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Ibn Hanbal says of the event which occurred in the month of Dhī al-Hijjah, 9 AH:
Wakī‘ has related to us from Isrā’īl from Abī Ishāq from Zayd bin Yuthay‘ from Abū Bakr:
The Prophet sent him (Abū Bakr) with Surah al-Barā’ah to the people of Mecca (to proclaim) that after this year no polytheist will be allowed at the Hajj, neither should the nude circumambulate the Ka‘bah, none will enter paradise except the person who has become Muslim, whoever has a pact between him and the Messenger of Allah it is valid until the specified period, and Allah and His Messenger are free from any obligation to the polytheists. After a while, he told (Imam) ‘Alī [(‘a)], may Allah be pleased with him:
Overtake Abū Bakr and send him back to me and you proclaim (the Surah to the Meccans).
(Imam) ‘Alī [(‘a)] acted as per the instructions and when Abū Bakr returned to the Prophet he cried and said:
O Messenger of Allah, did anything happen?
He replied:
Nothing has happened concerning you except good, but I have been commanded (by Allah) that these (commandments) should either be conveyed by my or by a man who is from me.[30]
Ahmad Shākir, the annotator of the Musnad has considered the isnād of this hadīth as sahīh (authoritative) and has said that Zayd bin Yuthay‘ was a trustworthy person of the first generation of Muslims after the Prophet and the name of his father has also been mentioned as Uthay‘.
Habashī bin Junādah al-Sulukī who took part in the Farewell Pilgrimage of the Prophet, has recorded four hadīth with a similiar text in his own Musnad which confirms Ibn Hanbal’s narration of the above hadīth. Habashī quotes Abū Bakr that the Messenger of Allah (S) said:
‘Alī is from me and I am from him. My words will not be conveyed except by me or by ‘Alī.[31]
Notes: [30] Al-Musnad, hadith no. 4. [31] Ibn Hanbal’s Musnad published in 6 volumes by Matba‘ah al-Maymaniyyah, vol. 4, pp. 164-165, 1st edition, Egypt, 1313 AH.
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