عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَمَرَنِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ آتِيَهُ بِطَبَقٍ يَكْتُبُ فِيهِ مَا لَا تَضِلُّ أُمَّتُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ قَالَ فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَفُوتَنِي نَفْسُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَحْفَظُ وَأَعِي قَالَ ”أُوصِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered me to bring him a broad bone so that he, peace and blessings be upon him, could have an important matter written on it, so that after him, his ummah would not go astray. Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I feared that if I went to get the bone, the soul of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, might depart. I submitted: O Messenger of Allah, tell me, I will memorize and preserve it. So he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I enjoin you to establish prayer, give zakat, and concerning that which your right hands possess.