This denial before what Ahle Sunnat have mentioned in the merits of our
master, Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) and his progeny, is nothing new, because their
habit has always been that either they ridicule it, deny it, criticize the chains of
narrators, regard it as unlikely, or object against the evidence of report.
In spite of the fact that they regard such things possible for other than
members of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) without any problem or being jealous to them or without cross examining such things or without alleging that they have resorted
to extremism. Following are some examples of this:
1. Tradition of returning of the sun
Numerous chains of narrators of the tradition of the return of the sun for our
master, Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) through supplication of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)
and testimonies of its veracity and statements of scholars regarding this were
mentioned before this.1
In spite of this, they have objected against this tradition and denied its
possibility. However, Subki, Yafai, Ibne Hajar and author of Shazaratuz Zahab
and others have believed the like of this miracle (return of sun) to be true for
Ismail bin Muhammad Hadhrami (d. 676 A.H.), without any hesitation and
denial.2
With a little contemplation on this matter, it is possible to conclude: Ismail
Hadhrami is greater in the view of Almighty Allah than Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)
and his successor, Ameerul Momineen (a.s.), because the sun returned for Ali by
the prayer of His Eminence, himself and once it happened for the Holy Prophet
(s.a.w.a.).
As for Ismail, he commanded his servant to order the sun to remain there;
after that told the servant to order it to go away and by this act, release the sun
from captivity. According to another narration, he himself gestured to the sun to
stand and it stood. If these dreams are true, it is a great miracle and true
proximity; but intellectuals and narrators of the incident know when and where
this incident is correct and with what aim was this story invented.
يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطْفِـُٔوا۟ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى ٱللَّهُ إِلَّآ أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُۥ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ (٣٢)
“They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, and
Allah will not consent save to perfect His light, though the
unbelievers are averse.”3