458 - Zakariyya ibn Yahya informed me that Abu Talib narrated to them that he asked Abu 'Abd Allah about the statement of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to 'Ali: 'Whoever considers me his mawla (master/patron), then 'Ali is his mawla.' [He asked] what is its interpretation? He replied: 'Do not speak regarding this; leave the hadith as it came.'
٤٥٨ - وَأَخْبَرَنِي زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِعَلِيٍّ: «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ» ، مَا وَجْهُهُ؟ قَالَ ⦗٣٤٧⦘: «لَا تَكَلَّمْ فِي هَذَا، دَعِ الْحَدِيثَ كَمَا جَاءَ»
