Then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And they acknowledge" "And they acknowledge," meaning the people of the Sunnah.
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The Shaykh : Then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And they acknowledge" "And they acknowledge," meaning the people of the Sunnah. "What has been transmitted by mass transmission from the Commander of the Faithful, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), and others." May Allah reward the author; first, he benefited us (may Allah have mercy on him) by informing us that this narration is mass-transmitted. Mass transmission provides certain knowledge, because mass transmission is that which a group has agreed upon, and it is impossible for them to conspire to lie. "Mass transmission from the Commander of the Faithful"
The second point is that he said "from the Commander of the Faithful, 'Ali," in order to refute the doubt of the Rafidah, who claim that 'Ali ibn Abi Talib is better than Abu Bakr and 'Umar. If 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said this during his caliphate, when he feared no one, saying:Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 7:221 Yes? Musnad Ahmad 933Lts isnad is Sahih like the hadeeth above] (Darussalam) If he said this during his caliphate, fearing no one, it cannot be said that this was due to taqiyyah (dissimulation); rather, he said it with complete freedom of speech: Musnad Ahmad 1052Da'if (Darussalam).
Then he said: "And others", and "others" means: from the imams of the Muslims, that the best of this Ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar... Good.
This is agreed upon by the Islamic Ummah that the best of this Ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar. Whoever departs from this consensus has followed the path of the disbelievers.[An-Nisa 4:115].
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And they make 'Uthman the third and 'Ali the fourth", as indicated by the narrations. Who makes 'Uthman the third? It means the people of the Sunnah, meaning they consider 'Uthman to be the third.
"And they make 'Ali the fourth", meaning: they consider 'Ali to be the fourth.
Accordingly, the best of this Ummah are these four: Abu Bakr, then 'Umar. This is by consensus, then 'Uthman, then 'Ali. Yes, and this is a point of disagreement.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And as the Companions agreed upon in giving 'Uthman precedence in the pledge of allegiance". This is also evidence, along with the narrations regarding the preference of 'Uthman over 'Ali. There is also rational evidence, which is the consensus of the Companions in giving 'Uthman precedence in the pledge of allegiance. For their consensus on this necessitates that 'Uthman is better than 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). And so it is. Furthermore, the wisdom of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) refuses to appoint over the best of the generations a man when there is among them someone better than him. Because, as came in the narration: "As you are, so will be appointed over you". So over the best of the generations, Allah does not appoint except the best among them. And if Allah the Exalted detests appointing a person over a group when there is among them someone better than him, then He (Mighty and Majestic) cannot appoint over the best of the generations a person when there is among them someone better than him. Note that we qualified it with "the best of the generations" so that what follows does not contradict us, because after that, the rulers of the Muslims were not better than those among the Muslims, because the Muslims changed and altered, and innovations, disagreements, and fighting appeared among them, so it became possible that a person would be appointed over them when there is among them someone better than him. So there is a difference between the era of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), who are the best of the generations and in whom the caliphate was an Islamic caliphate, and what came after them.
He said: "And even if this issue".
The second point is that he said "from the Commander of the Faithful, 'Ali," in order to refute the doubt of the Rafidah, who claim that 'Ali ibn Abi Talib is better than Abu Bakr and 'Umar. If 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said this during his caliphate, when he feared no one, saying:
The best of this Ummah is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar
إن خير هذه الأمة أبو بكر ثم عمرafter its Prophet? [It is] Abu Bakr, then ʻUmar.
بعد نبيها أبو بكر ثم عمرThe best of this ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr
إن خير هذه الأمة بعد نبيها أبو بكرThen he said: "And others", and "others" means: from the imams of the Muslims, that the best of this Ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar... Good.
This is agreed upon by the Islamic Ummah that the best of this Ummah after its Prophet is Abu Bakr, then 'Umar. Whoever departs from this consensus has followed the path of the disbelievers.
And whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and follows other than the way of the believers - We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
ومن يشاقق الرسول من بعد ما تبين له الهدى ويتبع غير سبيل المؤمنين نوله ما تولى ونصله جهنم وساءت مصيراThe author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And they make 'Uthman the third and 'Ali the fourth", as indicated by the narrations. Who makes 'Uthman the third? It means the people of the Sunnah, meaning they consider 'Uthman to be the third.
"And they make 'Ali the fourth", meaning: they consider 'Ali to be the fourth.
Accordingly, the best of this Ummah are these four: Abu Bakr, then 'Umar. This is by consensus, then 'Uthman, then 'Ali. Yes, and this is a point of disagreement.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And as the Companions agreed upon in giving 'Uthman precedence in the pledge of allegiance". This is also evidence, along with the narrations regarding the preference of 'Uthman over 'Ali. There is also rational evidence, which is the consensus of the Companions in giving 'Uthman precedence in the pledge of allegiance. For their consensus on this necessitates that 'Uthman is better than 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). And so it is. Furthermore, the wisdom of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) refuses to appoint over the best of the generations a man when there is among them someone better than him. Because, as came in the narration: "As you are, so will be appointed over you". So over the best of the generations, Allah does not appoint except the best among them. And if Allah the Exalted detests appointing a person over a group when there is among them someone better than him, then He (Mighty and Majestic) cannot appoint over the best of the generations a person when there is among them someone better than him. Note that we qualified it with "the best of the generations" so that what follows does not contradict us, because after that, the rulers of the Muslims were not better than those among the Muslims, because the Muslims changed and altered, and innovations, disagreements, and fighting appeared among them, so it became possible that a person would be appointed over them when there is among them someone better than him. So there is a difference between the era of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), who are the best of the generations and in whom the caliphate was an Islamic caliphate, and what came after them.
He said: "And even if this issue".