the hadith: "whoever loves me, then aliyy is also beloved to him" based on the translation of wala'a as maHabbah. "whoever i am master of, then aliyy is his master" based on the translated of mawla as lord and master. --- zabidi in his laqt al-la'ali mentions this as the 61st hadith. this hadith was narrated by 21 companions (the listing has 22) (tirmidhi) 1. zayd ibn arqam (imam ahmad in his musnad) 2. `ali ibn abi Talib 3. abu ayyub al-ansari (bazzar) 4. `umar ibn al-khaTTab 5. dhu murr 6. abu hurayrah 7. TalHah 8. `umaarah 9. ibn `abbas (Tabarani) 10. barirah 11. ibn `umar ibn al-khaTTab 12. malik ibn al-Huwayrith 13. Hubshi ibn junadah 14. jarir 15. sa'ad ibn abi waqqaS 16. abu sa'yid al-khudri (abu nuaym) 17. anas ibn malik (ibn uqdah in his kitab al-muwalah) 18. jundu'u al-anSari 19. qays ibn thabit 20. Habib ibn budayl ibn warqa'a 21 ya'ala ibn murrah 22. yazid ibn shuraHbil al-anSari also: ibn `asakir in his tarikh reports from `umar ibn `abd al-`aziz: i have heard a number of people say that they heard it from RasulAllah sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam. ===
