"It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Kabīr" with a good isnād." A third path from Zakarīyā ibn Ḥakīm al-Ḥabṭī, narrated to us by ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib from Abū al-Ṭufayl from Abū Dharr as marfūʿ. It was extracted by Abū Nuʿaym in "Akhbār Aṣbahān" (2/129) and Ibn ʿAdī (148/1) who said: "I do not know anyone who narrates it with this isnād except Zakarīyā, and he is among those whose ḥadīth is compiled." I said: In summary, the ḥadīth with this supporting evidence does not fall below the rank of ḥasan. And Allāh knows best.

"Whoever harms ʿAlī has harmed me." It was narrated from a group of Companions: the first: from ʿAmr ibn Shās. It was narrated by al-Bukhārī in "al-Tārīkh" (3/2/307), al-Fasawī in "al-Maʿrifah" (1/329-330), Aḥmad (3/483), Ibn Ḥibbān (2202), and al-Ḥākim (3/122) who authenticated it, and al-Dhahabī agreed (!), and Ibn ʿAsākir (12/109/2) from Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq who narrated to me from Abān ibn Ṣāliḥ who narrated to me from al-Faḍl ibn Maʿqil from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Niyār al-Aslamī from him. Then Ibn ʿAsākir narrated from the path of Mūsá ibn ʿUmayr from ʿUqayl ibn Najdah ibn Hubayrah from ʿAmr ibn Shās with it. I said: In the first path, al-Faḍl ibn Maʿqil - who is Ibn Sinān al-Ashjaʿī - was mentioned by Ibn Abī Ḥātim (3/2/67) from the narration of this Abān only, and he did not mention any criticism or praise about him. In the other path, ʿUqayl ibn Najdah, I did not find anyone who mentioned him. And Mūsá ibn ʿUmayr, if he is the Qurashī who is blind, he is abandoned, and if he is the Tamīmī al-ʿAnbar, he is trustworthy. The second: from Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ. It was narrated by al-Haytham ibn Kulaib in "al-Musnad" (15/2), Abū Yaʿlá (no. 770), al-Bazzār (2562), and al-Qaṭīʿī in his addition to "Faḍāʾil al-Ṣaḥābah"