has loved Allāh, and whoever hates ʿAlī has hated me, and whoever hates me has hated Allāh." It was narrated by al-Mukhliṣ in "al-Fawāʾid al-Muntaqāh" (10/5/1) with a sound chain from Umm Salamah who said: I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: and he mentioned it. It has a supporting narration from the ḥadīth of Salmān in a shortened form, narrated by Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī who said: "A man said to Salmān: How intense is your love for ʿAlī! He said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: 'Whoever loves ʿAlī has loved me, and whoever hates ʿAlī has hated me.'" It was recorded by al-Ḥākim (3/130) from Abū Zayd Saʿīd ibn Aws al-Anṣārī, narrated to us by ʿAwf from Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī... and he said: "Authentic according to the criteria of al-Shaykhayn." Al-Dhahabī agreed with him, but they both erred, for Abū Zayd was not included by al-Shaykhayn due to his weakness. Al-Ḥāfiẓ said: "Truthful but has errors." The ḥadīth was mentioned by al-Suyūṭī from the narration of al-Ḥākim from Salmān, and al-Munāwī critiqued him, saying after agreeing with al-Ḥākim's previous statement: "And it was narrated by Aḥmad with the mentioned wording from Umm Salamah, and its chain is good." However, it is not with him in the mentioned wording but rather with the wording: "Whoever insults ʿAlī has insulted me." Moreover, its chain is also weak, and therefore I included it in the other book (2310).

- "When two disputants sit before you, do not judge between them until you hear from the other as you heard from the first, for if you do so, the judgment will become clear to you." It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd (2/114-115), al-Ḥākim (4/93), and al-Ṭayālisī