Hadith 169

(The book) ‘Al Tawheed’ – Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Farsi, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Rumeeh, from Ahmad Bin Ja’far Al Uqeyli, from Ahmad Bin Ali Al Balkhy, from Muhammad Bin Ali Al Khuzaie, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Azhary, from his father, ‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said in one of his-asws sermons: ‘Who was present with Sajat the Persian and he was speaking to Rasool-Allah-saww? ’ The people said, ‘No one from us was present’. Ali-asws said: ‘But, I-asws was with him-saww and Sajat came, and he was a man from the kings of Persia, and he was a man of sharp character. He said to him-saww, ‘O Muhammad-saww! What are you-saww calling to? ’
He-saww said: ‘I-saww am calling to the testimony that there is no god except Allah-azwj Alone, there is no associate for Him-azwj, and that Muhammad-saww is His-azwj servant and His-azwj Rasool-saww’. And I-asws said: ‘And I-asws as well testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj and Muhammad-saww is His-azwj servant and His-azwj Rasool-saww’. He said, ‘O Muhammad-saww! Who is this one-asws? ’ He-saww said: ‘This is best of my-saww family, and nearest of the people from me-saww. His-asws flesh is from my-saww flesh, and his-asws blood is from my-saww blood, and his-asws soul is from my-saww soul, and he-asws is the Vizier from me-saww during my-saww lifetime and the caliph after my-saww expiry, like what Haroun-as was from Musa-as, except surely there will be no Prophet-as after me-saww. So, listen to him-asws and obey him-asws, for he-asws is upon the truth’. Then he-saww named him as ‘Abdullah’’’. [85]