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It is one of the primary hadiths used by the Shia to justify Ali 's right in the Succession Of Muhammad . The Sunni s interpret it otherwise. THE REPORT Muhammad is reported saying in the Battle Of Uhud : :''"There is no man like Ali, there is no sword like Zulfiqar " :''"Lafata Illa ALi La Saif Illa Zulfiqar." SUNNI VIEW The Sunnis consider this report a forgery. It is recorded in the ''Tarikh'' of al-Tabari p197 on the authority of Muhammad ibn 'Ubaydullah ibn Abi Rafi' who is an unreliable narrator and Ibn al-Athir has copied this report from al-Tabari in his ''Kamil''. Ibn Hajar al-Haythami states about Muhammad ibn 'Ubaydullah in ''Majma' al-Zawaid wa al-Minba' al-Fawaid'' p131 : "He is disclaimed in his narrations." Shams ul-Deen al-Dhahabi in ''al-Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal'' p634-635 has confirmed his unreliability from prominent Scholars like al-Bukhari, Yahya ibn Ma'in and Abu Hatim apart from his own testifaction of his weakness in narrating ''Hadith''. He also records that Muhammad ibn 'Ubaydullah was amongst the ''Shi'i'' masses in Kufa according to Ibn 'Adi. Apart from that, this report is missing from the major books of ''Hadith'' collections compiled by trustworthy people. It has no signs in authoritative texts like ''Sahih'' of al-Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Hibban, Ibn Khuzayma, ''Muwatta'' of ''Imam'' Malik, Muhammad, ''Sunan'' of al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, al-Nisa'i, Ibn Majah, al-Darqutni, al-Darimi, ''Musnad'' of ''Imam'' Ahmed, Abu Ya'la, etc. but it does have entries in the books compiled in honor to discuss forgeries. Ibn al-Jawzi discusses the flawed chains of narrators of this ''Hadith'' in ''al-Mawduat'' p381-382 and states: "This Hadith is not authentic." Similarly, Muhammad ibn Ali al-Shawkani records it in ''al-Fawaid al-Majmu'a fi al-Ahadith al-Mawdu'a'' {Link without Title} and then states: "Narrated ''Marfu'' by Ibn 'Adi from Abi Rafi', in it's chain of narrators is: 'Isa ibn Mehran, he was a ''Rafidhi'' (extremist ''Shi'a''), who narrated forgeries and Ibn al-Jawzi has included this tradition in ''al-Mawduat'' (the forgeries) and Ibn Hibban followed him in that." And Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi stated after recording it in ''al-Bidayah wa al-Nihaya'' p293 : "Its chain of narrators is weak and this ''Hadith'' is rejected." Please also refer to ''Al-La'ali' al-Masnu'a fi al-Ahadith al-Mawdu'a'' (The artificial pearls or forged hadiths) by Jalal al-Deen al-Suyuti p333 Anyhow, this ''Hadith'' does not prove Ali's right in the succession of the Prophet as it is against the general Islamic concept of the Prophet being the best of examples proven from the Holy Quran, which makes him a better man than Ali and collapses the concept of "no man like Ali" being used as a proof of superiority for succession of the Prophet (saws). If a special man can be superior and better even after the explicit "no man", so can be another man for being special. SHIA VIEW REFERENCE EXTERNAL LINKS
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