Abu Qutayba narrated it in his Imama wa Siyāsa (p. 93). At-Tahāwi narrated it in Mishkil Athār (V. 2, p. 307) on the authority of Ali, upon him be peace. Al-Munāwi narrated it in Fayđ al-Qadīr (V.6, p. 218) in a commentary.
Al-Haythami narrated it in his Majmu’ az-Zawā`id (V. 7, p.17) on the authority of „Ammār bin Yāsir and (V. 9, p. 105) on the authorities of Zayd bin Arqam and Abu Hurayra. [Al-Haythami] says: “It is narrated by Abu Ya‟la, al-Bazzār, and at-Tabarāni in his al-Awsat.” It is also narrated on (p. 106) on the authority of Mālik bin al-Huwairith, (p. 107) on the authority of Humayd bin Amārah on the authority of his father, and (p. 108) on the authorities of Ibn „Abbās and Abu Sa‟id.
Hadīth of Position (al-Manzila)
Regarding the Hadīth of Position, it is the statement of [the Prophet]: ((„Ali is to me like Aaron was to Moses, except that there will be no prophet after me)). This is narrated by Imam al-Hādi, upon him be peace. Imam Zayd bin „Ali, upon him be peace, narrated: ((Regarding the approval of you, you are to me like Aaron was to Moses, except that there will be no prophet after me)). Our shaykh (may Allah bless him and benefit us with his knowledge) said that these two accounts are similar narrations, and the Family of Muhammad, prayers be upon them, before the two Imams, after them, and between them are unanimous in that it was a proof.
Regarding the other differences, Imam al-Hujjah Mansur Billah, „Abdullah bin Hamza, upon him be peace, says in Al-Kitabul Mashhūra that there are 40 different chains of authority in the narrations of the Shiites and People of the House. Al-Hākim said: “This hadīth is mass-transmitted (mutawātir) in that our shaykh, Abu Hāzim al-Hāfiž said: „This has come to us through 5000 chains of authority.‟”
In Kitāb Faža’il al-Khamsa, it says:
“Al-Bukhari related it in his Sahīh in the book on the beginning of creation on the authority of Ibrāhīm bin Sa‟d bin Abi Waqqās—his father; Muslim in the chapter on the virtues of Ali, upon him be peace; Ibn Māja in his Sahīh (p. 20); Ahmed bin Hanbal in his Musnad (V. 1, p. 174); Abu Dawud at-Tayālisi in his Musnad (V. 1, pp.28-29; 182); Abu Nu‟aym in his Al-Hilaya (V. 7, p. 194 -196); and An-Nisā‟i in his Khasā`is with two channels of transmission (pp. 15-16). Al-Bukhari and Muslim (in the chapter on the virtues of Ali) also narrated it on the authorities of Mus„ab bin Sa‟d and his father in the chapter on the Battle of Tabuk. At-Tahāwi narrated it in Mishkil Athār (V. 2, p. 309); al-Khatīb in Tarikh (V. 11, p. 432) with two channels of transmission; and at-Tirmidhi in his Sahīh (V.2, p. 301). [Ibn Hajar] Al-Asqalāni narrated it in Fath al-Bāri (V. 8, p.76). He says: „It is narrated on the authorities of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his progeny; Sa‟d which is different from the hadīth on the authority of „Umar; Ali, upon him be peace, himself; Abu Hurayra; Ibn Abbās; Jābir bin „Abdullah; Al-Barā; Zayd bin Arqam; Abu Sa‟id; Anas; Jābir bin Samura; Habashi bin Junāda; Mu„awiya; Asma bint „Umais; and others.‟ He also said: Ibn „Asākir gathered all of the channels of authorities regarding the interpretation of Ali.‟”
Abu Nu‟aym narrated it in his Al-Hilaya (V. 7, p. 195 -196) with five channels or transmission; al-Hākim narrated it in his Mustadrak (V. 2, p.337) on the authority of al-Hassan bin Sa‟d, the freed slave (mawla) of Ali, upon him be peace. [Al-Hakim] said: “The chain (isnād) is authentic.”
