Abu Ja'far al-Tustari also said: I heard Abu Zar’ah say:“If you see a man disparaging any of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, know that he is a heretic. For the Messenger is true in our eyes, and the Qur’an is true. It was the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, who conveyed this Qur’an and the Sunnah to us. They merely seek to discredit our witnesses in order to invalidate the Book and the Sunnah, but the discrediting applies to them first; they are heretics.”
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I said:
There is no doubt that Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, was a Companion!
Well, let’s read what Al-Dhahabi wrote in *Siyar A’lam al-Nubala’* (4/215)
86 – ‘Imran ibn Hittan ibn Dhabyan al-Sadusi (Kh, D, T)
(Note: The letter (Kh) is a symbol for Al-Bukhari)
Al-Basri.
One of the leading scholars, but he was a leader of the Kharijites.
He narrated from: ‘A’ishah, Abu Musa al-Ash’ari, and Ibn ‘Abbas.
Narrated from him: Ibn Sirin, Qatada, and Yahya ibn Abi Kathir.
Abu Dawood said: “Among the people of innovation, none have had hadiths more authentic than the Kharijites.”
Then he mentioned ‘Imran ibn Hittan and Abu Hassan al-A’raj.
Al-Farazdaq said: ‘Imran ibn Hittan is among the most eloquent of people; for if he had wanted to speak like us, he would have done so, and we are not capable of speaking like him.
Narrated by Salama ibn Alqama, from Ibn Sirin, who said: Imran married a woman from Khuraij, and he said: “I will divorce her.”
He said: “So she turned him to her way of thinking.”
Al-Madaini mentioned that she was beautiful, while he was ugly. One day she charmed him, and she said: “You and I are in Paradise, for you were given a gift and were grateful, and I was tested and was patient.”
Al-Asma’i said: “It has been reported to us that ‘Imran ibn Hittan was a guest of Ruwah ibn Zinba’a, who mentioned him to ‘Abd al-Malik, who said: ‘Invite him to come to us.’
So he fled and wrote:
O Rauh! How many noble men have I entertained? * Did you think your opinion was shared by the Lakhm and Ghassan?
Until, when I feared him, I left his home * After it was said, “Imran ibn Hattan”
I was your guest for a year, and nothing frightened me * In it were no demons, neither human nor jinn
Until you intended the greatest evil for me, and I was terrified * By what terrifies people: the fear of Ibn Marwan
Had I ever sought forgiveness for a tyrant * You would have been the foremost in secret and in public
But clear verses forbade me * The covenant of authority in (Taha) and (Imran)
And from his poetry on the death of ‘Ali—may Allah be pleased with him—:
O blow from a pious man who intended nothing by it * But to attain the pleasure of the Lord of the Throne
I recall him at times and deem him * The most righteous of all creation in God’s sight
Honor the people whose graves are beneath the birds’ bellies * For they did not mix their religion with our tyranny and aggression
His poem reached ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, who was overcome by a sense of kinship toward ‘Ali—may Allah be pleased with him—so he vowed to avenge his blood and set out in pursuit of him.
No land would take him in, so he sought refuge with Ruwah ibn Zinba’ and stayed as his guest. Ruwah asked, “Who are you?”
He replied, “From the Azd.”
He remained with him for a year, and he was greatly impressed by him. One night, Ruwah stayed with the Commander of the Faithful, and they discussed this poem of Imran.
When Ruwah left, he spoke with Imran about what had happened, and Imran recited the rest of the poem to him.
When he returned to Abd al-Malik, he said: “There is a man among my guests from whom I have never heard a single story without him recounting it to me in a manner even better than the original, and indeed he recited that entire poem to me.”
He said, “Describe him to me.”
So he described him to him, and he said, “You are describing ‘Imran ibn Hittan. Suggest to him that he meet with me.”
He said: “So he fled to Al-Jazirah, then went to Oman, where they treated him with honor.”
And from Qatada, who said: ‘Imran ibn Hittan met me and said: “O blind man, memorize these verses for me:
Have you accepted to be deluded by hope * While each day you are driven toward death?
Are they but dreams of sleep or a fleeting shadow? * For the wise are not deceived by such things
So prepare yourself for the day of your poverty * And gather for yourself, not for others
And it has been reported to us that al-Thawri often recited these verses of Imran:
I see the wretched among people never tire of it * Though they are naked and starving within it
I see it, and even if it is beloved, it is * A summer cloud that will soon disperse
Like a caravan that has fulfilled its needs and set out * Their path is clear and well-marked
Abd al-Baqi ibn Qani' al-Hafiz said: Imran ibn Hittan died in the year 84.
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Summary:
1 – Whoever disparages one of the Companions is a heretic.
2 – Ali, peace be upon him, is a Companion.
3 – Imran ibn Hattan, may God curse him, disparaged the Commander of the Faithful, Ali, peace be upon him.
4 – Conclusion: Imran ibn Hattan is a heretic.
So why did al-Bukhari rely on a heretic????
Is this what is meant by "the trust," and is this the status of the Noble Sunnah according to al-Bukhari???