Hadith 137

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘Ali Bin Al Husayn Al Masoudi said in the book ‘Al Wasiya’ –
‘Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws stood with the Commands of Allah-azwj Majestic and Lofty, and his-asws age was of thirty-five years, and the Momineen followed him-asws, and the hypocrites sat back from him-asws, and they installed for the kingdom and matters of the world, a man they had chosen for themselves, besides the one-asws whom Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic and Rasool-Allah-saww had chosen’’. It is reported that Al-Abbas came to Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and Rasool-Allah-saww had passed away. He said to him-asws, ‘Extend your hand, I shall pledge allegiance to you-asws’. He-asws said: ‘And who can seek this command and who is correct for it apart from us? ’ And some people from the Muslims came to him-asws, from them were Al-Zubeyr, and Abu Sufyan Sakhr Bin Harbm but he-asws refused. And the Emigrants and the Helpers differed. The Helpers said, ‘There should be a ruler from us and a ruler from you’. A group from the Emigrants said, ‘We heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘The caliphate would be among Quraysh’. So the Helpers submitted to Quraysh after they had trampled Sa’ad Bin Ubada and trodden upon his belly. And Umar Bin Al-Khattab pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr and clapped his hands. Then his people, from the ones who had arrived at Al-Medina at that time, from the Bedouins and the inclined of hearts, pledged allegiance to him, and others followed them upon that. And the news arrived to Amir Al-Momineen-asws after his-asws being free from washing Rasool-Allah-saww, and embalming him-saww, and enshrouding him-saww, and preparing him-asws, and burying him-saww after the Salat upon him, along with the ones present from the Clan of Hashim-asws, and a group of his-asws companions, like Salman-ra, and Abu Zarr-ra, and Al-Miqdad-ra, and Ammar-ra, and Huzeyfa, and Ubay Bin Ka’ab, and a group of around forty men. He-asws stood addressing. He-asws praised Allah-azwj and extolled upon Him-azwj, then said: ‘If the Imamate was to be among Quraysh, then I-asws am most rightful of the Quraysh with it, and if it cannot happen to be among Quraysh, then the Helpers are upon their claim’. Then he-asws left them and entered his-asws house. He-asws stood among them, and the ones from the Muslims who followed him-asws from the Muslims and said, ‘There are five examples for me-asws from five of the Prophets-as – Noah-as when he-as said: ‘‘I am overcome, so Help! ’ [54: 10]; and Ibrahim-as when he-as said: And I will withdra