Takhrij Hadith 2054: "I was a merchant, and…"

I was a merchant, and I came for Hajj. I went to al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib to buy some goods from him, for he was a merchant too. By Allah, I was with him at Mina when a man came out of a tent near him, looked at the sun, and when he saw that it had passed its zenith, he stood to pray. Then a woman came out of the same tent the man had come out of, and stood behind him praying. Then a boy who was approaching puberty came out of that tent and stood with him, praying. I said to al-'Abbas: 'Who is this, O 'Abbas?' He said: 'This is Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, my nephew.' I said: 'And who is this woman?' He said: 'This is his wife, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid.' I said: 'And who is this young man?' He said: 'This is 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, his cousin.' I said: 'What is this that he is doing?' He said: 'He is praying. He claims that he is a prophet, and no one has followed him in his cause except his wife and this young man, his cousin. And he claims that the treasures of Khosrau and Caesar will be opened up for him.'" He [the narrator] said: 'Afif, who was a cousin of al-Ash'ath ibn Qays, used to say, after he had accepted Islam and his Islam had become good: "If only Allah had granted me Islam on that day, I would have been the third [Muslim] alongside 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)."'