حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَ عُمَرُ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ کُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ جَائَ عَلِيٌّ وَالْعَبَّاسُ يَسْتَأْذِنَانِ فَقَالَا يَا أُسَامَةُ اسْتَأْذِنْ لَنَا عَلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِيٌّ وَالْعَبَّاسُ يَسْتَأْذِنَانِ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرِي مَا جَائَ بِهِمَا قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَکِنِّي أَدْرِي فَأَذِنَ لَهُمَا فَدَخَلَا فَقَالَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جِئْنَاکَ نَسْأَلُکَ أَيُّ أَهْلِکَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْکَ قَالَ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَا مَا جِئْنَاکَ نَسْأَلُکَ عَنْ أَهْلِکَ قَالَ أَحَبُّ أَهْلِي إِلَيَّ مَنْ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَا ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جَعَلْتَ عَمَّکَ آخِرَهُمْ قَالَ لِأَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَدْ سَبَقَکَ بِالْهِجْرَةِ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَکَانَ شُعْبَةُ يُضَعِّفُ عُمَرَ بْنَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3819
Narrated Usamah bin Zaid: I was sitting [with the Prophet (ﷺ)] when 'Ali and Al-'Abbas came seeking permission to enter. They said: 'O Usamah, seek permission for us from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).' So I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, 'Ali and Al-'Abbas seek permission to enter.' He said: 'Do you know what has brought them?' I said: 'No [I do not know].' So the Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'But I know, grant them permission.' So they entered and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we have come to you, to ask you which of your family is most beloved to you.' He said: 'Fatimah bint Muhammad.' So they said: 'We did not come to ask you about (immediate) family.' He said: 'The most beloved of my family to me is the one whom Allah favored and I favored, Usamah bin Zaid.' They said: 'Then who?' He said: 'Then 'Ali bin Abi Talib.' Al-'Abbas said: 'O Messenger of Allah, you have made your uncle the last of them.' He said: 'Indeed, 'Ali has preceded you in emigration.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020