Hadith 85

healed by it)’’. [104]
And from (the book) ‘Musnad’ of Ahmad Bin Hanbal, from Umar Bin Maymoun who said, ‘I was seated to Ibn Abbas when a group of nine came to him. They said, ‘O Ibn Abbas! Either you stand to be with us, or you be alone with us from them! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘Ibn Abbas said, ‘But, I shall stand with you all’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And on that day he was healthy before he became blind’. He (the narrator) said, ‘They initiated and narrated, and we do not know what they said’. He (the narrator) said, ‘He came shaking his clothes and saying, ‘Ugh, and Tuff! They are falling regarding a man having ten (things) for him-asws. They are falling regarding a man, the Prophet-saww said for him-asws: ‘I-saww be sending a man whom Allah-azwj will not Disgrace him-asws, ever! He-asws loves Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘There presented for it the ones who presented. He-saww said: ‘Where is Ali-asws? ’ They said, ‘He is the enclosure, grinding (flour)’. He-saww said: ‘And one of you couldn’t grind? ’’
He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘He-asws came and he-asws had sore eyes, he-asws could almost not see’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘He-saww breathed in his-saww eye, then shook the flag thrice, then gave it to him-asws. He-asws came with Safiya Bint Huyay (as captive)’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘Then he sent so and so (Abu Bakr) with Surah Al-Tawbah, and he-saww sent Ali-asws behind him and took it away from him and said: ‘No one should go with it except a man who is from me-saww and I-saww am from him-asws’’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘And he-saww said to the clan of his-saww uncle-as: ‘Which one of you will be helpful to me-saww in the world and the Hereafter? ’
He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘And Ali-asws was seated with them. They refused and Ali-asws said: ‘I-asws shall be helpful to you-saww in the world and the Hereafter’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘He-saww paused from him-asws. Then he-saww turned to a man from them and said: ‘Which one of you will help me-saww in the world and the Hereafter? ’ They refused. Ali-asws said: ‘I-asws will help you-saww in the world and the Hereafter’. He-saww said: ‘You-saww are my-saww guardian in the world and the Hereafter’’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘And Ali-asws was the first one from the people to be a Muslim after (Syeda) Khadeeja-asws’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘And Rasool-Allah-saww took his-saww cloth and placed it upon Ali-asws and (Syeda) Fatima-asws, and Hassan-asws and Husayn-asws, may the Salawaat be upon them-asws all. He-azwj Said: ‘But rather, Allah Intends to Keep the uncleanness away from you, People of the Household, and Purify you (with) a Purification [33: 33]’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘And Ali-asws sold himself-asws and wore a cloth of the Prophet-saww, then slept in his-saww place’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘And the Polytheists were aiming for Rasool-Allah-s