حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَیْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَیْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُرَحْبِیلُ بْنُ مُدْرِکٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُجَیٍّ، عَنْ أَبِیهِ، أَنَّهُ سَارَ مَعَ عَلِیٍّ، وَکَانَ صَاحِبَ مِطْهَرَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا حَاذَى نِینَوَى وَهُوَ مُنْطَلِقٌ إِلَى صِفِّینَ، فَنَادَى عَلِیٌّ: اصْبِرْ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، اصْبِرْ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بِشَطِّ الْفُرَاتِ، قُلْتُ: وَمَاذَا یَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِیِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَیْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ یَوْمٍ وَعَیْنَاهُ تَفِیضَانِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: یَا نَبِیَّ اللَّهِ، أَغْضَبَکَ أَحَدٌ؟ مَا شَأْنُ عَیْنَیْکَ تَفِیضَانِ؟ قَالَ: بَلْ قَامَ مِنْ عِنْدِی جِبْرِیلُ قَبْلُ، فَحَدَّثَنِی أَنَّ الْحُسَیْنَ یُقْتَلُ بِشَطِّ الْفُرَاتِ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: هَلْ لَکَ أَنْ أُشِمَّکَ مِنْ تُرْبَتِهِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَمَدَّ یَدَهُ فَقَبَضَ قَبْضَةً مِنْ تُرَابٍ فَأَعْطَانِیهَا، فَلَمْ أَمْلِکْ عَیْنَیَّ أَنْ فَاضَتَا.
“Abd Allah bin Najay” quotes from his father that he was with “Ali” [AS] going to “Siffin” and when they arrived “Karbala”, “Ali bin abi Talib” said: stop, stop by the “Al-Furat” river, I said: why? “Ali bin abi Talib” said: one day I went to Prophet Muhammad [PBUH], his eyes were filled with tear. I said: O messenger of god! Has anyone made you angry? Why are your eyes filled with tears? Prophet [PBUH] said: before you come, “Gabriel” was here and told me that “Husayn” will get martyred near “Al-Furat” river. Then Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] told me: do you like to smell its soil? I said: Yes, I do. He got part of a soil and gave it to me. I couldn’t stop my eyes filling with tears.
“Musnad Abi Ya’li- vol. 1, p 298, Hadith 363