Hadith 164

(The book) ‘Al Majaalis’ of Al Mufeed – Umar Bin Muhammad Al Sayrafi, from Al Abbas Bin Al Mugheira, from Ahmad Bin Mansour, from Abdul Razzaq, from his father, from Meyna, a slave of Abdul Rahman Bin Awf, from Abdullah Bin Masoud who said, ‘We went out with Rasool-Allah-saww on the night of the delegation of the Jinn. He-saww descended at Ula (valley), then went. When he-saww returned, he-saww sighed and said: ‘I-saww have been Given news of my-saww own death, O Ibn Masoud! ’ I said, ‘Choose a caliph, O Rasool-Allah-saww! ’ He-saww said: ‘Who? ’ I said, ‘Abu Bakr’’. He (the narrator) said, ‘He-saww walked for a while then sighed and said: ‘I-saww have been Given news of my-saww own death, O Ibn Masoud! ’ I said, ‘Choose a caliph, O Rasool-Allah-saww! ’ He-saww said: ‘Who? ’ I said, ‘Umar’. He-saww was silent. Then he-saww walked for a while then sighed and said: ‘I-saww have been Given news of my-saww own death, O Ibn Masoud! ’ I said, ‘Choose a caliph, O Rasool-Allah-saww! ’ He-saww said: ‘Who? ’ I said, ‘Usman’. He-saww was silent. Then he-saww walked for a while then sighed and said: ‘I-saww have been Given news of my-saww own death, O Ibn Masoud! ’ I said, ‘Choose a caliph, O Rasool-Allah-saww! ’ He-saww said: ‘Who? ’ I said, ‘Ali Bin Abu Talib-asws’. He-saww sighed, then said: ‘By the One-azwj in Whose Hand is my-saww soul! If they were to obey him-asws, he-asws would enter them into the Paradise in their entirety altogether’’. [80]