I -asws said: ‘Praise be to Allah -azwj .

I -asws said: ‘Praise be to Allah -azwj . I -asws thank Allah -azwj on His -azwj Bounties, and am Patient on His -azwj Afflictions, and have submitted, and am pleased with His -azwj Judgement’. HADITH 3 (3) قضايا السقيفة على لسان البراء بن عازب THE HAPPENINGS AT AL-SAQIFA BY THE TONGUE OF BARA’A BIN AAZIB وعن سليم، قال: سمعت البراء بن عازب يقول: كنت أحب بني هاشم حبا شديدا في حياة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وبعد وفاته.

And from Sulaym who said, ‘I heard Al-Bara’a Bin Aazib say, ‘I loved the Clan of Hashim with extreme love during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah -saww and after his -saww passing away. كيفية تغسيل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فلما قبض رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أوصى عليا عليه السلام أن لا يلي غسله غيره، وأنه لا ينبغي لأحد أن يرى عورته غيره، وأنه ليس أحد يرى عورة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله إلا ذهب بصره.

فقال علي عليه السلام: يا رسول الله، فمن يعينني على غسلك؟ قال: جبرائيل في جنود من الملائكة. فكان علي عليه السلام يغسله، والفضل بن العباس مربوط العينين يصب الماء والملائكة يقلبونه له كيف شاء. ولقد أراد علي عليه السلام أن ينزع قميص رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، فصاح به صائح: (لا تنزع قميص نبيك، يا علي). فأدخل يده تحت القميص فغسله ثم حنطه وكفنه، ثم نزع القميص عند تكفينه وتحنيطه.

The manner of the washing of the Messenger of Allah -saww – When the Messenger of Allah -saww passed away, he -saww bequeathed to Ali -asws that no one should wash him -saww apart from him -asws , and it does not befit anyone that he should see his -saww body parts other than him -asws , and that there is no one who would look at the body parts of the Messenger of Allah -saww except that his eyesight will be lost.

Ali -asws said: ‘O Messenger of Allah -saww , who will be helping me -asws for washing you -saww ?’ He -saww said: ‘Jibraeel and the armies of the Angels’. Ali -asws washed him -saww , and Fazl Bin Abbas with his eyes covered, poured the water, and the Angels used to turn him -saww however was needed. And Ali -asws has the intention to remove the shirt of the Messenger of Allah -saww .

A shout came from a yeller: ‘Do not remover the shirt of your -asws Prophet -saww , O Ali -asws !’ He -asws entered his -asws hand under the shirt, washed him -saww , then embalmed him -saww and shrouded him -saww , then he -asws removed the shirt from within his -saww shroud and his -saww embalming’. مفاجأة أهل البيت عليهم السلام بعمل أصحاب السقيفة قال البراء بن عازب: فلما قبض رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله تخوفت أن تتظاهر قريش على إخراج هذا الأمر من بني هاشم.