‘Ali said to the Prophet: 'Do you leave me with the children and the women?

‘Ali said to the Prophet: 'Do you leave me with the children and the women?' The Messenger replied: 'Are you not satisfied to be to me like Aaron to Moses except that there shall be no Prophet after me?'"[^1] Al-Bukhari also reported that Saad said: "The Prophet said to ‘Ali: Are you not satisfied to be to me like Aaron to Moses?''[^2] Imam Ahmad in his Musnad[^3] and Al-Hakim in his Al- Mustadrak[^4] recorded that Ibn Abbas said in a hadith the following: "The Messenger and the people departed for military operations in Tabook.

‘Ali said to him: I will depart with you. The Prdphet said to him: No. ‘Ali became sad. The Messenger said to him: Are you not satisfied to be to me like Aaron to Moses except that you are not a prophet? It would not be proper that I leave unless you are my successor.".

Muhammad Ibn Saad in his book Al-Tabaqat recorded that Zayd Ibn Arqam and Al-Bura Ibn Azib reported concerning the military journey of Tabook the following: "The Messenger said to ‘Ali: It would be necessary that I stay or you stay (in Medina). So he left him in Medina. When the Messenger departed some people said: He left ‘Ali behind him only for something he hated about him. When this word reached ‘Ali he followed the Messenger (and informed the Messenger about what people were saying).

The Messenger laughed and said: ‘Ali are you not satisfied to be to me like Aaron was to Moses except that you are not a prophet? ‘Ali said: Yes Messenger of God.