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    Default Re: Who was Abdullah ibn Saba?

    The oldest reference to the term "Sabaiite" is Diwan Ashi Hamdan , p. 147. Ashi hamdan died in 83 H.

    He says about Mukhtar Thaqafi and his companions

    شهدت عليكم أنكم سبئية وأني بكم يا شرطة الكفر عارف
    "I give testimony that you are Sabaiites. O soldiers of kufr, I know you very well."
    إن كان حب آل البيت رفضا فليشهد الثقلان إني رافضي


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    السلام عليكم و رحمة الله

    Regarding the Shia argument about Seif ibn 'Umar being the only narrator who narrates about 'Abdullah ibn Saba, I will quote the famous Shia website "al-Islam" that said in their article called "Abdullah Ibn Saba (Part I)":

    The fabricated stories around the character of Abdullah Ibn Saba are the malicious production of one of the disciples of the devil, namely Sayf Ibn Umar al-Tamimi.
    They wrote in their article "Abdullah Ibn Saba (Part II)":

    Ibn Saba did not exist at that time, not even in the imagination of Saif Ibn Umar al-Tamimi who invented this character.

    I say: Here is Not just one or two But EIGHT different narrations about 'Abdullah ibn Saba in the books of Ahlul-Sunnah [Tareekh Madinat Dimashq of Ibn 'Asakir] which do not contain Seif ibn 'Umar in the Sanad:

    1- أخبرنا أبو البركات الأنماطي ، أنا أبو طاهر احمد بن الحسن وأبو الفضل أحمد بن الحسن ، قالا : أنا عبد الملك بن محمد بن عبد الله أنا أبو علي بن الصواف ، نا محمد بن عثمان بن أبي شيبة ، نا محمد ابن العلاء ، نا أبو بكر بن عياش ، عن مجالد ، عن الشعبي قال : أول من كذب عبد الله بن سبأ .


    2- قرأنا على أبي عبد الله يحي بن الحسن ، عن أبي الحسين ابن الأبنوسي ، أنا أحمد بن عبيد بن الفضل ، وعن أبي نعيم محمد بن عبد الواحد ابن عبد العزيز ، أنا علي بن محمد بن خزفة قالا : نا محمد بن الحسين ، نا ابن أبي خيثمة ، نا محمد بن عباد ، نا سفيان ، عن عمار الدهني قال : سمعت أبا الطفيل يقول : رأيت المسيب بن نجبة أتى به طببه يعنى ابن السوداء وعلي على المنبر فقال علي : ما شأنه؟ فقال : يكذب على الله وعلى رسوله .


    3 - أخبرنا أبو القاسم يحي بن بطريق بن بشرى وأبو محمد عبد الكريم ابن حمزة قالا : أنا أبو الحسين بن مكي ، أنا أبو القاسم المؤمل بن أحمد بن محمد الشيباني ، نا يحيى بن محمد بن صاعد، نا بندار ، نا محمد بن جعفر ، نا شعبة ، عن سلمة ، عن زيد بن وهب عن علي قال : مالي وما لهذا الحميت الأسود ؟ قال: ونا يحي بن محمد ، نا بندار ، نا محمد بن جعفر ، نا شعبة عن سلمة قال: سمعت أبا الزعراء يحدث عن علي عليه السلام قال: مالي وما لهذا الحميت الأسود؟


    4 – أخبرنا أبو محمد بن طاوس وأبو يعلى حمزة بن الحسن بن المفرج ، قالا: أنا أبو القاسم بن أبي العلاء ، نا أبو محمد بن أبي نصر ، أنا خيثمة بن سليمان ، نا أحمد بن زهير بن حرب ، نا عمرو بن مرزوق أنا شعبة ، عن سلمة بن كهيل عن زيد قال : قال علي بن أبي طالب : مالي ولهذا الحميت الأسود ؟ يعني عبد الله ابن سبأ وكان يقع في أبي بكر وعمر.


