Hadith 182

The books ‘Al Rowza’ (and) ‘Al Fazaail’ of Ibn Shazaan, by the chain raising it to Ibn Umar who said, ‘One day Rasool-Allah-saww said upon his-saww pulpit, and he-saww had stood Ali-asws to his-saww side and placed his-saww right hand upon his-asws hand until the whiteness of his-saww armpits (outfit) appeared, and he-saww said: ‘O you people! Indeed! Allah-azwj is my-saww Lord-azwj and your Lord-azwj, and Muhammad-saww is your Prophet-saww, and the is your religion, and Ali-asws is your guide, and he-asws is my-saww successor-asws and my-saww caliph from after me-saww’. Then he-saww said: ‘O Abu Zarr-ra! Ali-asws is my-saww brother-asws, and my-saww trustee upon Revelation of my-saww Lord-azwj, and my-saww Lord-azwj has not Given me-saww any merit except and He-azwj has Specialised Ali-asws with the like of it. O Abu Zarr-ra! Allah-azwj will never Accept any Obligatory deed of a servant except by his having the love of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. O Abu Zarr-ra! When there was an ascension with me-saww to the sky, I-saww ended to the Throne, and there I-saww was with Veils of green emeralds, and there was a caller calling out: ‘O Muhammad-saww! Raise the veil’. I-saww raised it and there I-saww was with an Angel and the world was in front of his eyes, and in front of him was a tablet he was looking into it. I said, ‘My-saww beloved Jibraeel-as! What is this Angel which I-saww have not seen among the Angels of my-saww Lord-azwj any larger than him in physique? ’ He-as said: ‘O Muhammad-saww! Greet unto him, for he is Izraeel-as, Angel of death’. I-saww said: ‘The greetings be unto you-as, O my-saww beloved Angel of death! ’ He-as said, ‘And upon you-saww be the greetings, O last of the Prophets-as! How is the son-asws of your-saww uncle-as, Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws? ’
I-saww said: ‘My-saww beloved Angel of death! Do you-as know him-asws? ’ He-as said: ‘How can I-as not know him-asws, O Muhammad-saww? By the One-azwj Who Sent you-saww with the truth as a Prophet-saww and Chose you-saww as a Rasool-saww! I-as recognise the son-asws of your-saww uncle as a successor-asws, like what I-as recognise you-saww as a Prophet-saww. And how can that not happen to be so, and Allah-azwj has Allocated me-as with capturing the souls of the creatures apart from your-saww soul and soul of the son-asws of your-saww uncle-as, Ali-asws, for Allah-azwj is in Charge of them both by His-azwj Desires however He-azwj so Desires and Chooses’’. [100]