Abu al-Wadi says: We set out with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) with the intention of going to Kufa. When we were at a distance of two or three nights from a place called Harura, many people separated from us and left. We mentioned this to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), so he said: Do not worry, soon these people will return. After that, the narrator mentioned the complete hadith and at the end said: Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) thanked Allah and said: My beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told me that the leader of these people will be a man whose hand will be incomplete, and on his hand there will be a lump like a woman's breast, on which there will be hairs like the tail of a wild mouse. Search for his body among the slain. The people began to search for him but could not find him. We came and submitted that we are not able to find his body. This happened three times. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) himself stood up to search for him and began to say: Turn him over, turn him over. Meanwhile, a man from Kufa came and said: Here he is. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saw him and proclaimed Allahu Akbar and said: Does any of you know who his father is? The people began to say: His name is Malik, his name is Malik. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Whose son is he? (But no answer could be given.)

Imam Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that (Sharahah Hamdaniyah came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said,“I have committed adultery, so give me the punishment.”) Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said:“It is possible that you were forced into this act? Perhaps he was your husband?”But she kept replying“No”to every question. So, after she gave birth, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) flogged her, and then carried out the punishment of stoning. Someone asked him,“You flogged her and also stoned her?”He replied,“I flogged her in the light of the Book of Allah, and I stoned her in the light of the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I am the first man to have performed prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the first person to pray with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was myself.

Abu Ubaid says that on both occasions of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, I had the opportunity to participate with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He led the prayer before the sermon without any adhan or iqamah, then while delivering the sermon, he said: O people! The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade eating the meat of the sacrifice after three days, so do not eat it after three days.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not perform any prayer after the Asr prayer, except if the sun appears clear and bright, then it is permissible."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to observe continuous fasting from one pre-dawn meal (suhoor) to the next, (he would not break his fast at sunset).

Muhammad bin Ali says that once some people came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) with complaints about some governors appointed by Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). My father said to me, "Take this letter to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and tell him that people have come with complaints about your governors. The commands of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the collection of zakat are written in this letter. Please issue orders to your governors to collect zakat from the people accordingly." So I went to Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and repeated the whole matter before him. The narrator says that if anyone wanted to mention Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) in an inappropriate manner, he would refer to that day.

Abu Al-Wadi says that we set out with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) with the intention of going to Kufa, then he mentioned hadith number (1189), and at the end of it he also said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Remember! My beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has informed me that "Among the jinn there are three brothers; this one is the eldest among them, the second has a great multitude with him, and the third is weak."

Abdu Khair, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once we performed the Fajr prayer with Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, and then sat with him. He asked for water for ablution, washed his hands three times, rinsed his mouth twice with one handful, washed his face three times, washed both arms including the elbows three times, and washed both feet including the ankles three times, and said that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to perform ablution in this manner. Understand this well.