"Mother, tell me about the illness of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."She said, "He fell ill and began to spit, and we used to liken his spitting to that of someone eating raisins. He used to rotate among his wives, but when his illness grew severe, he asked their permission to stay in Ayesha's house and have them visit him there."She continued, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in supported between two men, his feet dragging along the ground. One of them was Abbas."I related this to Ibn Abbas, who said, "Do you know who the man was that Ayesha did not name? He was Ali bin Abu Talib."
حدثنا سهل بن أبي سهل حدثنا سفيان بن عيينة عن الزهري عن عبيد الله بن عبد الله قال سألت
أي أمه أخبريني عن مرض رسول الله ﷺ قالت اشتكى فعلق ينفث فجعلنا نشبه نفثه بنفثة آكل الزبيب وكان يدور على نسائه فلما ثقل استأذنهن أن يكون في بيت عائشة وأن يدرن عليه قالت فدخل علي رسول الله ﷺ وهو بين رجلين ورجلاه تخطان بالأرض أحدهما العباس فحدثت به ابن عباس فقال أتدري من الرجل الذي لم تسمه عائشة هو علي بن أبي طالب
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Bukhari narrated it in the book of wudu, chapter on ghusl and wudu using a wash-tub, a cup, wood, or stone, hadith 198, and elsewhere, and Muslim narrated it in the book of Prayer, chapter on the imam appointing a deputy to lead the people in prayer when he has an excuse due to illness, travel, or similar, hadith 418, from the hadith of Zuhri, transmitted through him at length and in brief.