حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي مَرَضِهِ فَقَالُوا كَيْفَ أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَا حَسَنٍ فَقَالَ أَصْبَحَ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ بَارِئًا فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ أَلَا تَرَى إِنِّي لَأَرَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَيُتَوَفَّى مِنْ وَجَعِهِ وَإِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ الْمَوْتَ فَانْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلْنُكَلِّمْهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ فِينَا بَيَّنَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي غَيْرِنَا كَلَّمْنَاهُ وَأَوْصَى بِنَا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ إِنْ قَالَ الْأَمْرُ فِي غَيْرِنَا فَلَمْ يُعْطِنَاهُ النَّاسُ أَبَدًا وَإِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَا أُكَلِّمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي هَذَا أَبَدًا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2999
It was narrated that Ibn Abbas (RA) said: ' Ali came out after (visiting) the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) when he was sick and they said: How is the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) this morning, O Abu Hasan? He said: He is better this morning, praise be to Allah. Al-'Abbas said: Don't you see? I think that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) will die from his sickness, for I know the faces of Banu 'Abdul-Muttalib when death is imminent. Let us go to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and speak to him; if this matter (caliphate) is to be among us, he will clarify it and if it is to be with someone else, we will ask him to give instructions that they be kind to us. 'Ali said: If he says that it is to be with someone else, the people will never give it to us. By Allah, i will never speak to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) about this matter.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