An Assessment of Ibn Taymiyya's comment on the Hadith "Ali is the most capable of you in judgment"

The authenticity (chain of narrators) of the narration from the Prophet, which says, "Ali is the most capable of you in judgment" has been questioned by some Sunnis, like Ibn Taymiyya. They have also mentioned some faults with the text of the Hadith. For instance, they believe that since the scope of judgment expands beyond mere knowledge of Halal and Haram, we cannot admit that Ali is superior to Ma'ath, let alone superior to men superior to Ma'ath, even if we suppose we can rely on the document of the Hadith. In this study, the researcher seeks to prove that there are some verses of Quran, along with some other narrations from the Prophet, which support and confirm the content of the narration; hence, this compensates for the narration's questionable authenticity (chain of narrators). Hereby this narration is considered successive (mutawatir) in terms of content. Many have provided answers to the faults that Ibn Taymiyya and others have found with the text and the content of the narration and they all indicate superiority of Ali over Ma'ath bin Jobail and the others.