It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took the flag and waved it, and said: "Who is there who will take this flag and fulfill its right?" A man came and said: "Yes, I am (ready)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Move aside." Then another man came, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You also move aside." Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One Who has honored the face of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), I will give this flag to such a man who will not flee from the battlefield. O Ali! Take this flag." Thus, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) took the flag and set out until Allah Almighty granted victory over Khaybar and Fadak at his hands, and he returned with the dates called 'Ajwah' from there and sun-dried meat.

It is narrated from Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila, he says: My father used to sit and talk at night with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to wear warm clothes in winter and cool clothes in summer. Someone said to my father, "Why don't you ask him the reason for this?" So he asked him about it, and he replied: "On the day of Khaybar, my eyes were hurting. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called me, applied his blessed saliva to my eyes, and prayed for me, saying: 'O Allah! Remove from him the feeling of heat and cold.' Since that day, I have not felt heat nor cold. Also, on that day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I will give this flag to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him, and he does not flee from the battlefield.' At the time of giving the flag, many companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised their necks in hope of receiving it, and at that time, he granted me that flag."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: On the day of Khaybar, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: I will give this flag to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger also love him. All of us raised our necks in the desire to receive the flag. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Call Ali. So he was brought, but his eyes were hurting. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) applied his blessed saliva to his eyes and handed the flag over to him. Allah Almighty granted victory at his hands. And when this verse {نَدْعُ أَبْنَائَنَا وَأَبْنَائَکُمْ} was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called Sayyiduna Ali, Sayyida Fatima, Sayyiduna Hasan, and Sayyiduna Husayn and said: O Allah! These people are my family.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the day of Khaybar: "Now I will give this flag to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and through whose hands Allah will grant victory." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say that before this incident, I never desired leadership, but on that day, in the hope of receiving the flag, I also raised my neck and stood tall, hoping that perhaps the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would grant me the flag. But when the next day came, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and handed the flag to him, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep fighting them until you are granted victory." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), after walking a little, said: "O Messenger of Allah! On what grounds shall I fight them?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fight them until they testify to the oneness of Allah and the messengership of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). When they do this, they will protect their blood and wealth from me, except for what is due by right, and their reckoning is with Allah the Exalted."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I was still very young when the Messenger of Allah sent me to Yemen. I said: You are sending me to people among whom there will be disputes, and I do not possess the knowledge to make judgments. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty will set your tongue right and strengthen your heart. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: After that, I never hesitated in making decisions between two people.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I said, "O Messenger of Allah! Since you are sending me, should I become like a hot coin (i.e., act strictly on your command) or like one who is present and sees what the absent cannot see?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Like one who is present and sees what the absent cannot see."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: One day I assisted the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in performing ablution. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Will you go to visit Fatimah and inquire about her health? I said: Yes. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, leaning on me, and said: No one else but you will bear her burden, and you will receive its reward. After hearing this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), it was as if there was no burden left on me, until we reached the house of Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: How do you find yourself? She replied: By Allah! My grief has increased, I am afflicted with severe hunger, and my illness has also become prolonged. Abu Abdur Rahman says: I found written in my father's book, in his own handwriting, that in this hadith the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: Are you pleased that I marry you to a man who was the first (i.e., among the first) to accept Islam in my Ummah, and is the most knowledgeable and patient?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) called me and said: "You resemble Isa (Jesus, peace be upon him). The Jews had such enmity towards him that they slandered his mother, and the Christians had such love for him that they gave him a status which he did not possess." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Beware! Two types of people will be destroyed because of me: one, those who love me, who out of excessive love will attribute to me things which are not actually in me; and the other, those who hate me, who in their opposition will not refrain from making accusations against me. Beware! I am neither a prophet nor does revelation come to me, but I strive as much as possible to act according to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet. Therefore, as long as I command you to obey Allah, whether you like it or not, it is obligatory upon you to comply with my command in this regard."

Asim bin Damrah says: I said to Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): The Shia people believe that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) will return again. He said: These people are liars, they speak falsehood. If this matter had been known to us, then the wives of Sayyiduna Ali would not have remarried, nor would we have distributed his inheritance.

Ibrahim Taimi narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon and said: Whoever thinks that we possess anything of the religion besides Allah’s Book and this scroll is lying, in this scroll there is mention of the ages of the camels for zakat and some issues of retribution, and it is also written in this scroll that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Medina is a sanctuary from ‘Air to Thawr. Whoever introduces an innovation in it or gives refuge to an innovator, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people. Allah will not accept from him any obligatory or supererogatory worship on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever attributes himself to anyone other than his real father or masters, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people. Allah will not accept from him any obligatory or supererogatory worship on the Day of Resurrection. The protection of all Muslims is one, even the lowest among the Muslims can grant protection (i.e., can give refuge to someone).”