Hadith No: 4
Al-Ajuri - al-Sharī'ah - Book of the Virtues of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him)
Chapter on What Happened to the Killer of Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him)
Volume: (4) - Page Number: (2097)
1591 - Abu Ubayd Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Harb al-Qadi narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Ash'ath Ahmad ibn al-Muqdam narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr al-Hanafi narrated to us, saying: Fitr ibn Khulayfah narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Rijā' from his father,
from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) came out from one of his wives' rooms, and the shoelace of his sandal broke. Ali (peace be upon him and her holy progeny) took it and stayed behind to fix it. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) stood waiting, and we stood with him. He said: "Certainly, among you is one who will fight for the interpretation of the Quran just as I fought for its revelation." The people, including Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), were eager for this, and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: "No,
but he is the one with the sandal." So, we went to him to give him the good news, but he did not raise his head, as if it were something he had already heard.