Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: By the One by whom I swear, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was the closest of people to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Every day we would go to visit the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his illness, and he said: "Has Ali come?" He asked this several times. Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I gathered that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent him on some errand. Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When he came afterwards, I gathered that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) perhaps had some particular matter with him, so we women went out of the house and sat outside the house (or outside the room), and among those women I was the closest to the door. I saw Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) bend over the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke with him in a whisper. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away that same day, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was the closest of people to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Ahmad and Abu Ya'la recorded it, but he recorded these words in it: On the day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, he was in the house of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her).
Al-Tabarani recorded it in abridged form. Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Umm Musa, and she is thiqah (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 14662
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
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