“Ahmed related it, as well as Abul-Qasim ad-Damishqi in al-Mawāfaqāt.” Al-Haythami mentioned this in his Majmu’ (V. 9, p.107) and said: “Ahmed related it and his narrators are all reliable. He narrated it in his Musnad (V. 1, p. 330) on the authority of Ibn „Abbās.” He also mentioned it in his Majmu’ (V. 9, p.119) and said: “Ahmed related it, as well as at-Tabarāni in al-Kabīr and al-Awsat in brief.”
„Ali‟s Adjuration (munāshada) in the Courtyard (ar-Rahba)
In Kitāb Faža’il al-Khamsa, it says:
Ahmed bin Hanbal narrated it with the chain of authority to „Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Layla who said that „Ali, upon him be peace, adjured to the people in the courtyard [of the mosque in Kufa] to swear by saying: (I adjure you by Allah! Whoever heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, say on the day of Ghadīr Khumm: ((Whomever I have authority over, „Ali has authority over)), stand and bear witness!) „Abdur-Rahman said that 12 companions from Badr stood up and he saw everyone. They all replied that they heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, say on the day of Ghadīr Khumm: ((Do I not have more authority over you than you have over yourselves and my wives are your mothers?)) They all replied, “O Messenger of Allah, indeed!” He said: ((Then, whomever I have authority over, „Ali has authority over. O Allah, help those that help him and oppose those that oppose him!))
Ahmed narrated in his Musnad (V. 5, p. 366) on the authority of Sa‟id bin Wahab who said: “„Ali, upon him be peace, adjured 5 or 6 companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, to stand and bear witness. They all stood and bore witness that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, said: ((Whomever I have authority over, „Ali has authority over)). He also narrated „Ali‟s adjuration in the courtyard (V. 1, p. 84) on the authority of Zadhān bin Umar that 12-13 companions of Badr stood up, (p.88) on the authority of Ziyād bin Abi Ziyād that 12 companions of Badr stood up, (p.118) on the authorities of Sa‟id bin Wahab and Zayd bin Yathi‟. He narrated that six companions stood up and bore witness. He also narrated „Ali‟s adjuration in the courtyard (p. 119) on the authority of „Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Layla that 12 companions of Badr stood up. [Ahmed also narrated in] (V. 5, p. 307) on the authority of Zayd bin Arqam that when „Ali adjured, 16 men stood up and testified. In (V. 4, p. 270) it is narrated on the authority of Abu Tufayl that 30 people stood up to testify. Abu Nu‟aym said: “Many people stood up and testified.” In (V. 5, p. 419) it is narrated on the authority of Riyā bin al-Hārith who said: “A group came to „Ali in the courtyard and said: „We heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, say…‟” This is also narrated on (p. 350) on the authority of Burayda.
Al-Fakhr ar-Razi narrated in his Qur‟anic exegesis of the verse: {O Messenger, convey what has been revealed to you…} (Q. 5:67) that Abu Nu‟aym in his Al-Hilaya (V. 5, p. 26) related „Umaira bin Sa‟d recounting the adjuration of „Ali. “Eleven companions stood up and testified on the pulpit (al-minbar).” Also, there‟s a narration of „Umar bin „Abdul-Azīz who said: “I heard several people say that they heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny, relate that hadīth.”
It is narrated by al-Khatīb al-Baghdādi in Tarikh (V. 7, p. 377) on the authority of Anas, (V. 8, p. 290) on the authority of Abu Hurayra, and (V. 12, p. 343) on the authority of Ibn „Abbās.
