Hadith No: 3
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Musnad al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Musnad of the Ten Promised Paradise - Musnad Abu Ishaq Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (r)
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (185)
1611 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, Hatem ibn Isma'il narrated to us, from Bukayr ibn Mismar, from Amir ibn Sa'd, from his father, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) say to him and behind him in one of his campaigns, and Ali (peace be upon him) said: "Are you going to leave me with the women and children?" He said, "O Ali, would you not be pleased to be to me as Harun (Aaron) was to Musa (Moses), except that there is no prophethood after me?" And I heard him say on the day of Khaybar, "I will surely give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him." So we all strained to be chosen for it
He said: "Bring me Ali," and he was brought to him, with his eyes inflamed. The Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) spat in his eye and gave him the banner, and Allah opened (the fort) for him. And when this verse was revealed: {Call our sons and your sons} (Al-Imran 3:61), the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) called Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husayn, and said: "O Allah, these are my family."