Hadith 75

and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! You-saww have expelled us and settled this boy (Ali-asws), and we are your-saww uncles and elders of your-saww people’. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘It was not I-saww who expelled you all, nor was it I-saww who settled him-asws, but Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic had Commanded me-saww with that’’. We said to him (Sa’ad), ‘So what is the third? ’ He said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww sent Abu Bakr with his-saww flag to Khyber, but he returned it (defeated). He-saww sent it with Umar, but he returned it (defeated). So, Rasool-Allah-saww was angered and said: ‘I-saww shall give the flag tomorrow to a man who loves Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww, and Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww love him-asws. He is a persistent attacker, not a fleer. He will not return until Allah-azwj Grants victory upon his hands! ’’
He said, ‘When we came to the morning, we knelt upon the rides, but we did not see him-saww call anyone of us. Then he-saww called out: ‘Where is Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’. They came with him-asws and he-asws was with sore eyes. He-saww applied his-saww saliva in his-asws eyes and gave him-asws flag. Allah-azwj Granted victory upon his-asws hands’. We said to him, ‘So, what is the fourth? ’ He said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww went out in a military expedition to Tabuk and left Ali-asws behind (in charge) upon the people. Quraysh envied him-asws and they said, ‘But rather, he-saww has left him-asws behind due to abhorrence of his-asws accompaniment’’. He said, ‘He-asws went in his-saww tracks until he-asws caught up with him-saww. He-asws grabbed a rein of his-saww camel, then said, ‘I-asws shall follow you-saww’. He-saww said: ‘What is your-asws concern? ’ He-asws wept and said: ‘Quraysh are claiming that you-saww have rather left me-asws behind due to your-saww hatred for me-asws and your-asws abhorrence of my-asws accompaniment’’. He said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww instructed his-saww caller to call out among them people, then said: ‘O you people! Is there anyone among you except and there is a special one from his family? ’ They said, ‘Yes’. He-saww said: ‘Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws is a special one of my-saww family, and my-saww beloved to my-saww heart’. Then he-saww turned to Amir Al-Momineen-asws and said to him-asws: ‘Are you-asws not pleased that you-asws happen to be from me-saww at the status of Haroun-as from Musa-as except, surely there is no Prophet-as after me-saww? ’ Ali-asws said: ‘I-asws am pleased from Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww’’. Then Sa’ad said, ‘These are four, and if you so desire, I can narrate to you with a fifth’. We said, ‘We do desire that’. He said, ‘We were with Rasool-Allah-saww in the farewell Hajj. When he-saww returned, he-saww descended at Ghadeer Khumm and instructed his-saww caller to call out among the people: ‘One whose Master I-saww was, so this Ali-asws is his Master. O Allah-azwj! Befriend the one befriending him-asws and be Inimical to the one being inimical to him-asws, and Help the one helping him-asws, and Abandon the one abandoning him-asws’’. [87]