Hadith 24

(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – My father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from one of his men who said, ‘Abu Saeed Al Khudri said, ‘I was with the Prophet-saww at Makkah when a Bedouin arrived to him, being of tall standing and large stature, covered by a cloak and wrapped in a shawl. He said to the Prophet-saww, ‘O Muhammad-saww! Where is Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws from your-saww heart? ’
Rasool-Allah-saww cried with intense crying to the extent that his-saww two cheeks were dampened from his-saww tears, and he-saww adhered his-saww cheeks with the ground, then leapt up like someone out of his mind, and grabbed a pillar of the pulpit, then said: ‘O Bedouin! By the One-azwj Who Split the Seed and Formed the person and flattened the earth upon the surface of the water! You have asked me-saww about a chief of every white and black, and the first one to Fast, and give Zakat, and charity, and he-asws prayed to two Qiblahs, and pledged two allegiances, and emigrated the two emigrations, and carrier of the two flags, and was victorious at Badr and Hunayn, then did not disobey Allah-azwj for the blink of an eye. He (the narrator) said, ‘The Bedouin disappeared from in front of Rasool-Allah-saww. Rasool-Allah-saww said to Abu Saeed: ‘O brother of Juheyna! Did you recognise the one who had addressed me-asws regarding the son-asws of my-saww uncle-as Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. He said, ‘Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww are more knowing’. He-saww said: ‘By Allah-azwj! Jibraeel-as had come down from the sky to the earth to take their pacts and their covenants for Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’’. [24]