    5- أنبأنا أبو عبد الله بن أحمد بن إبراهيم أبن الخطاب ، أنا أبو القاسم علي بن محمد بن علي الفارسي ، وأخبرنا أبو محمد عبد الرحمن بن أبي الحسين بن إبراهيم الداراني ، أنا سهل بن بشر ، أنا أبو الحسن علي بن منير بن أحمد بن منير الخلال قالا : أنا القاضي أبو الطاهر محمد بن أحمد بن عبدالله الذهلي ، نا أبو أحمد ابن عبدوس نا محمد بن عباد ، نا سفيان ، نا عبد الجبار بن العباس الهمداني ، عن سلمة بن كهيل عن حجية بن عدي الكندي قال :رأيت . عليا كرم الله وجهه وهو على المنبر وهو يقول من يعذرني من هذا الحميت الأسود الذي يكذب على الله وعلى الرسول يعني أبن السوداء لولا أن لا يزال يخرج عليَّ عصابة تنعي عليَّ دمه كما ادعيت علي دماء أهل النهر لجعلت منهم ركاما .


    6- أخبرنا أبو المظفر بن القشيرى ، أنا أبو سعد الجنزروذى ، أنا أبوعمرو ابن حمدان ، وأخبرنا أبو سهل محمد بن إبراهيم بن سعدويه ، أنا أبو يعلى الموصلي ، نا أبو كريب محمد بن العلاء الهمداني , نا محمد أبن الحسن الأسدى ، نا هارون بن صالح الهمداني ، عن الحارث أبن عبد الرحمن عن أبي الجلاس ، قال : سمعت عليا يقول لعبد الله السبئي : ويلك والله ما أفضي إلي بشيء كتمه أحداً من الناس ، ولقد سمعته يقول : أن بين يدي الساعة ثلاثين كذابا وإنك لا حدهم . قالا : وانا أبو يعلى ، نا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة ، نا محمد أبن الحسن ، زاد أبن المقرىء الأسدي بإسناده مثله .


    7- أخبرنا أبو بكر أحمد بن المظفر بن الحسين بن سوسن التمار في كتابة ، وأخبرني أبو طاهر محمد بن محمد بن عبد الله السبخي بمرو ، عنه ، أنا أبو علي بن شاذان ، نا أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الله بن يونس أبو الأحوص عن مغيرة عن سماك قال : بلغ عليا أن ابن السواد ينتقض أبا بكر وعمر ، فدعا به ودعا بالسيف أو قال فهم بقتله فكلم فيه فقال : لايساكني ببلد أنا فيه ، قال : فسير إلى المدائن .


    8 - أنبأنا أبو بكر محمد بن طرخان بن بلتكين بن يحكم ، أنا أبو الفضائل محمد أبن أحمد بن عبد الباقي بن طوق ، قال : قرىء على أبي القاسم عبيدالله ابن علي أبن عبيد الله الرقي ، نا أبو أحمد عبيد الله بن محمد أبن أبى مسلم ، أنا أبو عمر محمد بن عبد الواحد ، أخبرني الغطافي ، عن رجاله ، عن الصادق عن آبائه الطاهرين عن جابر قال : لما بويع علي خطب الناس فقام إليه عبد الله بن سبأ فقال له : أنت دابة الأرض ، قال فقال له : اتق الله ، فقال له : أنت الملك ، فقال له : اتق الله ، فقال له : أنت خلقت الخلق ، وبسطت الرزق ، فأمر بقتله ، فاجتمعت الرافضة فقالت : دعه وانفه إلى ساباط المدائن فإنك إن قتلته بالمدينة خرجت أصحابه علينا وشيعته ، فنفاه إلي ساباط المدائن فثم القرامطة والرافضة ، قال : ثم قامت إليه طائفة وهم السبئية وكانوا أحد عشر رجلا فقال أرجعوا فإني علي بن أبي طالب أبي مشهور وأمي مشهورة ، وانا أبن عم محمد صلي الله عليه وسلم فقالوا لا نرجع ، دع داعيك فأحرقهم بالنار ، وقبورهم في صحراء أحد عشر مشهورة فقال من بقي ممن لم يكشف رأسه منهم علينا : أنه إله ، واحتجوا بقول ابن عباس : " لا يعذب بالنار إلا خالقها " . قال ثعلب : وقد عذب بالنار قبل علي أبو بكر الصديق شيخ الإسلام رضي الله عنه وذاك أنه رفع إليه رجل يقال له : الفجأة وقالوا إنه شتم النبي صلي الله عليه وسلم بعد وفاته ، فأخرجه إلى الصحراء فأحرقه بالنار . قال فقال ابن عباس : قد عذب أبو بكر بالنار فاعبدوه أيضا.
    Sheikh Suleiman bin Hamad al-'Auwdah grades the narrations in his book
    "'Abdullah bin Sabaa wa Atharuhu fi Ahdath al-Fitnah fi Sadr al-Islam"
    "عبد الله بن سبأ و أثره في أحداث الفتنة في صدر الإسلام "
    as such:

    1st: al-Shu'ubi says:" 'Abdullah ibn Saba was the first who lied. "

    Grading: Da'eef, because of Muhammad ibn 'Uthman ibn abi Shaybah.

