Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6220

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ ، وَتَقَارَبَا فِي اللَّفْظِ ، قَالاَ : حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ مِسْمَارٍ ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : أَمَرَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ سَعْدًا فَقَالَ : مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسُبَّ أَبَا التُّرَابِ ؟ فَقَالَ : أَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتُ ثَلاَثًا قَالَهُنَّ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَنْ أَسُبَّهُ ، لأَنْ تَكُونَ لِي وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَهُ ، خَلَّفَهُ فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، خَلَّفْتَنِي مَعَ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى ؟ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ لاَ نُبُوَّةَ بَعْدِي. وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ لأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلاً يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ، وَيُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ قَالَ فَتَطَاوَلْنَا لَهَا فَقَالَ : ادْعُوا لِي عَلِيًّا فَأُتِيَ بِهِ أَرْمَدَ ، فَبَصَقَ فِي عَيْنِهِ وَدَفَعَ الرَّايَةَ إِلَيْهِ ، فَفَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ. وَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ:{فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا نَدْعُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ} دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلِيًّا وَفَاطِمَةَ وَحَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا فَقَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ هَؤُلاَءِ أَهْلِي.

It was narrated from 'Amir bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas that his father said: "Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan ordered Sa'd saying: 'What kept you from cursing Abu At-Turab?' He said: 'It is because of three things that I remembered that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said that I will never curse him, because if even one of them were for me that would be dearer to me than red camels. I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) say to him, when he appointed him in charge during his absence when he went on one of his campaigns, and 'Ali said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, are you leaving me behind with the women and children?" The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said to him: "Does it not please you to be to me as Harun was to Musa? Except that there will be no Prophet-hood after me." And I heard him say on the Day of Khaibar: "I shall give the flag to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him." We were all hoping for it, but he said: "Call 'Ali for me." He was brought, and he was suffering from an inflammation in the eyes. He put some spittle in his eyes and gave the flag to him, and Allah granted him victory. When this verse was revealed - "... Let us call our sons and your sons… - the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) called 'Ali, Fatimah, Hasan and Husain and said: "O Allah, these are my family."