Hazrat Abu Haroon (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I was sitting with Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) when suddenly Nafi’ bin Azraq came and, standing over his head, said: By Allah! I bear enmity towards Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). The narrator says that Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) raised his head and said: May Allah also bear enmity towards you, because you bear enmity towards such a person who is foremost, and better than the world and all that is in it.

Hazrat Abu Tufail (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that one of the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: So many excellent qualities are combined in Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that if even one of these qualities were distributed among the people, it would be exceedingly vast in terms of goodness.

Hazrat Muawiyah bin Qurrah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and I were sitting and talking when Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: He (may Allah be pleased with him) was the most upright among the people and the one who would straighten the religion of the people when crookedness would appear in it.

Hazrat Saeed bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) is in Paradise.

Hazrat Abu Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Messenger of Allah! You married me to a person who has weak shins, a large belly, and weak eyesight. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have married you to a person who is the most inclined towards reconciliation, the most forbearing, and the most knowledgeable among my Ummah.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that Hazrat Buraidah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went to Yemen to fight along with Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). So I noticed some excess in him. When I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I mentioned Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and described his fault. Upon this, the color of the face of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) changed, and he said: Am I not more entitled to the believers than their own selves? I said: Why not, O Messenger of Allah! Certainly. He said: Whoever I am a friend to, then Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) is also his friend.

Hazrat Abu al-Sawwar al-Adawi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Surely, there will be some people who will love me so excessively that, because of their love for me, they will enter Hell; and surely, there will be some people who will bear enmity towards me so excessively that, because of their enmity towards me, they will enter Hell.

Hazrat Abu Hubaira (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Two types of people will fall into destruction because of me. One who exceeds the limits in loving me, and the other who exceeds the limits in bearing enmity towards me.

Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) to Makkah with the verses of Surah Taubah. Then he called Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and sent him as well, and said: Only a person from my household will deliver these verses.

Hazrat Abu Maryam (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I heard Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: "Two types of people will fall into destruction because of me. One is the person who exceeds limits in loving me, and the other is the person who exceeds limits in harboring enmity against me."