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 "id": "event/ali-left-with-the-prophets-family",
 "class": "event",
 "slug": "ali-left-with-the-prophets-family",
 "label": {
  "ar": "استخلاف علي على أهل النبي وقول النبي له",
  "en": "Ali is left in charge of the Prophet's family"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "خلّف النبي علياً على أهله وأمره بالإقامة فيهم، فأرجف به المنافقون أنه استثقله، فأخذ علي سلاحه ولحق بالنبي بالجرف؛ فقال له النبي إنه خلّفه لما تركه وراءه، وسأله: أفلا ترضى أن تكون مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى إلا أنه لا نبي بعدي؟ فرجع علي إلى المدينة.",
  "en": "The Prophet left Ali in charge of his family and ordered him to stay with them. The hypocrites spread the rumour that he had found Ali a burden, so Ali took up his weapons and caught up with the Prophet at al-Jurf. The Prophet told him he had left him behind for what he had left behind him, and asked: are you not content to be to me as Aaron was to Moses, except that there is no prophet after me? Ali returned to Medina."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "time",
  "people",
  "place"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "arabia"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [],
 "span": {
  "earliest": 630.7473117175575,
  "latest": 630.8321868347425
 },
 "display": {
  "start": {
   "edtf": "0630-10",
   "hijri": "0009-07",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "رأس الباب عند ابن إسحاق: «غزوة تبوك في رجب سنة تسع»؛ والتوقيت الدقيق للواقعة داخل الغزوة غير مذكور، فنُسب إليها تاريخ الغزوة كلها.",
   "sources": [
    "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
   ]
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "0630-10",
   "hijri": "0009-07",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "رأس الباب عند ابن إسحاق: «غزوة تبوك في رجب سنة تسع»؛ والتوقيت الدقيق للواقعة داخل الغزوة غير مذكور، فنُسب إليها تاريخ الغزوة كلها.",
   "sources": [
    "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
   ]
  }
 },
 "data": {
  "kind": "other",
  "date": {
   "start": {
    "edtf": "0630-10",
    "hijri": "0009-07",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "month",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true,
    "note": "رأس الباب عند ابن إسحاق: «غزوة تبوك في رجب سنة تسع»؛ والتوقيت الدقيق للواقعة داخل الغزوة غير مذكور، فنُسب إليها تاريخ الغزوة كلها.",
    "sources": [
     "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
    ]
   }
  },
  "issue": {
   "ar": "ما معنى قول النبي لعلي «بمنزلة هارون من موسى» حين استخلفه على أهله؟",
   "en": "What did the Prophet mean by telling Ali he was to him as Harun was to Musa when he left him in charge of his family?"
  },
  "perspectives": [
   {
    "tradition": "sunni",
    "id": "sunni",
    "summary": {
     "ar": "يرويها ابن إسحاق جواباً على إرجاف المنافقين بأن النبي استثقل علياً، ولذا يقرأ الشرّاح السنة عادةً القول بوصفه استخلافاً لعلي على الأهل مدة الغزوة تشبيهاً باستخلاف هارون لموسى حين غاب، لا إعلان خلافة بعد النبي؛ يحتاج هذا التلخيص إلى شاهد ثانٍ من شروح الحديث (needs_source).",
     "en": "Ibn Ishaq relates it as an answer to the hypocrites' rumour that the Prophet had found Ali a burden; Sunni commentators therefore usually read the saying as deputising Ali over the household for the duration of the campaign, likened to Aaron deputising for Moses in his absence — not a declaration of succession after the Prophet; this summary needs a second witness from hadith commentaries (needs_source)."
    },
    "sources": [
     "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
    ]
   },
   {
    "tradition": "academic",
    "id": "academic",
    "summary": {
     "ar": "يلاحظ الباحثون أن الخبر مروي في المصادر السنية والشيعية معاً وأن الخلاف في دلالته لا في وقوعه؛ تلخيص يحتاج إلى مرجع أكاديمي محدد (needs_source).",
     "en": "Researchers note that the report is transmitted in Sunni and Shi'i sources alike and that the disagreement is over its significance, not its occurrence; the summary needs a specific academic reference (needs_source)."
    },
    "sources": [
     "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
    ]
   },
   {
    "tradition": "shia-twelver",
    "id": "shia-twelver",
    "summary": {
     "ar": "يرى الإمامية في عبارة «بمنزلة هارون من موسى» دليلاً على أن لعلي منزلة هارون من موسى في الخلافة بعد النبي؛ تلخيص يحتاج إلى مصدر شيعي محدد (needs_source).",
     "en": "The Imami (Twelver) view sees in the phrase 'in the position of Aaron to Moses' proof that Ali holds Aaron's position to Moses in the succession after the Prophet; the summary needs a specific Shi'i source (needs_source)."
