Hadith 170

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Imran Bin Musa, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad bin Abdullah Bin Zurara, from Isa bin Ubeydullah, from his father, from his grandfather, from Umar Bin Abu Salma, ‘From his mother-ra Umm Salma-ra having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww made Ali-asws to be seated in my-ra house, then called for a sheep skin and wrote in it until it had been filled. Then he-saww handed it to me-ra and said: ‘One who comes to you-ra from after me-saww with such and such sign, then hand it over to him’. Umm Salma-ra waited until Rasool-Allah-saww passed away and Abu Bakr became the ruler commanding the people. She-ra sent me and said: ‘Go and look at what this man is doing’. So I went and sat down among the people until Abu Bakr addressed, then descended and entered his house. I came and informed her-ra. She-ra waited until when Umar became the ruler. She-ra sent me and he did what his companion had done. I came and informed her-ra. Then she-ra waited until Usman became the ruler and sent me, and he did what his two companions had done. I informed her-ra. Then she-ra waited until Ali-asws became the ruler, so she-ra sent me and said: ‘Look at what this man-asws is doing’. 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 get permission to your mother-ra’. I went out until I came to her-ra and informed her-ra, and I said, ‘He-asws said to me: ‘Seek permission for me-asws to see your mother-ra’, and he-asws is behind me-asws, intending you-ra’. She-ra said: ‘And I-ra, by Allah-azwj, am intending him-asws’. She-ra permitted Ali-asws and he-asws entered and said: ‘Give me-asws the letter which was handed over to you-ra with such and such signs. It is as if I am looking at my mother-ra until she-ra stood up to go to a trunk of her-ra having a small box inside it and brought out a letter from inside it and handed it over to Ali-asws, then my mother-ra said to me: ‘O my-ra son! Stick with him-asws for by Allah-azwj, I-ra do not see any Imam after your Prophet-saww apart from him-asws’’. [86]