Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2454b
"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ لَمَّا ثَقُلَ قَالَ: يَا عَلِىُّ: ائْتِنِى بِطَبَقٍ أَكْتُبُ فِيهِ مَا لَا تَضِلُّ أُمَّتِى بَعْدِى، فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَسْبِقَنِى نَفْسُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّى أَحْفَظُ ذِرَاعًا مِنَ الصَّحِيفَةِ فَكَانَ رَأسُهُ بَيْنَ ذِرَاعِى وَعَضُدِى، فَجَعَلَ يُوصِى بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاة، وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ، قَالَ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى فَاضَتْ نَفْسُهُ، وَأَمَرَ بِشَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الله، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ حَتَّى فَاضَتْ نَفْسُهُ، مَنْ شَهِدَ بِهَا حُرِّمَ عَلَى النَّارِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAli
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"On the authority of 'Ali: that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became heavy with illness, he said: 'O 'Ali, bring me a tablet on which I will write what will keep my community from going astray after me.' I feared that his soul would overtake him, so I said: 'I can remember a forearm's length of the writing.' His head was between my forearm and my upper arm. He began to enjoin the prayer, zakah, and what your right hands possess. He continued like this until his soul departed. He also commanded the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, until his soul departed. Whoever bears witness to it, the Fire is forbidden to him."
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Notes
ابن سعد
machine translationIbn Saʿd
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