From authentic narrations from the books of Ahle sunna, all titles are used for Imam Ali a.s more than anyone. The Holy Prophet s.a.w.w covered the position from every angle, that Imam Ali a.s is the caliph after him.
He has used the following:
Mawla
Wali
Khalifa
Akhi
Wasi
Wazier
Sayyed
etc
Here are some of the narrations which cover those titles, please contribute by only using authentic narrations from their books.
Here is a narration with the word Khilfa:
ثنا محمد بن المثنى حدثنا يحيى بن حماد عن أبي عوانة عن يحيى ابن سليم أبي بلج عن عمرو بن ميمون عن ابن عباس قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لعلي أنت مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى إلا أنك لست نبيا إنه لا ينبغي أن أذهب إلا وأنت خليفتي في كل مؤمن من بعدي
"The Prophet Muhammad (SAWAS) said to Ali, you are in the same position to me as Haroon was to Musa, except that you are not Prophet, and you are my khalifah on every believer after me"
Kitaab as-Sunnah, by Ibn Abi 'AaSim as-Shaybaani, Hadith #1188, page 565
Grading: Shaykh Al-Abaani in his Tahqeeq (Authentication) of Kitaab as-Sunnah has graded the following Sanad as Hasan
Here is a narration with the word Sayyed in it:
We have a narration in Imam Hakim where all the narrators are Thiqaat......
(وحدثني) أبو الحسن احمد بن الخضر الشافعي ثنا ابراهيم بن ابي طالب ومحمد بن اسحاق (وحدثنا) أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله بن امية القرشى بالساقة ثنا أحمد بن يحيى بن اسحاق الحلواني (قالوا) ثنا أبو الازهر وقد حدثناه أبو على المزكى عن ابى الازهر قال ثنا عبد الرزاق انبأ معمر عن الزهري عن عبيدالله بن عبد الله عن ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما قال نظر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله إلى علي فقال يا علي انت سيد في الدنيا سيد في الآخرة حبيبك حبيبي وحبيبي حبيب الله وعدوك عدوى وعدوى عدوالله والويل لمن ابغضك بعدى * صحيح على شرط الشيخين * وابو الازهر باجماعهم ثقة وإذا تفرد الثقة بحديث فهو على اصلهم صحيح
Narrated abul hasan ahmed ibn al-khidhr al-shafi'i narrated ibnrahim ibn abi taleb and muhammed ibn ishaq narrated abu abdilleh muhammed ibn abdilleh ibn umayyah al-qurashi in "saqa" narrated ahmed ibn yahya ibn ishaq al-halwani narrated abu al-azhar and it was narrated by abu ali al-mazki from abi al-azhar he said narrated abdurrazzaq narrated ma'mar narrated zuhri from ubaid ibn abdilleh from ibn abbas r.a he said: The prophet looked at ali and said : Oh ali you are a master in this life and the hereafter , your lover is my lover and my lover is the lover of Allah and your enemy is my enemy and my enemy is the enmy of Allah , woe to whoever hated you after me.
Now Imam Dhahbi also said narrators are thiqat & admitted that the hadith is upon the condition of the 2 sheikhs, while he said this he said this hadith is munkar & fabricated.
Ajeeb without giving any reasons for his justification he decided to just reject the hadith (what kind of justice is this, without a valid reason they reject the words of the Holy Prophet s.a.w.w
Here is a narration with the word wali in it
إن عليا مني وأنا منه وهو ولي كل مؤمن بعدي
Verily, 'Alee is from me and I am from 'Alee, AND HE IS THE WALI OF ALL BELIEVERS AFTER ME.
This has been graded Sahih by Sheikh Al-albaani.
Edited by muslimunity1, 03 May 2012 - 01:24 PM.
















