mola ali and invitation of zulasheera

we find in tabari's history






When the verse, وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الاَْقْرَبِينَ (And warn your
nearest kinsmen), was revealed to the Prophet (s.a.), he called me and
said: O Ali! God has ordained me to warn and admonish my near relatives,
but I am not interested to do it, and I know that I will face with
inappropriate reactions when starting this task. I tarried until Gabriel
came to me and said: O Mohammad, if you do not fulfill what God has
ordered, God will chastise you. So, provide some food including a haunch
and a vessel of milk. Then, invite Bani (son’s of) Abdolmotalleh. I
will speak with them and will declare what I am commissioned to. He
continues: I did what he had ordered me, and then invited Bani
Abdolmotalleb, who were about forty men on that day. Prophet’s uncles,
Aboutaleb, Hamza, Abbas and Abou Lahab were among them. After gathering,
Prophet instructed me to prepare the food which I had provided. I
brought them. At the beginning, Prophet (s.a.) took some meat and
separated it with his teeth, and put on the tray. Then he said: Take
your food in the name of God. All participants ate it and became full,
but nothing was reduced from the food but the traces of fingers were
left on it. By God, there was enough food even if one of them wanted to
eat as much as all. Then, Prophet (s.a.) said: Let this people to drink.
I brought the vessel of milk and all drank. By God, there was enough
milk even if one of them wanted to drink as much as all.
After lunch, when prophet was going to speak with them, Abou Lahab
started speaking and said: Your owner’s sorcery is effective on you!
Hearing this, all scattered, and Prophet (s.a.) could not talk to them.
The next day, Prophet (s.a.) said: O Ali! He preceded me and said what
you heard. Then, they scattered before I could say anything. Provide the
same food you did yesterday, and they invite them to my house again.
Ali (a.s.) says: I provided the food and invited the same people.
Prophet instructed for preparation of food, and I prepared it. Prophet
(s.a.) repeated the same which he did the day before. They ate the food,
and became full. Then, Prophet (s.a.) said: Let them drink. I brought
the vessel and they drank until they were satiated. Then, Prophet (s.a.)
started speaking and said: O Bani Abdolmotalleb! By God, I do not know
any youth among Arab presenting something to his tribe better than what I
have presented! I have brought for you goodness in the world and
hereafter, and God has ordered me to invite you to it. Which one of you
is ready to support me in this mission to be my brother, administer and
successor among you? All kept silent against Prophet’s (s.a.) request.
Despite of being younger than all, and …, I said: O God’s Prophet! I
will support you for this mission. Prophet (s.a.) showed me and said:

انّ هذا اخى ووصيّى وخليفتى فيكم، فاسمعوا واطيعوا

Surely, he is my brother, administer and successor among you. So, listen
to his instructions and obey him. He adds: They stood up while laughing
and told Aboutaleb: Mohammad has instructed you to listen to the
instructions of your son and obey him.1, 2


History of Tabari, vol. 2, page 220






this narration is also in tafsir baghwi here is the link

http://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?...0&LanguageId=1

but i do not know why there is tempering in tafsir tabarai
there we find the wordings as

فقال: " يا بَنِـي عَبْدِ الـمُطلِبِ، إنّـي وَاللَّهِ ما أعْلَـمُ شابـا
فِـي العَرَبِ جاءَ قَوْمَهُ بأفْضَلَ مِـمَّا جِئْتُكُمْ بِهِ، إنّـي قَدْ
جِئْتُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ الدُّنْـيا والآخِرَةِ، وَقَدْ أمَرَنِـي اللَّهُ أنْ
أدْعُوَكُمْ إلَـيْهِ، فَأيُّكُمْ يُؤَازِرُنِـي عَلـى هَذَا الأَمْرِ،
عَلـى أنْ يَكُونَ أخِي " وكَذَ وكَذَا؟

http://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?...1&LanguageId=1


the main objection to this narration is for

عبد الغفار بن القاسم
and he was a shia, and people were against him

now, we have another narration of this sort, and it is there in masnad
imam ahmad bin hanbal

http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/D...?Doc=6&Rec=847

and it is also there in fadail-us-sahaba, vol 2, 2nd edition, page 871;
and page 700, in 1st edition, hadeeth 1196

wasiullah however, objects to this sanad and says that this is again
daif, because of

‏ ‏عباد بن عبد الله الأسدي
though he was a mentioned in thiqat of ibn habban, still, the chain has
been termed daif [since ibn habban is not considered the best in this
regard as per sunnis]

but then interestingly, we have another chain

it is there on page 712-713, 1st edition; page 887, 2nd edition,
hadeeth is 1220

here, holy prophet said

"an yakoona akhi wa sahibi?"
he will be my brother and companion


wasiullah terms this sanad as

SAHIH

so this does prove that the incident took place, sunnis may say that as
per sahih narrations, the caliphate issue was not discussed; but this
incident cannot be denied.