    2nd: 'Ali asked al-Museeb ibn Najbah about ibn al-Sawdaa 'Abdullah ibn Saba and he replied: "He lies upon Allah and his prophet."

    Grading: Sahih.

    3rd: 'Ali ibn abi Talib (ra) says: "What does this black man want from me?" meaning ibn Sabaa.

    Grading: It Is actually two different narrations, both have the same Sanad except for one of them is from Abu al-Zara'ah and one is from Zaid ibn Wahb and both narrations are Sahih.

    4th: 'Ali ibn abi Talib (ra) says: "What does this black man want from me? meaning 'Abdullah ibn Sabaa and he used to attack Abu Bakr and 'Umar."

    Grading: Has a good Sanad of trustworthy narrators.

    5th: 'Ali ibn abi Talib (ra) said: "Who will excuse me of this black man -meaning ibn al-Sawdaa - who lies upon Allah and his Prophet?"

    Grading: Hasan.

    6th: 'Ali ibn abi Talib (ra) tells ibn Sabaa: "Woe to you! by Allah he(prophet SAWS) did not tell me anything that he kept hidden from others, I heard him say that from now until the hour there will be thirty liars and you are one of them."

    Grading: Some of the narrators have been criticized but it has been narrated through several other chains with better narrators.

    7th: al-Sammak says: It had reached 'Ali that ibn al-Sawdaa was attacking Abu Bakr and 'Umar so he called on him and he called for a sword but they talked him out of killing him so he said: "By Allah he will never live with me in the same city" and he was exiled to al-Madaen.

    Grading: Has trustworthy narrators but al-Sammak who is a follower in al-Kufa could not have heard it directly from 'Ali.

    8th: 'Ali stood as a Khateeb amongst the people after baya'ah then ibn Sabaa went to him and said: You are the beast of the earth, Ali said: fear Allah! so ibn Saba said: You are al-Malik, Ali said: Fear Allah! so ibn Saba said: you created the creations and offered the bounties, So 'Ali ordered that he be killed but the Rafidhah told 'Ali: leave him be it is better if you exile him to al-Madaen in Yemen otherwise his Shias and followers will rebel against us...until the end of the narration.

    Grading: All narrators are trustworthy except for one unknown narrator called al-Ghattafi who has not been documented, could be a mistake in copying the name.


    As for Seif ibn 'Umar it's not that he is a liar some of his narrations in History are true but he is more of a story-teller as in he narrates the event without regard to accuracy of words but in the form of a fun story which is why as a narrator of Prophetic Hadith his narrations are rejected by consensus, here are some examples:

    al-Nisa'i (d. 303 AH) wrote: "Sayf's narrations are weak and they should be disregarded because he was unreliable and untrustworthy."

    Yahya Ibn Mueen (d. 233 AH) wrote: "Sayf's narrations are weak and useless."

    Abu Hatam (d. 277 AH) wrote: "Sayf's Hadith is rejected."

    Ibn Abi Hatam (d. 327 AH) wrote: "Scholars have abandoned Sayf's narrations."

    al-Suyuti (d. 900 AH) wrote: "Sayf's Hadith is weak."

    But when it comes to Historical narrations what he says is taken into consideration unlike what the Shia claimed.

    Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani says about him in Taqreeb al-Tahtheeb 1/344:
    ابن حجر في تقريب التهذيب ( 1/344 ): (عمدة في التاريخ)
    "Relied upon in history."

    al-Dhahabi says about him in Meezan al-I'itidal 2/255:
    الذهبي في ميزان الاعتدال (2/255): (كان إخباريا عارفا).
    "He was a knowledgeable historian."

