(82) بَابُ حُسْنِ الْمَلَكَةِ
'Ali ibn Talib reported that when the illness of the Prophet, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, deepened, he said, "'Ali! Bring mea page on which I can write something for my community after which theywill not go astray." 'Ali said, "I feared that he would die before I coulddo that, so I said, 'I will remember better than the paper.' His head wasbetween my forearm and my leg. He recommended the prayer, zakat and kindtreatment of slaves. he spoke like that until he died." He commanded himto testify, "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.Anyone who testifies to that is saved from the Fire."
Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 156
In-book reference: Book 9, Hadith 1
English translation: Book 9, Hadith 156