His saying: "Guide us" (Ihdina)
31 - By the same chain, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: Gabriel said: "Say, O Muhammad: 'Guide us,'" meaning: "Inspire us."
[His saying: "The straight path"]
[The first interpretation]
32 - Al-Hasan ibn ‘Arafah narrated to us, Yahya ibn al-Yaman narrated to me, from Hamzah al-Zayyat, from Sa‘d al-Ta’i, from the nephew of al-Harith al-A‘war, from al-Harith, who said: I entered upon ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib and he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) say: "The straight path is the Book of Allah."(1)
And the second interpretation:
33 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih the scribe of al-Layth narrated to us, Mu‘awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me that ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Jubayr ibn Nufayr narrated to him, from his father, from Nawwas ibn Sam‘an al-Ansari, from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), that he said: "Allah has struck a parable of a straight path, and the path is Islam."(2)
And the third interpretation:
34 - Sa‘dan ibn Nasr al-Baghdadi narrated to us, Abu al-Nadr Hashim ibn al-Qasim narrated to us, Hamzah ibn al-Mughirah reported to us, from ‘Asim al-Ahwal, from Abu al-‘Aliyah, regarding "Guide us to the straight path," he said: "It is the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and his two companions after him." ‘Asim said: We mentioned that to al-Hasan, and he said: "Abu al-‘Aliyah has spoken the truth and provided sincere advice."
And the fourth interpretation:
35 - Yahya ibn ‘Abdak narrated to us, Khalid ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Makhzumi narrated to us, ‘Umar ibn Dharr narrated to us, from Mujahid, regarding His saying "the straight path," he said: "The Truth."
36 - ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-‘Ala’ Abu Kurayb narrated to us, ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id al-Zayyat narrated to us, Bishr ibn ‘‘Umarah narrated to us, Abu Rawq narrated to us, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn ‘Abbas, regarding "Guide us to the straight path," he says: "Inspire us with Your true religion, and it is that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner."(4)
(1) Ibn Kathir said: "The farthest this hadith reaches is that it is from the speech of the Commander of the Faithful, ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and some have erred in raising it [to the Prophet]. It is a sound and correct statement, although a corroborating evidence has been narrated for it from ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)" 1/42. (2) Ibn Kathir said: It is a sound and correct chain of narration 1/43. (3) Al-Hakim 2/259 - Book of Tafsir, from Ibn ‘Abbas, declared it authentic, and al-Dhahabi reviewed it. (4) Ibn Kathir said: All of these statements are correct and they are mutually linked; for whoever follows the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and follows those who came after him, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, has followed the Truth; and whoever follows the Truth has followed Islam; and whoever follows Islam has followed the Qur’an 1/43.
قوله: اهْدِنَا
٣١ - بِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ: قُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: اهْدِنَا يَقُولُ: ألهمنا.
[قوله: الصراط المستقيم]
[الوجه الأول]
٣٢ - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ الْيَمَانِ، عَنْ حَمْزَةَ الزَّيَّاتِ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ الطَّائِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي الحرث الأَعْوَرِ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- يَقُولُ: الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ «١» .
وَالْوَجْهُ الثَّانِي:
٣٣ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ كَاتِبُ اللَّيْثِ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ نَوَّاسِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- أَنَّهُ قَال: ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلا صِرَاطًا مُسْتَقِيمًا، وَالصِّرَاطُ الإِسْلامُ «٢» .
وَالوجه الثَّالِثُ:
٣٤ - حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو النَّضْرِ هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، أنبأ حمزة ابن الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ قَالَ: هُوَ النَّبِيُّ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- وَصَاحِبَاهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ. قَالَ عَاصِمٌ: فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِلْحَسَنِ فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ أَبُو الْعَالِيَةِ وَنَصَحَ» .
وَالوجه الرَّابِعُ:
٣٥ - ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدَكَ، ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ ذَرٍّ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ قَالَ: الْحَقَّ.
٣٦ - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاءِ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الزَّيَّاتُ، ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ ثنا أَبُو رَوْقٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ يَقُولُ: أَلْهِمْنَا دِينَكَ الْحَقَّ، وَهُوَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ له «٤» .
(١) . قال ابن كثير: «وقصارى هذا الحديث أن يكون من كلام أمير المؤمنين على رضى الله عنه، وقد وهم بعضهم في رفعه، وهو كلام حسن صحيح، على أنه قد روى له شاهد عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ» ١/ ٤٢.(٢) . قَالَ ابن كثير: وهو إسناد حسن صحيح ١/ ٤٣.(٣) . الحاكم ٢/ ٢٥٩- كتاب التفسير عن ابن عباس، صححه، وراجعه الذهبي.(٤) . قال ابن كثير: وكل هذه الأقوال صحيحة وهي متلازمة فإن من اتبع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم واقتدى بالذين من بعده أبي بكر وعمر فقد اتبع الحق، ومن اتبع الحق فقد اتبع الإسلام، ومن اتبع الإسلام فقد اتبع القرآن ١/ ٤٣.
