و حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ ذَكَرُوا عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ وَصِيًّا فَقَالَتْ مَتَى أَوْصَى إِلَيْهِ فَقَدْ كُنْتُ مُسْنِدَتَهُ إِلَى صَدْرِي أَوْ قَالَتْ حَجْرِي فَدَعَا بِالطَّسْتِ فَلَقَدْ انْخَنَثَ فِي حَجْرِي وَمَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّهُ مَاتَ فَمَتَى أَوْصَى إِلَيْهِ
Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yahya bin Yahya] dan [Abu Bakar bin Abu Syaibah] dan ini adalah lafadz Yahya, dia berkata; telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Isma'il bin 'Ulayah] dari [Ibnu 'Aun] dari [Ibrahim] dari [Al Aswad bin Yazid] dia berkata, "Orang-orang sama berbicara di samping ['Aisyah], bahwa 'Ali menerima wasiat dari Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, maka dia berkata, "Kapankah beliau berwasiat kepadanya? Padahal ketika beliau sakit, beliau bersandar di dadaku -atau berkata- di pangkuanku. Kemudian beliau meminta bejana, sesudah itu beliau rebahan di pangkuanku dan saya tidak sadar jika beliau telah tiada. Maka kapankah beliau berwasiat kepadanya?! (HR. Muslim: 3088)
Aswad b. Yazid reported: It was mentioned before A'isha that will had been made (by the Holy Prophet) in favour of 'Ali (as the Prophet's first caliph), whereupon she said: When did he make will in his favour? I had been providing support to him (to the Holy Prophet) with my chest (or with my lap). He asked for a tray, when he fell in my lap (relaxing his body), and I did not realise that he had breathed his last. When did he make any will in his ('Ali's) favour? (Muslim: 3088)