عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ - يَعْنِي الْأَوْدِيَّ - قَالَ : إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِذْ أَتَاهُ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ : يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ، إِمَّا تَقُومُ مَعَنَا وَإِمَّا أَنْ يُخَلُّونَا هَؤُلَاءِ . قَالَ : فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : بَلْ أَقْوَمُ مَعَكُمْ ، وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ صَحِيحٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْمَى .
قَالَ : فَانْتَبَذُوا فَتَحَدَّثُوا ، فَلَا أَدْرِي مَا قَالُوا . قَالَ : فَجَاءَ يَنْفُضُ ثَوْبَهُ وَيَقُولُ : أُفٍّ وَيَتُفُّ ! وَقَعُوا فِي رَجُلٍ [ لَهُ عَشْرَ ، وَقَعُوا فِي رَجُلٍ ] قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " لَأَبْعَثَنَّ رَجُلًا لَا يُخْزِيهِ اللَّهُ أَبَدًا ، يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ " . فَاسْتَشْرَفَ لَهَا مَنِ اسْتَشْرَفَ قَالَ : " أَيْنَ عَلِيٌّ ؟ " . قَالُوا : فِي الرَّحْلِ يَطْحَنُ قَالَ : " وَمَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ لِيَطْحَنَ " . قَالَ : فَجَاءَ وَهُوَ أَرْمَدُ لَا يَكَادُ يُبْصِرُ قَالَ : فَنَفَثَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ هَزَّ الرَّايَةَ ثَلَاثًا فَأَعْطَاهَا إِيَّاهُ قَالَ : فَجَاءَ بِصَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيٍّ قَالَ : فَبَعَثَ فُلَانًا بِسُورَةِ التَّوْبَةِ ، فَبَعَثَ عَلِيًّا خَلْفَهُ فَأَخَذَهَا مِنْهُ قَالَ : " لَا يَذْهَبُ بِهَا إِلَّا رَجُلٌ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ " . قَالَ : وَقَالَ لِبَنِي عَمِّهِ : " أَيُّكُمْ يُوَالِينِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ؟ " . فَأَبَوْا ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ : أَنَا أُوَالِيكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ . [ فَقَالَ : " أَنْتَ وَلِييِّ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ " ] قَالَ : وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ خَدِيجَةَ . قَالَ : وَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ثَوْبَهُ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ وَفَاطِمَةَ وَحَسَنٍ وَحُسَيْنٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - وَقَالَ : " إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا " . قَالَ : وَشَرَى عَلِيٌّ نَفْسَهُ ، لَبِسَ ثَوْبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ثُمَّ نَامَ مَكَانَهُ ، وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَرْمُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعَلِيٌّ نَائِمٌ . قَالَ : وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يَحْسَبُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ : إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَدِ انْطَلَقَ نَحْوَ بِئْرِ مَيْمُونَةَ فَأَدْرِكْهُ ، فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ الْغَارَ .
قَالَ : وَجَعَلَ عَلِيٌّ يُرْمَى بِالْحِجَارَةِ ، كَمَا كَانَ يُرْمَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَهُوَ يَتَضَوَّرُ قَدْ لَفَّ رَأْسَهُ فِي الثَّوْبِ لَا يُخْرِجُهُ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ ، ثُمَّ كَشَفَ رَأْسَهُ ، فَقَالُوا : إِنَّكَ لَلَئِيمٌ ، كَانَ صَاحِبُكَ نَرْمِيهِ لَا يَتَضَوَّرُ وَأَنْتَ تَتَضَوَّرُ ، وَقَدِ اسْتَنْكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ . قَالَ : وَخَرَجَ بِالنَّاسِ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ قَالَ : فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ : أَخْرُجُ مَعَكَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " لَا " . فَبَكَى عَلِيٌّ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : " أَلَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى ؟ إِلَّا أَنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِنَبِيٍّ ، إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ أَذْهَبَ إِلَّا وَأَنْتَ خَلِيفَتِي " . وَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " أَنْتَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي " . قَالَ : وَسَدَّ أَبْوَابَ الْمَسْجِدِ غَيْرَ بَابِ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ : فَيَدْخُلُ الْمَسْجِدَ ، جَنْبٌا ، وَهُوَ طَرِيقُهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ طَرِيقٌ غَيْرَهُ . قَالَ : وَقَالَ : " مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ " . قَالَ : وَأَخْبَرَنَا اللَّهُ [ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - فِي الْقُرْآنِ ] أَنَّهُ قَدْ رَضِيَ عَنْهُمْ ، عَنْ أَصْحَابِ الشَّجَرَةِ ، فَعَلِمَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ ، هَلْ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّهُ سَخِطَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدُ ؟ قَالَ : وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لِعُمَرَ حِينَ قَالَ : ائْذَنْ لِي فَلْأَضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ قَالَ : " وَكُنْتَ فَاعِلًا ، وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ اطَّلَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ : اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ " .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ وَالْأَوْسَطِ بِاخْتِصَارٍ ، وَرِجَالُ أَحْمَدَ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ غَيْرَ أَبِي بَلْجٍ الْفَزَارِيِّ ، وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ ، وَفِيهِ لِينٌ .
