33 - Chapter: The Right of the Petitioner

1665 - Muhammad ibn Kathir narrated to us, Sufyan informed us, Mus'ab ibn Muhammad ibn Sharhabil narrated to us, Ya'la ibn Abi Yahya narrated to me, from Fatimah bint Husayn, from Husayn ibn Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The petitioner has a right, even if he comes upon a horse."(1)

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As for the second part of the hadith, namely his saying: "Shall I not inform you of the best of what a man may treasure..." — there is a supporting witness from the hadith of Thawban, recorded by Ahmad (22392), Ibn Majah (1856), and al-Tirmidhi (3094), who declared it good (hasan).

Another from the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, recorded by Ahmad (6567), Muslim (1467), Ibn Majah (1855), and al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (5325), with the wording: "The world is but a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman."

A third from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, recorded by al-Nasa'i (5324), who said: It was said to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: "Which women are best?" He said: "The one who pleases him when he looks at her, obeys him when he commands her, and does not oppose him regarding herself or his wealth in what he dislikes." Its chain of transmission is authentic (sahih).

(1) A good (hasan) hadith. Al-Hafiz al-Ala'i declared its chain of transmission good in al-Naqd al-Sahih, pp. 41-42; al-Hafiz al-Iraqi deemed it sound in al-Taqyid wa al-Idah; al-Burhan al-Abnasi in al-Shadha al-Fayyah; and al-Hafiz al-Sakhawi in al-Maqasid al-Hasanah. Al-Munawi in Fayd al-Qadir reported that Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani refuted Ibn al-Jawzi for including this hadith in al-Mawdu'at. Ya'la ibn Abi Yahya — also said: Yahya ibn Abi Ya'la — from whom Mus'ab ibn Muhammad ibn Sharhabil, Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Muslim al-Zuhri, and Isma'il ibn Abd al-Malik al-Asadi narrated; Ibn Hibban mentioned him in al-Thiqat. Al-Dulabi described him as the freed slave (mawla) of Fatimah bint al-Husayn.

It was also recorded by Ibn Abi Shaybah 3/113, Ahmad (1730), Humayd ibn Zanjawayh in al-Amwal (2088), al-Bukhari in al-Tarikh al-Kabir 8/416 in suspended form (mu'allaq), al-Bazzar in his Musnad (1343), Abu Ya'la (6784), Ibn Khuzaymah (2468), al-Tabarani in al-Kabir (2893), Abu Nu'aym in Hilyat al-Awliya 8/379 and in Ma'rifat al-Sahabah (1803), and al-Bayhaqi 7/23, =