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Sahih al-Bukhari 2741صحيح البخاري 2741
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ ذَكَرُوا عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ كَانَ وَصِيًّا. فَقَالَتْ مَتَى أَوْصَى إِلَيْهِ وَقَدْ كُنْتُ مُسْنِدَتَهُ إِلَى صَدْرِي ـ أَوْ قَالَتْ حَجْرِي ـ فَدَعَا بِالطَّسْتِ، فَلَقَدِ انْخَنَثَ فِي حَجْرِي، فَمَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ، فَمَتَى أَوْصَى إِلَيْهِ
Narrated Al-Aswad: In the presence of `Aisha some people mentioned that the Prophet (ﷺ) had appointed `Ali by will as his successor. `Aisha said, "When did he appoint him by will? Verily when he died he was resting against my chest (or said: in my lap) and he asked for a wash-basin and then collapsed while in that state, and I could not even perceive that he had died, so when did he appoint him by will?"
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
عمرو بن زرارة بن واقد ← إسماعيل بن إبراهيم بن مقسم ← عبد الله بن عون ← إبراهيم بن يزيد بن قيس ← الأسود بن يزيد بن قيس ← علي بن أبي طالب
Amr ibn Zurara ibn Waqid → Isma'il ibn Ibrahim ibn Miqsam → Abdullah ibn Awn → Ibrahim ibn Yazid ibn Qays → Al-Aswad → Ali ibn AbuTalib
