[Machine] Umm Salama said, "Indeed, the most recent person to make a covenant with the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , is Ali."  

قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ إِنَّ أَحْدَثَ النَّاسِ عَهْدًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ  

[Machine] Umm Salama said, "By the One whom Umm Salama swears, Ali was the closest of people to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." She said, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away in the morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a message to him. I had a feeling that he had sent for him, so he kept asking, 'Has Ali come?' three times." She said, "So he came before the sun rose. When he came, we realized that he had a need to speak to him. So we left the house and I was the last to leave, then I sat closest to the door. Ali came and he was the last person to speak to him. He used to lean towards him and speak privately to him."  

قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ «وَالَّذِي تَحْلِفُ بِهِ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ إِنْ كَانَ أَقْرَبُ النَّاسِ عَهْدًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ» قَالَتْ لَمَّا كَانَ غَدَاةَ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ أَرَى فِي حَاجَةٍ أَظُنُّهُ بَعَثَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ «جَاءَ عَلِيٌّ؟» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَتْ فَجَاءَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَاءَ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ لَهُ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَةً فَخَرَجْنَا مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَكُنَّا عُدْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ فَكُنْتُ فِي آخِرِ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ أَدْنَاهُنَّ مِنَ الْبَابِ فَأَكَبَّ عَلَيْهِ عَلِيٌّ فَكَانَ آخِرَ النَّاسِ بِهِ عَهْدًا جَعَلَ يُسَارُّهُ وَيُنَاجِيهِ