Abu Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was sitting with my father when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came. He greeted us with salam and entrusted my father with some matter of the people, and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed me: "Ask Allah for guidance, and by guidance, take it to mean guidance of the path. And ask Allah for correctness and soundness, and by that, take it to mean the straightness of an arrow." Also, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me from wearing a ring on the index or middle finger. The narrator says that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was standing, so I could not properly understand the gesture of his fingers. Then he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me from red-striped and silk garments. We asked: O Commander of the Faithful! «مِيثَرَة» (this word is used in the hadith), what is meant by it? What is this thing? He replied: Women used to make something to place on the saddles of their husbands' mounts (which is called a saddlecloth), that is what is meant. Then we asked what is meant by «قِسِّيَّة» ? He replied: The garments from Syria which have patterns like citron fruit on them. Abu Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when I saw garments made of linen, I understood that these are the ones.

Nu’man bin Sa’d says that a man asked Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): O Commander of the Faithful! After Ramadan, which month’s fasting do you emphasize for me to observe? He replied: I heard only one man ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) such a question, and after him, you are the only person from whom I am hearing this question. In response, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“If you want to fast in any month after Ramadan, then fast in the month of Muharram, for it is Allah’s month. In it is a day on which Allah accepted the repentance of a people, and Allah will accept the repentance of a people (again).”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated, saying: «اَللّٰهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُوْرِهَا» "O Allah! Bless my Ummah in their early morning hours."

Abdu Khair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was present in the service of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when he had already performed the prayer. He asked for water. We began to wonder, after having prayed, what would he do with the water now? His purpose was only to teach us. So, a basin and a vessel were brought to him. He picked up the vessel and poured water over his hands and washed them three times. Then he poured it into the basin, rinsed his mouth three times, put water into his nose, cleaned his nose three times, and washed his face three times. He washed both his arms up to and including the elbows three times each. Then he put his hands back into the vessel and wiped his head once with both palms, and washed both his feet up to and including the ankles three times each. Then he said: Whoever wants to know the way of ablution of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution in this manner.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me to stay with him at the time of sacrifice, and to distribute the skins and coverings of those camels, as well as the meat, and also ordered that nothing from them should be given to the butcher as wages, and said that we used to give him his wages from our own side.

The previous hadith is also narrated through another chain, but at its end, it does not mention that we used to pay his wages from our own pocket.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of the Trench, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah fill their (the polytheists') houses and graves with fire, for they did not let us perform the Asr prayer until the sun had set."

Once, a woman who had committed adultery was brought before Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him). After her crime was proven, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered her to be stoned. As people were taking her to be stoned, they met Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) on the way. He inquired about her, and the people informed him that she had committed adultery and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had ordered her to be stoned. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) freed the woman from their hands and sent those people back. Those people presented themselves before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked, "Why have you returned?" They said, "Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent us back." He said, "Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) would not have done this without reason; he must have some knowledge regarding this matter." So, he sent for Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived, appearing somewhat displeased. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him the reason for sending the people back. He replied, "Did you not hear the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Three types of people are exempt from accountability: the sleeping person until he wakes up, the child until he reaches puberty, and the insane person until his sanity returns'?" He said, "Of course." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "This woman is insane from such-and-such tribe. It is possible that when the person committed adultery with her, she was not in her senses and was insane." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Brother! I did not know." He said, "Then I do not know either." However, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did not carry out the punishment of stoning upon her after that.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated, saying: «اَللّٰهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُوْرِهَا» "O Allah! Bless my Ummah in their early morning hours."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, in a marfu’ form that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade the recitation of the Noble Qur’an while in the state of bowing (ruku’), and said:“When you go into ruku’, then glorify the greatness of Allah, and when you go into prostration (sajdah), then supplicate to Him, for it is hoped that your supplication will be accepted.”