He says that the sentence: “He closed all doors, except that of Ali,” is fabricated by Shia from Saheeh of Abu Saeed…
In my view, the only motive of attributing the fabrication of this tradition toShia is nothing, except shamelessness, exaggeration, concealment of facts, fraudand deception; because Ahle Sunnat books, especially Musnad Ahmad, wasbefore him. And this tradition is mentioned in it through chains, some of whichare authentic and others good. Among companions, it was a widely known matterand a large number of them have narrated it, reaching to the level of the widelynarrated (Tawatur), like:
1. Zaid bin Arqam, who says: “The doors of the houses of some companionsopened into the Masjid and they used to enter their houses through the Masjid.One day, the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said: ‘Close all these doors, except the door ofAli.’”1
Abdullah bin Umar bin Khattab says: “Three qualities are given to AliIbne Abi Talib (a.s.) such that even if one was given to me, I would havepreferred it to red-haired camels: First: The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) gave the handof his daughter in marriage to him and she became the mother of his children.Secondly: All doors opening into the Masjid were closed, except the door of Ali.Thirdly: During the Battle of Khyber, the standard was handed to him (Ali).”2
Umar bin Khattab: Abu Huraira has narrated from Umar that he said: “Threequalities are given to Ali Ibne Abi Talib; even if one of them was given to me, Iwould have preferred it to red-haired camels.” They asked: “What are they, Ochief of believers?” He replied: “His marriage to Fatima, daughter of Messengerof Allah; his staying in Masjid along with Prophet and whatever was lawful for the Prophet was also lawful for him and handing over the standard to him duringBattle of Khyber.”3