfah.