Death
مع، معاني الأخبار الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْهَاشِمِيُّ عَنْ فُرَاتِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرَّمْلِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْمَرْوَزِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ عَنْ مَعْنَى قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ص لِعَلِيٍّ ع أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي
(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbaar’ – Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed Al Hashimy, from Furat Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Ma’mar, from Ahmad Bin Ali Al Rumaly, from Muhammad Bin Musa, from Yaqoub Bin Is’haq Al Marouzy, from Amro Bin Mansour, from Ismail Bin Aban, from Yahya Bin Abu Kaseer, from his father, from Abu Haroun Al Abdry who said,
‘I asked Jabir Bin Abdullah Al-Ansari about the meaning of the words of the Prophet-saww to Ali-asws: ‘You-asws are from me-saww at the status of Haroun-as from Musa-as except there is no Prophet-as after me-saww’.
قَالَ اسْتَخْلَفَهُ بِذَلِكَ وَ اللَّهِ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ فِي حَيَاتِهِ وَ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ وَ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَاعَتَهُ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ لَهُ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ بِالْخِلَافَةِ فَهُوَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
He said, ‘He-saww had made him-asws a caliph with that, by Allah-azwj, upon his-saww community during his-saww lifetime and after his-saww expiry, and obligated upon them obedience to him-asws. So, the one who did not testify with the caliphate being for him-asws after this word, so he is from the unjust ones’’.[1]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 37, The book of History – Amir Al-Momineen-asws, Ch 53 H 42