Hadith 156

Israel from after him-saww, and the ones He-azwj Permitted for them-as in their Masjids whatever was Permissible for Musa-as. Indeed! And Allah-azwj the Exalted has Revealed to me-saww: “Take Ali-asws as a brother-asws like Musa-as took Haroun-as as a brother-as, and take his-asws sons-asws as (my-saww) sons-asws like what he-as had taken sons-as of Haroun-as as his-as sons-as. So, I-azwj have Purified them-asws like what I-azwj had Purified the sons-as of Haroun-as. Indeed! And I-azwj have Ended the Prophets-as with you-saww, so there will not be any Prophet-as after you-saww! ”
And I was in the presence of Rasool-Allah-saww one day and I found him-saww speaking to a man, I heard his speech but did not see his face. He said among what he addressed him-saww: ‘O Muhammad-saww! What I am advising to you-saww and to your-saww community and teach him-asws your-saww Sunnah’. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Do you see my-saww community being let to him-asws after my-saww expiry? ’
He said: ‘O Muhammad-saww! From your-saww community, its righteous ones would follow him-asws, and from your-saww community, its immoral ones would oppose him-asws, and like that were the successors-as of the Prophets-as from before. O Muhammad-saww! Musa-as Bin Imran-as bequeathed to Yoshua-as Bin Noon-as, and he-as was the most learned of the children of Israel, and their most fearful of Allah-azwj, and their most obedient to Him-azwj. So, Allah-azwj Commanded him-as to take him-as as successor-as like what I-saww am taking Ali-asws as successor-asws, and like what I-azwj am Commanded with that. The children of Israel angered the grandson-as of Musa-as in particular. They cursed him-as, and reviled him-as, and violated him-as, and wasted his-as matters for him-as. Surely your-saww community will be taking like the ways of the children of Israel. They will belie your-saww successor-asws, and reject his-asws matters, and reject his-asws caliphate, and wronged him-asws in his-asws knowledge’’. I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Who is this? ’ He-saww said: ‘This is an Angel from the Angels of my-saww Lord-azwj informing me-saww that my-saww community will be differing upon my-saww brother-asws, and my-saww successor Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. And I-saww am bequeathing to you, O Ubayy, with a bequest that if you were to preserve it, you will not cease to be with good. O Ubayy! Upon you is to be with Ali-asws, for he is the guide, the Guided, the adviser to my-saww community, the reviver of my-saww Sunnah, and he-asws is your Imam-asws after me-saww. So, the one who is pleased with that would meet me-saww upon what I-saww had separated him upon, and one who changes and replaces would meet me-saww as a breaker of my-saww allegiance, usurper of my-saww orders, rejector of my-saww Prophet-hood. I-saww will neither intercede for him in the Presence nor will I-saww quench him from my-saww Fountain’. Men from the Helpers stood up to him and they said, ‘Be seated, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on you! You have fulfilled what you had heard and been loyal with your pact’’. [72]