    For this reason the scholars have placed certain rules to accepting any narration from Seif ibn 'Umar:

    1- What he says needs to have a Sahih foundation in the books of Hadith(i.e Sahih al-Bukhari) and it has to be taken from the reliable historical sources(i.e Tareekh al-Tabari).
    2- His narrations must not have anything related to 'Aqeedah and matters of Halal and Haram.
    3- His narrations must be free from any attacks on any of the companions.
    4- His narration must not be biased towards certain well known political positions during the rightly-guided caliphate.

    و الحمد لله وحده
    Last edited by TripolySunni; 18-06-2011 at 10:08 PM.
    إن كان حب آل البيت رفضا فليشهد الثقلان إني رافضي


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    Now here are three Sahih narrations that talk about ‘Abdullah bin Saba from the books of the Twelver Shia.

    The first chain is one of the most impeccable chains you can get in Shia hadeeth books. This is like their “golden” chain:

    (1)
    حدثني محمد بن قولويه، قال حدثني سعد بن عبد الله، قال حدثنا يعقوب بن يزيد و محمد بن عيسى، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن هشام بن سالم، قال : سمعت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) يقول و هو يحدث أصحابه بحديث عبد الله بن سبإ و ما ادعى من الربوبية في أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب، فقال إنه لما ادعى ذلك فيه استتابه أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) فأبى أن يتوب فأحرقه بالنار.
    Hisham bin Salim, who said that he heard it from Imam Abu `Abd Allah (as) when he told that `Abd Allah bin Saba called (to people) the lordship/divinity of Imaam `Ali (as). Upon that ‘Ali ordered him to repent, but he refused. Then Ali let him burn in fire."

    Source: Al-Kashee, Rijaal, pg. 107, hadeeth # 171

    (2)
    حدثني محمد بن قولويه قال حدثني سعد بن عبد الله قال حدثنا يعقوب بن يزيد و محمد بن عيسى عن علي بن مهزيار عن فضالة بن أيوب الأزدي عن أبان بن عثمان قال سمعت أبا عبد الله (ع) يقول لعن الله عبد الله بن سبإ إنه ادعى الربوبية في أمير المؤمنين (ع) و كان و الله أمير المؤمنين (ع) عبدا لله طائعا الويل لمن كذب علينا و إن قوما يقولون فينا ما لا نقوله في أنفسنا نبرأ إلى الله منهم نبرأ إلى الله منهم.
    I heard Imam Abu `Abd Allah (as) saying: 'May Allah curse `Abd Allah bin Saba, he claimed a divinity/lordship for Ameer Al-Mu’mineen (as). By Allah, Amierul-Mu'mineen (as) was volunterily the slave of Allah. Woe to him who lies about us, for there are people who say about us what we don't say about ourselves, we disassociate ourselves to Allah from them, we disassociate ourselves to Allah from them'."

    Source: Al-Kashee, Rijaal, pg. 107, hadeeth # 172

    (3)
    و بهذا الإسناد عن يعقوب بن يزيد عن ابن أبي عمير. و أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى عن أبيه و الحسين بن سعيد عن ابن أبي عمير عن هشام بن سالم عن أبي حمزة الثمالي قال قال علي بن الحسين (ع) لعن الله من كذب علينا إني ذكرت عبد الله بن سبإ فقامت كل شعرة في جسدي لقد ادعى أمرا عظيما ما له لعنه الله كان علي (ع) و الله عبدا لله صالحا أخو رسول الله (ص) ما نال الكرامة من الله إلا بطاعته لله و لرسوله و ما نال رسول الله (ص) الكرامة من الله إلا بطاعته.
    Imam 'Ali ibn al-Hussein (as) said: 'May the curse of Allah be upon those who tell lies about us. I mentioned `Abd Allah Ibn Saba and each hair in my body stood up, Allah cursed him. Ali was, by Allah, a proper servant of Allah, the brother of the Messenger of Allah . He did not earn the graciousness/honor from Allah except with the obedience to Allah and His Messenger. And (similarly) the Messenger of Allah did not earn the honor from Allah except with his obedience to Allah'."

    Source: Al-Kashee, Rijaal, pg. 107, hadeeth # 173


    Each one of these aHaadeeth goes through multiple routes:
    1st hadeeth = 2 different routes
    2nd hadeeth = 2 different routes
    3rd hadeeth = 3 different routes


    2 + 2 + 3 = 7 different isnaads, all of them saying that Ibn Sabaa is mal`oon (accursed) by Ahlul-Bayt because he elevated them above their status.

