Hazrat Abbad bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I am the servant of Allah, and the brother of His Messenger (peace be upon him). And I am the greatest truthful one (Siddiq Akbar). No one will say this after me except a lying impostor. And indeed, I performed prayer before the people by seven years.

Hazrat Habbah al-‘Urani (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I am the first person who performed prayer with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah, he (peace be upon him) turned towards Taif. And he (peace be upon him) besieged Taif for eighteen or nineteen days. But he could not conquer it. Then he (peace be upon him) departed in the morning or evening: then he (peace be upon him) stopped, then he (peace be upon him) started to travel at noon, then he (peace be upon him) said: O people! Surely, I will reach before you, and I advise you to do good to my family. And the place of promise with you is the Hawd (Pond) of Kauthar. By Him in Whose hand is my soul, you must establish prayer and pay zakat, or else I will send to you a man from myself, or a man like myself. Then he will surely strike the necks of those who fight among them, and will take their children as captives. The narrator says: People thought that this person would be Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) or Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Then he (peace be upon him) took the hand of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: This is that person.

Hazrat Hubaira bin Yareem, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates that Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was given a garment as a gift which was adorned with silk. Either its warp was of silk or its weft was of silk. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sent that garment to me. I took that garment and presented myself before the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and I asked: What should I do with it? Should I wear it? The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: No! Indeed, I do not like for you that which I do not like for myself.

The same previous statement of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is also narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hazrat Najiyah bin Ka'b (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When Abu Talib passed away, I went to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)! Indeed, your old misguided uncle has passed away." So the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "You go and bury him. Then do not do anything further until you come to me." He (may Allah be pleased with him) says: So I buried him. Then I came to the Prophet (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace be upon him) instructed me to take a bath. So I took a bath, then the Prophet (peace be upon him) made some supplications for me. I would not like to have such-and-such things on earth in exchange for those supplications for me.

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: You are from me and I am from you.

Hazrat Zaid bin Yathi’ narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) received news that some people were saying certain things about him. So he (may Allah be pleased with him) ascended the pulpit and said: I adjure by Allah any companion of Muhammad ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) who heard anything from the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) about me, let him stand up. So about six people stood up, and among them was Hazrat Sa’eed bin Wahb (may Allah be pleased with him) as the sixth. Then all of them said: We bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever I am a friend to, Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) is also his friend. O Allah! Befriend whoever befriends him, and be the enemy of whoever is hostile to him.

Hazrat Abu Yazid Al-Awdi, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates that his father, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Hazrat Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, came to the mosque, so we gathered around him. Then a young man stood up and said to him: I ask you by Allah, did you hear the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say this: "Whoever's friend I am, Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, is also his friend. O Allah! Befriend whoever befriends Ali, and be the enemy of whoever is hostile to him?" He (Abu Hurairah) replied: Yes! Then the young man said: I disassociate myself from you. I bear witness that indeed you have shown enmity to the one who befriends him, and you have befriended the one who is hostile to him. The narrator says: Then the people pelted that young man with pebbles.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Shaddad (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a delegation from the Sarh tribe of Yemen came to the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: You must absolutely establish prayer and pay zakat. And listen and obey. Otherwise, I will send to you a man who is like me; he will fight your fighters and take your children as captives. By Allah! He is either me or someone like me. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took the hand of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).