Hadith 26

(The book) ‘Kashf Al Yaqeen’ – Ahmad Bin Mardawayh, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Khayyat, from Al Khazir Bin Aban, from Abu Hadiya Ibrahim, from Anas Bin Malik (well-known fabricator) who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The Paradise is yearning for four of my-saww community. I was scared of asking him-saww who they were, so I went to Abu Bakr and said to him, ‘The Prophet-saww said that the Paradise is yearning for four of my-saww community, so ask him-saww who they are’. He said, ‘I fear that I may not be from them, so the clan of Taym will fault me with it’. I went to Umar and said to him similar to that. He said, ‘I fear that I may not happen to be from them, so the clan of Aday would fault me with it’. I went to Usman and said to him similar to that. He said, ‘I fear I may not happen to be from them, so the clan of Umayya would fault me with it’. I went to Ali-asws and he-asws was in a watering trough of his-asws. I said to him-asws, ‘The Prophet-saww said: ‘The Paradise is yearning to four of my-saww community, so ask him-asws who they are’. He-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! I-asws will ask him-saww. If I-asws was from them, then I-asws praise Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and if I-asws do not happen to be from them, I-asws shall ask Allah-azwj to Make me-asws to be from them, and I-asws would love them’. He-asws went and I went with him-asws to the Prophet-saww. We entered to see the Prophet-saww and his-saww head was in a lap of Dahiyat Al-Kalby. When Dahiya saw him-asws, he stood to him-asws and greeted unto him-asws, and said, ‘Take the head of the son-saww of your-asws uncle-as, O Amir Al Momineen-asws, for you-asws are more rightful with it than I-asws am’. The Prophet-saww woke up and his-saww head was in a lap of Ali-asws. He-saww said to him-asws: ‘O Abu Al-Hassan-asws! You two have not come except for a need? ’ He-asws said: ‘By my-asws father-as and my-asws mother-as, O Rasool-Allah-saww! I-asws entered and your-saww head was in a lap of Dahiyat Al-Kalby. He-asws stood to me-asws and greeted unto me-asws and said: ‘Take the head of the son-saww of your-asws uncle-as to you-asws, for you-asws are more rightful with it than me, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! ’
The Prophet-saww said to him-asws: ‘Did you-asws recognise him? ’ He-asws said: ‘He is Dahiyat Al-Kalby’. He-saww said: ‘That is Jibraeel-as’. He-asws said to him-saww: ‘By my-asws father-as and my-asws mother-as, O Rasool-Allah-saww! Anas let me-asws know that you-saww said: The Paradise is yearning to four from my-saww community’, so who are they? ’
He-saww indicted by his-saww hand towards him-asws and said: ‘You-asws, by Allah-azwj are first of them! You-asws, by Allah-azwj are first of them! You-asws, by Allah-azwj are first of them! ’ – thrice. He-asws said to him-saww: ‘By my-asws father-as and my-asws mother-as! Who are the (other) three? ’ He-saww said to him-asws: ‘Al-Miqdad-ra, and Salman-ra, and Abu Zarr-ra’’. [26]