Suwaid bin Ghaflah says that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) once said: When I narrate to you a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then falling from the sky is more beloved to me than attributing a lie to him, and when I say something from someone else, then I am a warrior, and war is nothing but strategy and trickery. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Near the Day of Judgment, there will emerge such people whose ages will be young and whose intellects will be foolish. They will speak the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but faith will not go beyond their throats. Wherever you find them, kill them, for killing them will be a source of reward on the Day of Judgment."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have exempted you from zakat on horses and slaves (therefore, you must pay zakat on silver in any case), and there is no zakat on less than two hundred dirhams."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I once submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! Why do you prefer other families of the Quraysh over us? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you also have something?" I replied: Yes! The daughter of Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: "She is my foster niece." (In fact, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Amir Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) were foster brothers as well as uncle and nephew.)

Ikrimah says that I returned from Muzdalifah with Sayyiduna Imam Hussain (may Allah be pleased with him), and I heard him continuously reciting the Talbiyah until he had stoned Jamrah Aqabah. I asked him about this, and he said: I had returned from Muzdalifah with my father, and I heard him also continuously reciting the Talbiyah until he had stoned Jamrah Aqabah. I asked him about this, and he said: I had returned from Muzdalifah with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) continuously reciting the Talbiyah until he had stoned Jamrah Aqabah.

Maisarah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I saw that on one occasion, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) drank water while standing. I said to him, "You are drinking water while standing?" He replied: "If I have drunk water while standing, it is because I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) do so, and if I have drunk while sitting, I have seen him do that as well."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: My opinion was that for wiping over the leather socks (khuffayn), the part of the socks that touches the ground is more appropriate to wipe than the part that is on top of the foot, until I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping over the upper part, so I abandoned my opinion.

Abdu Khair, may Allah have mercy on him, says that I once saw Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, performing ablution. He washed the upper part of his foot and said: If I had not seen the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, washing the upper part of his foot, my opinion would have been that the lower part of the foot is more deserving of being washed (because it touches the ground more).

Abdu Khair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once Syedna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) taught us the way of ablution of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution in this manner. In this ablution, he washed each limb three times.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), so he climbed a tree. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had instructed him to bring something. When the noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) climbing the tree, their gaze fell upon his shins. Seeing his thin shins, they began to laugh. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Why are you laughing? Indeed, Abdullah’s one leg will be heavier on the scale of deeds on the Day of Resurrection than the mountain of Uhud.”

On the day of the Battle of Jamal, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that regarding leadership, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not give us any specific instruction that we should act upon; rather, it was a matter that we selected for ourselves. First, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) became the caliph—may Allah's mercy descend upon him—he remained steadfast and established (the caliphate). Then Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) became the caliph—may Allah's mercy descend upon him as well—he remained steadfast and established (the caliphate) until the religion laid its neck on the ground (i.e., it became firm and strong).