    Conclusion:
    This shows that 'Abdullah ibn Saba was cursed by Ahlul-Bayt as he elevated them above their level in several Sahih Hadith from both Sunni and Shia books, will the Twelver Shia persist in elevating Ahlul-Bayt (as) above their level and attributing lies to them?

    و الحمد لله
    إن كان حب آل البيت رفضا فليشهد الثقلان إني رافضي


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    Default Re: Who was Abdullah ibn Saba?

    Assalamu Aleykum akhi Tripoli,

    Could you bring some references about these conditions ?

    For this reason the scholars have placed certain rules to accepting any narration from Seif ibn 'Umar:

    1- What he says needs to have a Sahih foundation in the books of Hadith(i.e Sahih al-Bukhari) and it has to be taken from the reliable historical sources(i.e Tareekh al-Tabari).
    2- His narrations must not have anything related to 'Aqeedah and matters of Halal and Haram.
    3- His narrations must be free from any attacks on any of the companions.
    4- His narration must not be biased towards certain well known political positions during the rightly-guided caliphate.
    Wich scholars decide these conditions ? Jazak Allahu kheyr


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    Default Re: Who was Abdullah ibn Saba?

    Quote Originally Posted by *Ali* View Post
    Assalamu Aleykum akhi Tripoli,

    Could you bring some references about these conditions ?



    Wich scholars decide these conditions ? Jazak Allahu kheyr
    Very famous Islamic historians such as Muhammad Sobhi Hassan Hallaq, Muhammad ibn Tahir al-Barazanji, Sheikh Yahya Ibrahim al-Yahya, Dr.Khalid al-Ghayb in the university of Umm al-Qura.

    You can review books such as:
    -استشهاد عثمان و موقعة الجمل في مرويات سيف ابن عمر في تأريخ الطبري
    -صحيح و ضعيف تاريخ الإمام الطبري

    Keep in mind that al-Tabari relied upon Seif a lot during the period of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (ra) and that the majority of the narrations of Seif are weak, the weakest of his narrations come through his student Shu'ayb whereas the most correct of his narrations come through this chain:
    'Ubeidullah told us: my uncle told me: Seif told me so and so.
    إن كان حب آل البيت رفضا فليشهد الثقلان إني رافضي


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    Barak Allahu fik akhi lubnani


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    Default Re: Who was Abdullah ibn Saba?

    The notion that Abdullah bin Saba founded the Shi'ah has been discredited and has very little credibility. Most of the reports on Abdullah b. Saba comes from the discredited Sayf b. 'Umar and the scholars of hadith agree that Sayf b Umar was a liar. The Maliki scholar, Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali comments on this in a response to a question HERE


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    Default Re: Who was Abdullah ibn Saba?

    Quote Originally Posted by tariqul-islam View Post
    The notion that Abdullah bin Saba founded the Shi'ah has been discredited and has very little credibility. Most of the reports on Abdullah b. Saba comes from the discredited Sayf b. 'Umar and the scholars of hadith agree that Sayf b Umar was a liar. The Maliki scholar, Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali comments on this in a response to a question HERE
    Haven't you read the thread? we've already replied to this point in full detail.
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    Default Re: Who was Abdullah ibn Saba?

    Another Shia Hadith with a good chain about the followers of Ibn Saba:

    A group came to Ameer Al-Mu’mineen 'Ali, and they said to him: “Peace be upon you, Our Lord (rabbanaa)! So he asked for their repentance, but they did not repent. So he dug a ditch for them and lit a fire in it and dug a ditch to its other side and conveyed between them. So when they did not repent he threw them in the ditch and lit in the other ditch until they died.

    Source:
    1. Al-Kulayni, Al-Kaafi, vol. 7, pg. 258-259, hadeeth # 18

    Grading:
    1. Al-Majlisi said this hadeeth is Hasan (Good)
    à Mir’aat Al-`Uqool, vol. 23, pg. 401
    إن كان حب آل البيت رفضا فليشهد الثقلان إني رافضي


    من أقوال الإمام الشافعي

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    jnab aise sawal na puchen balkah sirf daleel se sabit karen


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