"Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I gave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the ritual bath, and I drank the water that flowed from the sockets of his eyes, so I was made the inheritor of the knowledge of the first and the last."

"On the Day of Resurrection, Allah Almighty will say to me and Ali: 'Admit into Paradise those who loved both of you, and admit into Hell those who hated both of you.'"

"O Ali! You and your Shia (your group) will be in Paradise."

"My example is like that of a tree: I am its root (origin), and Ali is its branch (trunk, etc.)."