The Seerah of Imam Ali (a.s) during the time of the Prophet (s.a.w) in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim;(Critique and analysis of narrations)

Imam Ali (a.s) is one of the influential personalities of the Islamic world who played a very important role in the formation of Islam and the Islamic government. An examination of his personality and Seerah can indicate his role in the vital period of Islam. This article examines the Seerah of Imam Ali (a.s) emphasising on the time of the Prophet (s.a.w) in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim, with a narrative-historical approach. After a critical analysis of the narrative-historical documents of Sahih Bukhari and Muslim, It has been concluded that these two Sunni narrators, compared to other Sunni narrators and historians, have quoted the Seerah of Imam Ali's (a.s) less than others and have tried to show his Seerah as incomplete and distorted. They have not narrated some of the important events of his biography, and what they have quoted not only is not different from other companions of holy prophet (s.a.w) but also in some cases, is even more incomplete and distorted