Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ شَدَّادٍ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ وَعِنْدَهُ قَوْمٌ فَذَكَرُوا عَلِيًّا فَلَمَّا قَامُوا قَالَ لِي أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ أَتَيْتُ فَاطِمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهَا أَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَتْ تَوَجَّهَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَلَسْتُ أَنْتَظِرُهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ وَحَسَنٌ وَحُسَيْنٌ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمْ آخِذٌ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى دَخَلَ فَأَدْنَى عَلِيًّا وَفَاطِمَةَ فَأَجْلَسَهُمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَجْلَسَ حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ لَفَّ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَوْبَهُ أَوْ قَالَ كِسَاءً ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ { إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمْ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا } وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِي أَحَقُّ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Mus'ab told us, saying: al-Awza'i told us, from Shaddad Abu Ammar, who said: I entered upon Wathilah ibn al-Asqa', and with him were some people who mentioned Ali. When they got up, he said to me: "Shall I not tell you what I saw of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?" I said: "Yes indeed." He said: "I came to Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, asking her about Ali. She said: 'He has gone to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.' So I sat waiting for him, until the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came, with Ali, Hasan, and Husayn, may Allah be pleased with them, each of the two (children) taken by the hand, until he entered. He drew Ali and Fatimah close and seated them before him, and seated Hasan and Husayn, each on one of his thighs; then he wrapped his garment — or he said a cloak — around them, and recited this verse: {Allah only wishes to remove from you the impurity, O people of the House, and to purify you with a thorough purification}, and said: 'O Allah, these are the people of my house, and the people of my house have the greater right.'"