Hadith 35

(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – My father, from Al Muwaddab, from Ahmad Bin Ali, from Al Saqafy, from Mukhawwal Bin Ibrahim, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Aswad Al Yashkary, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah, ‘From Salman Al-Farsi-ra, ‘I-ra asked Rasool-Allah-saww, ‘Who is your-saww successor-asws from your-saww community, for no Prophet-as has been Sent except there was a successor-as for him-as from his-as community’. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘It has not been clarified to me-saww yet’. He-saww remained for as long as Allah-azwj so Desired to wait. Then I-ra entered the Masjid, and Rasool-Allah-saww called out. He-saww said: ‘O Salman-ra! You-ra had asked me-saww about my-saww successor-asws from my-saww community, so do you-ra know who was the successor-as of Musa-as from his-as community? ’ I-ra said, ‘His-as successor-as was Yoshua Bin Noun-as, his-as youth’. He-saww said: ‘Do you-ra known why he-as had bequeathed to him-as? ’ I-ra said, ‘Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww are more knowing’. He-saww said: ‘He-as had bequeathed to him-as because he-as was the most learned of his-as community after him-as, and my-saww successor-asws and the most learned of my-saww community after me-saww is Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’’. [93]