It is narrated from Umm Musa (may Allah have mercy on her) that Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "By the One by whom Umm Salamah swears! The last person to be with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (at the time of his death), and the closest of all people to him (peace and blessings be upon him), was Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)." Then she explained in detail: "On the morning on which the soul of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken, he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and I think he (peace and blessings be upon him) had earlier sent him somewhere on some errand. So that morning he (peace and blessings be upon him) began asking again and again: 'Has Ali come?' He (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated this question three times." Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Then he came before sunrise, and when he came we sensed that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had some private matter to discuss with him, so we all went out of the room in which we had been visiting the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in his illness, in the house of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). She said: I was the last woman to leave the room, and I sat down right next to the door. Meanwhile Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) bent over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he was the last person to be with him, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began to whisper to him and confide in him.
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند أم سلمة زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم / 6968
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده صحيح . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: حسن: مضى الكلام عليه [برقم 6934]» «أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 26025، وأخرجه مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد برقم: 14661، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 6932»