Amr bin Maymun al-Awdi narrates: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) when nine people came to him. They said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): O Ibn Abbas, either you get up and come with us, or let us be in private. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Rather, I will get up and come with you. The narrator says: In those days he was healthy and had not yet lost his sight. The narrator says: They went aside and talked among themselves, and I do not know what they said. The narrator says: Then after a while Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) came back, shaking out his garment and saying: Uff! He kept on saying, Uff! They were disparaging a man who has ten distinctions. They were disparaging a man about whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I will certainly send a man whom Allah Almighty will never disgrace; he loves Allah and His Messenger. That day everyone hoped that he might be given this opportunity. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Where is Ali? The people submitted: He is at his lodging, grinding flour! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Could none of you grind the flour? The narrator says: Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came, suffering from eye inflammation, and he could hardly see. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) applied his saliva to his eyes, then waved the banner three times and gave it to him. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) brought Sayyidah Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent so-and-so with Surah al-Tawbah, then he sent Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) after him, and he took the command of Surah al-Tawbah from him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No one may go with this command except a person who is from me and I am from him (that is, connected by family ties). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his cousins: Which of you will be my wali (ally) in this world and the Hereafter? They refused. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted: I will be your wali in this world and the Hereafter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You are my wali in this world and the Hereafter. The narrator says: He was the first person among the people to accept Islam after Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took his cloth and placed it over Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), and said: Allah Almighty says: "O People of the House, Allah intends only to remove impurity from you and to purify you thoroughly." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had sold his own self: he put on the garment of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and then slept in his place. The polytheists used to throw stones at the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was sleeping. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) thought that this was the Prophet of Allah, so he said: O Prophet of Allah! Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: The Prophet of Allah has left; he has gone towards the well of Maymunah, so catch up with him. So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) went and entered the cave with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Stones kept being thrown at Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) just as they used to be thrown at the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he kept writhing. He had wrapped his head in the cover and did not bring it out until morning. Then he uncovered his head, and the people said: You are a wretch! When we used to throw pebbles at your master, he did not writhe, while you were writhing; we found that strange. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out with the people for the Battle of Tabuk, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted to him: I will go with you too. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: No. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Are you not pleased that your relation to me should be what Sayyiduna Harun (peace be upon him) had to Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him), except that you will not be a prophet after me? It is not fitting for anyone, when I go, (to be my deputy); rather, you will be my deputy. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "You are the wali of every believer after me." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had all the doors of the mosque closed except the particular door of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) also said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) could enter the mosque in a state of janabah, because it was his path; he had no other path. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever I am the mawla of, Ali too is his mawla." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Allah Almighty has told us in the Qur'an that He is pleased with those Companions who pledged allegiance beneath the tree, and Allah Almighty knows what is in their hearts; so has Allah Almighty told us that He became angry with them after that? Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) also said that when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked permission, saying: Permit me and I will strike off his neck, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Would you do that? What do you know? Perhaps Allah Almighty looked upon the people of Badr and said: Do whatever you wish. (What Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) meant was this: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) also had the honour of taking part in the Pledge of Ridwan and the Battle of Badr, so he too is included in this virtue.)
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat in abridged form. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except Abu Balj al-Fazari, who is thiqah (trustworthy), though there is some softness (lin) in him.