It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever obeys me has obeyed Allah, and whoever disobeys me has disobeyed Allah; and whoever obeys Ali has obeyed me, and whoever disobeys Ali has disobeyed me." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Ubaydullah bin Abi Mulaykah that a man from the people of Sham came and reviled Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in the presence of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) pelted him with pebbles and said: "O enemy of Allah! You have hurt the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). (Allah Almighty says:) 'Indeed, those who hurt Allah and His Messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and has prepared for them a humiliating punishment' [Surah al-Ahzab: 57] . Had the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) been (alive), you would certainly have hurt him." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amr bin Shas al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him), who was one of the people of al-Hudaybiyah, that he said: We set out for Yemen with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and during that journey he treated me with some coldness, so much so that I felt (some resentment) in my heart. When I returned, I began complaining about him in the mosque, until this reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He says: One morning I entered the mosque while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting among his Companions. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me, he fixed his gaze on me and stared at me. When I sat down, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Amr! By Allah, you have hurt me." I said: I seek refuge with Allah from hurting you, O Messenger of Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes indeed; whoever hurts Ali has hurt me." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "After me, you will make clear to my Ummah the matters in which they differ." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when the strap of his (peace and blessings be upon him) sandal broke, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed behind to mend it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) walked a short distance, then stopped and said: "Among you is a man who will fight over the interpretation (ta'wil) of the Qur'an (preserving its correct meaning) just as I fought over its revelation (tanzil, the conveying of the revelation)." At this, the Companions raised their heads eagerly to look, and among them were Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Sayyiduna Abu Bakr asked: Is it I? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Is it I? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No; rather, it is the one who is mending the sandal (that is, Ali)." The narrator says: Then we came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and gave him this glad tidings, but he (remained absorbed in his work and) did not even raise his head, as though he had already heard it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they 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) 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.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the leader of the children of Adam, and Ali is the leader of the Arabs." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs did not record it. In its chain is the narrator Umar bin al-Hasan, about whom I hope that he is saduq (truthful); were it not for him, I would have declared it sahih on the condition of the two Shaykhs. Furthermore, the narration of Urwah from Sayyidah Aishah is a supporting witness (shahid) for it.

The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call the leader of the Arabs to me." I said: O Messenger of Allah! Are you not the leader of the Arabs? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the leader of the children of Adam, and Ali is the leader of the Arabs."