أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَکَرِيَّا بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُرَحْبِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُدْرِکٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُجَيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي عَلِيٌّ کَانَتْ لِي مَنْزِلَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ تَکُنْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ الْخَلَائِقِ فَکُنْتُ آتِيهِ کُلَّ سَحَرٍ فَأَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْکَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ تَنَحْنَحَ انْصَرَفْتُ إِلَی أَهْلِي وَإِلَّا دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1218
‘Abdullah bin Nujayy narrated that his father said: “Ali said to me: ‘I was so close to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم closer than anyone else. I used to come to him at the end of every night, before dawn, and say: “As-salamu ‘alayka ya Nabiyy Allah (Peace be upon you, Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم).” If he cleared his throat I would go back to my family, otherwise I would enter upon him.”(Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020