It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called me and said: "O Ali! In you there is a likeness of Isa (peace be upon him): the Jews hated him so much that they slandered his mother, and the Christians loved him (so excessively) that they raised him to a rank that was not his." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Beware! Two kinds of people will also perish concerning me: a lover who exaggerates and praises me for what is not in me, and a slanderous hater whose hatred of me drives him to fabricate lies against me. Remember! I am neither a prophet, nor is revelation sent down to me; rather, I act upon the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as far as I am able. So whatever I command you of obedience to Allah, obeying me in it is binding upon you, whether you like it or dislike it. But if I or anyone else commands you to disobey Allah, then remember that there is no obedience to anyone in disobedience to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic; obedience is only in what is good (ma'ruf)." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Ali! There is a treasure for you in Paradise, and you are the master of its two sides (or two ages). So do not follow one glance (at a non-mahram woman) with another, for the first glance (being unintentional) is forgiven for you, but you have no right to the second." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ali! Whoever separates himself from me has separated himself from Allah, and whoever separates himself from you, O Ali, has in reality separated himself from me." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.