Home / Books / Ghurar al-Ḥikam / Volume 1 / Succession / Hadith 2765 hadith 2765 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, How strange it is that the succession [to the Prophet] is [decided] by companionship [only] and not by companionship and kinship. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : واعَجَبا أنْ تَكُونَ الخِلافَةُ بِالصَّحابَةِ وَ لا تَكُونَ بِالصَّحابَةِ والقَرابَةِ Similar narrations Nahj al-Balāgha #2135 190. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: How strange? Could the caliphate be through the (Prophet’s) companionship but not through... All narrations in Succession Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 2765 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, How strange it is that the succession [to the Prophet] is [decided] by companionship [only] and not by companionship and kinship. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : واعَجَبا أنْ تَكُونَ الخِلافَةُ بِالصَّحابَةِ وَ لا تَكُونَ بِالصَّحابَةِ والقَرابَةِ