    },
    "sources": [
     "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "sira-ibn-hisham saqqa 1936, juz' 4 p. 163",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code",
   "model": "claude-sonnet-5-5",
   "run": "ibn-hisham-batch-6b"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Claude Sonnet 5.5; mined from Ibn Hisham juz' 4 pp. 163"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "خلّف النبي علياً على أهله وأمره بالإقامة فيهم، فأرجف به المنافقون أنه استثقله، فأخذ علي سلاحه ولحق بالنبي بالجرف؛ فقال له النبي إنه خلّفه لما تركه وراءه، وسأله: أفلا ترضى أن تكون مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى إلا أنه لا نبي بعدي؟ فرجع علي إلى المدينة. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/163}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الرواية",
     "markdown": "خلّف النبي علي بن أبي طالب على أهله وأمره بالإقامة فيهم، فأرجف به المنافقون وقالوا ما خلّفه إلا استثقالاً له وتخففاً منه. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/163}\n\nفأخذ علي سلاحه وخرج حتى أتى النبي وهو نازل بالجرف، فقال له إن المنافقين زعموا أنه استثقله وتخفف منه. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/163}\n\nفقال النبي: كذبوا، ولكنني خلّفتك لما تركت ورائي، فارجع فاخلفني في أهلي وأهلك، «أفلا ترضى يا علي أن تكون مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى، إلا أنه لا نبي بعدي»، فرجع علي إلى المدينة ومضى النبي في سفره. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/163}\n\nوروى ابن إسحاق عن محمد بن طلحة بن يزيد بن ركانة عن إبراهيم بن سعد بن أبي وقاص عن أبيه سعد أنه سمع النبي يقول لعلي هذه المقالة. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/163}\n\n:::perspectives\n- tradition: sunni\n  summary: يرويها ابن إسحاق جواباً على إرجاف المنافقين بأن النبي استثقل علياً، ولذا يقرأ الشرّاح السنة عادةً القول بوصفه استخلافاً لعلي على الأهل مدة الغزوة تشبيهاً باستخلاف هارون لموسى حين غاب، لا إعلان خلافة بعد النبي؛ يحتاج هذا التلخيص إلى شاهد ثانٍ من شروح الحديث (needs_source).\n  sources: [source/ibn-hisham-saqqa]\n- tradition: academic\n  summary: يلاحظ الباحثون أن الخبر مروي في المصادر السنية والشيعية معاً وأن الخلاف في دلالته لا في وقوعه؛ تلخيص يحتاج إلى مرجع أكاديمي محدد (needs_source).\n  sources: [source/ibn-hisham-saqqa]\n- tradition: shia-twelver\n  summary: يرى الإمامية في عبارة «بمنزلة هارون من موسى» دليلاً على أن لعلي منزلة هارون من موسى في الخلافة بعد النبي؛ تلخيص يحتاج إلى مصدر شيعي محدد (needs_source).\n  sources: [source/ibn-hisham-saqqa]\n:::"
    },
    {
     "heading": "علامات التمريض والشك",
     "markdown": "- حديث المنزلة موضع تفسير متعدد؛ يذكر المتحف رواية ابن إسحاق بسندها ثم الآراء الثلاثة مرتبة: سني فأكاديمي فشيعي، ولا يرجّح.\n- سند ابن إسحاق: محمد بن طلحة بن يزيد بن ركانة عن إبراهيم بن سعد بن أبي وقاص عن أبيه سعد (ص163)."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/ali-left-with-the-prophets-family",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "The Prophet left Ali in charge of his family and ordered him to stay with them. The hypocrites spread the rumour that he had found Ali a burden, so Ali took up his weapons and caught up with the Prophet at al-Jurf. The Prophet told him he had left him behind for what he had left behind him, and asked: are you not content to be to me as Aaron was to Moses, except that there is no prophet after me? Ali returned to Medina. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/163}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The account",
     "markdown": "The Prophet left Ali ibn Abi Talib in charge of his family and ordered him to stay with them; the hypocrites spread their rumour about him, saying he had left him behind only because he found him a burden and wanted relief from him. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/163}\n\nSo Ali took up his weapons and went out until he reached the Prophet, who was halting at al-Jurf, and told him that the hypocrites claimed he had found him a burden and wanted relief from him. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/163}\n\nThe Prophet said: they lied. I left you behind only for what I left behind me — go back and be my deputy over my family and yours. \"Are you not content, Ali, to be to me in the position of Aaron to Moses, except that there is no prophet after me?\" Ali returned to Medina and the Prophet went on his journey. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/163}\n\nIbn Ishaq relates, from Muhammad ibn Talha ibn Yazid ibn Rukana, from Ibrahim ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, from his father Sa'd, that he heard the Prophet say these words to Ali. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/163}\n\n:::perspectives\n- tradition: sunni\n  summary: Ibn Ishaq relates it as an answer to the hypocrites' rumour that the Prophet had found Ali a burden; Sunni commentators therefore usually read the saying as deputising Ali over the household for the duration of the campaign, likened to Aaron deputising for Moses in his absence — not a declaration of succession after the Prophet; this summary needs a second witness from hadith commentaries (needs_source).\n  sources: [source/ibn-hisham-saqqa]\n- tradition: academic\n  summary: Researchers note that the report is transmitted in Sunni and Shi'i sources alike and that the disagreement is over its significance, not its occurrence; the summary needs a specific academic reference (needs_source).\n  sources: [source/ibn-hisham-saqqa]\n- tradition: shia-twelver\n  summary: The Imami (Twelver) view sees in the phrase 'in the position of Aaron to Moses' proof that Ali holds Aaron's position to Moses in the succession after the Prophet; the summary needs a specific Shi'i source (needs_source).\n  sources: [source/ibn-hisham-saqqa]\n:::"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Markers of weakness and doubt",
     "markdown": "- The \"position of Aaron\" hadith admits multiple interpretations; the museum records Ibn Ishaq's account with its chain, then the three views in order — Sunni, academic, Twelver Shia — and does not adjudicate.\n- Ibn Ishaq's chain: Muhammad ibn Talha ibn Yazid ibn Rukana from Ibrahim ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas from his father Sa'd (p. 163)."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/ali-left-with-the-prophets-family",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
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 "related": [
  "event/abu-dharr-lags-behind-on-the-march",
  "event/abu-khaythama-joins-the-army",
  "event/abu-ruhm-and-the-stragglers-of-ghifar-and-aslam",
  "event/abu-sufyan-medina-mission",
  "event/al-dawa-al-sirriyya",
  "event/al-jadd-ibn-qays-asks-to-stay-behind",
  "event/ali-expedition-to-al-fuls",
  "event/battle-of-badr"
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