Al-Hakim Nishapuri in Al-Mustadrak Alaa Al-Sahihain. Vol. 3, Pg. # 613. H 6272 says:

Zayd ibn Arqam, he said: 'We went out with the Messenger of Allah (saw) till we reached the rivulet of Ghadeer Khum and He ordered [to make] a vast space so [some people] swept a place on a day that we never witnessed a hot day alike. Then he praised Allah (swt) and gave tribute to Him, and he said, "O people! It has always been that any [sent] Prophet would live for half the age of the precedent [Prophet], and I am about to be called for and I would answer, and I am leaving among you [something] that if you adhere to, you would never go astray. The Book of Allah (swt) [whom is] far from being [truly] known and has majesty." Then he stood and took the hand of Alee (a.s) with him and said, ''O people! Who has more authority over yourselves more than your own selves have [over you]?" And they said, ''Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw) know best!' Then he said, "Don't I have authority over yourselves more than you have over yourselves?'' They said, 'Yes!' He said, ''He whom I am His master than Alee is His master!''

Al-Hakim says: The chain of this Hadeeth is Saheeh (Authentic) but they (i.e. Bukhari and Muslim) have not narrated
it.
Al-Dhahabi says: It is Saheeh (Authentic).

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