Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1626
What was narrated concerning the sickness of the Messenger of Allah (SAW)
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ: ذَكَرُوا عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ وَصِيًّا . فَقَالَتْ:مَتَى أَوْصَى إِلَيْهِ؟ فَلَقَدْ كُنْتُ مُسْنِدَتَهُ إِلَى صَدْرِي - أَوْ إِلَى حِجْرِي فَدَعَا بِطَسْتٍ فَلَقَدِ انْخَنَثَ فِي حِجْرِي فَمَاتَ وَمَا شَعَرْتُ بِهِ. فَمَتَى أَوْصَى ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ؟
Translation
It wasnarrated that Aswad said
“They said in ‘Aishah’s presencethat‘Ali was appointed (by the Prophet (ﷺ) before he died), and shesaid: ‘When was he appointed? He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) was restingagainst my bosom, or in my lap, and he called for a basin, then hebecame limp in my lap and died, and I did not realize it. So when didhe (ﷺ) appoint him?’”