Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2975
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ تَخَلَّفَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي خَيْبَرَ، وَكَانَ بِهِ رَمَدٌ، فَقَالَ أَنَا أَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ فَلَحِقَ بِالنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَلَمَّا كَانَ مَسَاءُ اللَّيْلَةِ الَّتِي فَتَحَهَا فِي صَبَاحِهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ ـ أَوْ قَالَ لَيَأْخُذَنَّ ـ غَدًا رَجُلٌ يُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ـ أَوْ قَالَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ـ يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ". فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِعَلِيٍّ، وَمَا نَرْجُوهُ، فَقَالُوا هَذَا عَلِيٌّ، فَأَعْطَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَفَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ.
Qutayba narrated to us; Hatim ibn Isma'il narrated to us from Yazid ibn Abi 'Ubayd, from Salama ibn al-Akwa' (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had stayed behind from the Prophet (ﷺ) at Khaybar because he was suffering from an eye ailment. He said, ‘Should I stay behind from the Messenger of Allah?’ Then 'Ali set out and caught up with the Prophet (ﷺ). On the evening of the night before the conquest took place the next morning, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘Tomorrow I will give the banner—or he said: a man will take it—whom Allah and His Messenger love—or he said: who loves Allah and His Messenger. Allah will grant victory through him.’ Then suddenly there was 'Ali among us, though we had not expected him. They said, ‘Here is 'Ali.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave it to him, and Allah granted victory through him.