Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 6266
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ـ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ـ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي وَجَعِهِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ يَا أَبَا حَسَنٍ كَيْفَ أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ أَصْبَحَ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ بَارِئًا فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ الْعَبَّاسُ فَقَالَ أَلاَ تَرَاهُ أَنْتَ وَاللَّهِ بَعْدَ الثَّلاَثِ عَبْدُ الْعَصَا وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأُرَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَيُتَوَفَّى فِي وَجَعِهِ، وَإِنِّي لأَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ الْمَوْتَ، فَاذْهَبْ بِنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَنَسْأَلَهُ فِيمَنْ يَكُونُ الأَمْرُ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِينَا عَلِمْنَا ذَلِكَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي غَيْرِنَا أَمَرْنَاهُ فَأَوْصَى بِنَا. قَالَ عَلِيٌّ وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ سَأَلْنَاهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَيَمْنَعُنَا لاَ يُعْطِينَاهَا النَّاسُ أَبَدًا، وَإِنِّي لاَ أَسْأَلُهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَبَدًا.
Ishaq informed us: Bishr ibn Shuaib informed us: My father told me, from al-Zuhri, who said: Abdullah ibn Kab informed me that Abdullah ibn Abbas told him that Ali—that is, Ali ibn Abi Talib—came out from the presence of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Ahmad ibn Salih narrated to us: Anbasah narrated to us: Yunus narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, who said: Abdullah ibn Kab ibn Malik informed me that Abdullah ibn Abbas told him that Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, came out from the Prophet during the illness in which he died. The people said, ‘Abu Hasan, how is the Messenger of Allah this morning?’ He said, ‘By Allah’s praise, he is recovering.’ Abbas took him by the hand and said, ‘Do you not see that after three days you will be a servant leaning on a staff? By Allah, I think the Messenger of Allah will die in this illness. I recognize death in the faces of the sons of Abd al-Muttalib. Let us go to the Messenger of Allah and ask who will hold authority after him. If it is to be among us, we will know that; if it is to be among others, we will ask him to instruct them to look after us.’ Ali said, ‘By Allah, if we ask the Messenger of Allah and he withholds it from us, the people will never give it to us afterward. I will never ask the Messenger of Allah about it.’