Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When any hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is narrated before you, then think about it in the way that is upright, appropriate to it, and based on piety.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when Abu Talib passed away, I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "Your old and misguided uncle has died." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go and hide him in a pit, and do not speak to anyone before coming to me." So I went and hid him in a pit. After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me to take a bath, and he gave me so many supplications that, compared to them, nothing vast and expansive seemed significant in my eyes.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to see a funeral, he would stand up, so we would also stand up. Later, he began to remain seated, so we also began to remain seated.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Obedience to any human being is not permissible in disobedience to Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! Shall I not tell you about one of the most beautiful virgins of the Quraysh? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who is she?" I said: The daughter of Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: "Do you not know that she is my foster niece, and Allah Almighty has made unlawful by reason of suckling all those relationships which are made unlawful by reason of lineage."

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 paying zakat on horses and slaves, therefore you must pay zakat on silver in any case, the minimum amount of which is that one dirham will be obligatory on every forty."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me—I do not say he forbade you—from wearing a gold ring and clothing dyed with safflower.

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 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.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slaughtered the camels, he ordered me to distribute their skins and saddlecloths as well as their meat.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered me not to give the butcher any part of them as wages.