Hadith 95

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Imran Bin Musa, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Zurara, from Isa Bin Abdullah, from his father, from his grandfather, from Umar Bin Abu Salama, ‘From his mother-ra Umm Salama-ra, he said, ‘She-ra said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww made Ali-asws sit in my-ra house, then called for the skin of a sheep and wrote in it until its edges were filled up, then handed it over to me-ra and said: ‘One who comes to you-ra after me-saww with such and such sign, then hand it over to him’. Umm Salama-ra waited until Rasool-Allah-saww passed away and Abu Bakr ruled the people. She-ra set me saying, ‘Go and look at what this man does’. So I went and sat among the people until Abu Bakr addressed, then descended and entered his house. So I came and informed her-ra. She-ra waited until when Umar ruled, she-ra sent me. He did similar to what his companion had done. So I came and informed her-ra. Then she-ra waited until Usman ruled, and she-ra sent me. He did just as his two companions had done. I informed her-ra. Then she-ra waited until Ali-asws ruled, and she-ra sent me saying, ‘Look at what this man-asws does’. I went and sat in the Masjid. When Ali-asws had addressed, he-asws descended and saw me among the people. He-asws said: ‘Go and see permission to see your mother-ra’. He said, ‘I went out until I came to her-ra and informed her-ra and said, ‘He-asws said to me: ‘Seek permission to see your mother-ra’, and he-asws is behind me, intending to see you-ra’. She-ra said, ‘And I-ra, by Allah-azwj, want to see him-asws. She-ra permitted Ali-asws and he-asws entered. He-asws said: ‘Give me-asws the book which he-saww had handed it to you-ra with such and such sign’. It is as if I am looking at my mother-ra, until she-ra stood up to a box of hers-ra, inside it was a small box of hers-ra. She-ra extracted a book from inside it and handed it over to Ali-asws. Then my mother-ra said to me, ‘O my-ra son, necessitate (stick to) him-asws. By Allah-azwj! I-ra have not seen any Imam-asws after your Prophet-saww apart from him-asws’’. [97]