Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned this to me that only a hypocrite can bear hatred towards me, and only a believer can love me.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave in the dowry of Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) a coarse cloth, a water skin, and a leather pillow stuffed with a grass called idhkhir.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When we reached the Ka'bah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told me to sit down, and he himself climbed onto my shoulders. I tried to stand up but was unable to do so. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) noticed signs of weakness in me, he got down, sat himself, and said to me: "Climb onto my shoulders." So I mounted the shoulders of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he stood up with me. At that moment, I felt as if, if I wished, I could touch the horizon. In any case, I climbed onto the House of Allah and saw a statue made of brass and copper. I began to push it from the right, left, front, and back. When I gained control over it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Throw it down." So I threw it down, and it shattered like glass. Then I came down. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and I hurriedly set off, trying to outpace each other, until we entered the houses and hid. We feared that someone might encounter us.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Mahdi will be from us, the Ahl al-Bayt. Allah will set his affairs right in a single night."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once, in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), Sayyiduna Abbas, and Sayyiduna Zaid bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with them) were also present. Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah! I have now become old, my bones have become weak, and my responsibilities have increased. If you could give me some measure of grain and wheat, it would suffice for me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Alright, it will be given." Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! If you deem it appropriate, the order you have given for your uncle, please give the same for us as well." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Alright, it will be given." Then Sayyiduna Zaid bin Harithah said, "O Messenger of Allah! You had granted me a piece of land from which I used to make a living, but then you took that land back. If you consider it appropriate, please return it to me." He said, "Alright, it will be done." After that, I submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! Allah has fixed for us the right of khums in the Noble Qur'an. If you consider it appropriate, appoint me as its supervisor so that I may distribute it during your blessed life, and after you, no one may dispute with me regarding it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Alright, you will be appointed." Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed me as its supervisor, and I continued to distribute it during the life of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) also kept me as its supervisor during his time, and I continued to distribute it during his life as well. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also kept me in charge of it, and I continued to distribute it, but when it was the last year of Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him), the supervision was taken from me. At that time, a lot of wealth had come to him (and he wanted to adopt a different method).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I had the honor of being present in the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) at a time which no one else among the creation attained; I used to present myself daily in the service of the Prophet (peace be upon him) at the time of suhoor and would greet him with salam. The Prophet (peace be upon him) would cough and grant me permission to enter. Once, I reached the Prophet (peace be upon him) at night and, as usual, greeted him with salam, saying: «السلام عليك يا نبي الله» The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Abu al-Hasan! Wait, I am coming out myself." When the Prophet (peace be upon him) came out, I said: O Messenger of Allah! Has someone made you angry? He said: "No." I asked: Then why did you not speak to me last night? He said: "I felt a movement of something in my chamber. I asked: Who is it? A voice replied: I am Jibreel. I told him to come in, but he said: No, you come out yourself. When I came out, he said that there is something in your house, and as long as it remains in the house, no angel will enter. I said: Jibreel! I do not know of any such thing. He said: Go and look carefully. I opened the house and found nothing except a small puppy with which Hasan was playing. So I came and told him that I found nothing except a small puppy. Upon this, he said: There are three things, as long as they remain in a house, no angel of mercy will enter: a dog, a person in a state of major impurity (junub), or a picture of a living being."

Abdullah bin Naji’s father was once traveling with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he was responsible for assisting Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) with his ablution. When they reached near Nineveh on their way to Siffin, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) called out and said:“Abu Abdullah! Stop at the bank of the Euphrates.”I asked,“Is everything alright?”He replied:“One day I went to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and tears were pouring from his eyes. I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah! Has someone made you angry? Is everything alright that tears are flowing from your eyes?’ He said: ‘It is not that, but the real matter is that just a little while ago Jibreel had just left me. He was saying that Husayn will be martyred at the bank of the Euphrates. Then he said to me,“If you wish, I can let you smell the fragrance of that soil?”I replied in the affirmative, so he stretched out his hand, took a handful of soil, and gave it to me. Since that moment, I have not been able to control my tears.’”

Once, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Shall I not tell you the most virtuous verse of the Noble Qur'an which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told us?" That verse is «مااصابكم من مصيبة فبما كسبت ايديكم و يعفو عن كثير» . And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Ali! I will explain its interpretation to you. The meaning of this verse is that whatever illness, hardship, or trial befalls you in this world, it is because of your own actions and deeds, and Allah is so Generous that He will not punish you again for it in the Hereafter. And whatever Allah has pardoned in this world, it is far from His forbearance that He would retract His forgiveness."

Asim bin Damrah says that once we asked Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) how the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer voluntary prayers during the day. He replied: "You do not have the strength to pray as he did." We said: "Please tell us, we will try to act upon it according to our strength and ability." He said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would offer the Fajr prayer and then wait for a while. When the sun would rise in the east to the extent that it is in the west after the Asr prayer, he would stand and offer two rak'ahs of prayer. Then he would wait for a while, and when the sun would rise in the east to the extent that it is in the west after the Zuhr prayer, he would stand and offer four rak'ahs of prayer. Then, after the sun had declined, he would offer four rak'ahs before Zuhr, two rak'ahs after Zuhr, and four rak'ahs before Asr. In every two rak'ahs, he would recite words of peace (the tashahhud) for the close angels, the noble prophets (peace be upon them), and the Muslims and believers who follow them. In this way, the voluntary prayers of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during the whole day amounted to sixteen rak'ahs, but very few are those who are consistent in them." After narrating this hadith, Habib bin Abi Thabit said: "O Abu Ishaq! This hadith of yours is equal to this mosque being filled with gold."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer Witr in the early, middle, and last parts of the night, however, in the end, he (peace and blessings be upon him) became regular in offering it in the last part of the night.