حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ عَنِ الْأَشْعَثِ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنْ أَنْتَ وُلِّيتَ الْأَمْرَ بَعْدِي فَأَخْرِجْ أَهْلَ نَجْرَانَ مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 661
It was narrated that 'Ali (RA) said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "O 'Ali, if you are appointed in charge after I am gone, then expel the people of Najran from the Arabian Peninsula.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020