Hadeeth: Whoever claims that he loves me, and he hates you, is a liar.


Hadeeth: Whoever claims that he loves me, and he hates you, is a liar.

This hadith was narrated with slight difference in the wording.

From Ali: “Who claims that he loves me, and he hates Ali, lied”.

Ibn Hibban cited it as an example of fabrications from Isa ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib. Daraqutni said this narrator abandoned. (“Mizanul itidal” 3/315/#6578).

Ibn Asakir in his history (42/283) narrated from Salsal ibn Dalahmas as a part of bigger hadith: “O Ali, lied the one who claimed that he loves me, and he hates you”.

Ibn Hibban in “Marjohin” (2/329, and 2/310/#1019, shamela) said: (In the chain) Muhammad ibn Dawo` ibn al-Salsal, narrated manaker from his father, it’s not permitted to rely upon him”.

Ajurri narrated it from Anas ibn Malik: “O Ali, lied the one who claimed that he loves me, and he hates you”. In the chain Hussain ibn Sulaiman. Ibn Adi said: He’s not to be relied on. Dhahabi noticed his uncertainty (“Mizanul itidal” 1/536/#2007).

Ibn Asakir narrated it in his history (42/268) from Jabir. In the chain Yahya ibn Yala Aslame.  Bukhari said about him: His ahadeth are mixed. Abu Hatim said: Weak (“Mizanul itidal” 4/ 415 /#9657 ).

Ibn Asakir narrated (42/268) from Abu Saeed al-Khudri. In the chain Rabia ibn Badr, ibn Maeen said he’s nothing. Nasai said: Abandoned. Abu Dawud said: Weak (“Mizanul itidal” 2/38/#2730).

Ibn Asakir also narrated it (42/268) from Umm Salama, in the chain Hussain al-Ashqar, he’s abandoned. And Jabir ibn Yazeed al-Jofe, he’s liar.

Ibn Kathir in “al-Bidayah wa nihaya” (7/367) noticed that this hadith has different ways of transmission, all of them are weak, and couldn’t be depend on.