Is this Hadith authentic - "Oh People, Ali is my brother, Ali is my brother!"?

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Is this story authentic?

In overflowing tears, Imam Ali (may Allah have mercy upon him) approached the Prophet (pbuh) until he was an arms length away. e said while wiping away his tears with the tip of his clothes: "O Prophet of Allah, you have paired off your companions as blood brothers, but you still have not paired me with anyone"..

The Prophet (pbuh) smiled, and sat Ali beside him. He put his arms around Ali and embraced him kindly and whispered: "You are my brother in life and in the hereafter."

The Prophet then announced this loudly to rows of crowded people: "Oh People, Ali is my brother, Ali is my brother!"

Source: Translated from "100 Stories from the Life of Ali Bin Abi Taleb" by Muhammad Sedeeq Al Minshawi, Dar Al Fadeela Publishing, 2002.

Ml. Ismail Moosa · Accepted Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

The hadith which has been referred to is the following:

This hadith has been narrated in the following kitabs:

1) Sunan At Tirmidhi

2) Mujam al kabeer of Imam At Tabrani

3) Mujam al awsat of Imam At Tabrani

4) Mustadrak of Imam Hakim

After narrating this hadith, Imam Tirmidhi mentioned that it is hasan (good and suitable). There is a narrator, Jami bin Umair who has been slightly accused. Nevertheless, this accusation does not cause much harm to the narration.

And Allah knows best

Wassalam

Ml. Ismail Moosa,
Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa

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