Hadith 78

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Furaat’ – From Ubeyd Bin Kaseer, transmitting, ‘From Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws having said: ‘I-asws attended with my-asws father-asws to be in the presence of Umar Bin Al-Khattab, and in his presence was Ka’ab Al-Ahbar, and he was a man who had read the Torah and Books of the Prophets-as. Umar said to him, ‘O Ka’ab! Who was the most knowledgeable of the children of Israel after Musa-as Bin Imran-as? ’
He said, ‘The most knowledgeable of the children of Israel after Musa-as Bin Imran-as was Yoshua-as Bin Noun-as, and he-as was the successor-as of Musa-as Bin Imran-as after him-as, and like is every Prophet-saww from after Musa-as Bin Imran-as, there was a successor-as for him-as to be standing in his-as community from after him-as’. Umar said to him, ‘So who is the successor-asws of our Prophet-saww and our knowledgeable one is Abu Bakr? ’
He (Al-Hassan-asws) said: ‘And Ali-asws was silent, not speaking. Ka’ab said, ‘Shh, no! The silence from this is better. Abu Bakr was a wrong man with righteousness. The Muslims forwarded him for his righteousness, but he did not happen to be a successor. When Musa-as Bin Imran-as expired, he-as bequeathed to Yoshua-as Bin Noun-as. A party from the children of Israel accepted him, and a party denied his merits, and it is which Allah-azwj the Exalted Mentioned in the Quran: Then a party from the Children of Israel believed, and a party committed Kufr, so We Aided those who believed against their enemies, and they became prevalent [61: 14]. And like that are the previous Prophets-as and the previous communities. There did not happen to be any Prophet-as except and there was a successor-as for him-as. His-as people envied him-as and repelled his-as merits! ’
He said, ‘Woe be to you, O Ka’ab! Whom do you view as being a successor-asws of our Prophet‑saww? ’
Ka’ab said, ‘He-asws is well-known in entirety of the Books of the Prophets-as and the Books Revealed from the sky, Ali-asws, brother-asws of the Arabian Prophet-as. He-asws assisted him‑saww upon his-saww affairs and supported him-saww against the ones who intended (evil with) him‑saww. And for him-asws there is a Blessed wife, and for him-asws are two sons-asws from her-asws. His-saww community would be killing them-asws both from after him-saww, and they would be envying his-saww successor-asws just as the communities of the successors-as of their Prophets-as had envied. So, they would be repelling him-asws from his-asws rights and killing his-asws children from after him-saww, just like the envy of the past communities’. And he (Al-Hassan-asws) said: ‘He (Umar) was silenced at that, and said, ‘O Ka’ab! If you are speaking a little truth regarding the Revealed Book of Allah-azwj, so you are lying a lot! ’
Ka’ab said, ‘By Allah-azwj! I have not lied regarding the Book of Allah-azwj at all, but you asked