It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best among you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it."

Abu Wa'il says that once a man came to Sayyidina Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "O Commander of the Faithful! I am unable to pay the amount for my contract of manumission, please help me." He replied, "Shall I not teach you the words that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught me? Even if you have a debt equal to Mount Seer in dinars, Allah will pay it off for you." He said, "Why not?" He (Ali) said, "Keep reciting this supplication: «اَللّٰهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ» 'O Allah! Suffice me with what You have made lawful against what You have made unlawful, and make me independent of all others besides You through Your grace.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated, saying: «اَللّٰهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا» "O Allah! Bless my Ummah in their early morning hours."

Abu Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was sitting with my father when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came. He greeted us with salam and entrusted my father with some matter of the people, and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed me: "Ask Allah for guidance, and by guidance, take it to mean guidance of the path. And ask Allah for correctness and soundness, and by that, take it to mean the straightness of an arrow." Also, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me from wearing a ring on the index or middle finger. The narrator says that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was standing, so I could not properly understand the gesture of his fingers. Then he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me from red-striped and silk garments. We asked: O Commander of the Faithful! «مِيثَرَة» (this word is used in the hadith), what is meant by it? What is this thing? He replied: Women used to make something to place on the saddles of their husbands' mounts (which is called a saddlecloth), that is what is meant. Then we asked what is meant by «قِسِّيَّة» ? He replied: The garments from Syria which have patterns like citron fruit on them. Abu Burdah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when I saw garments made of linen, I understood that these are the ones.

Nu’man bin Sa’d says that a man asked Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): O Commander of the Faithful! After Ramadan, which month’s fasting do you emphasize for me to observe? He replied: I heard only one man ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) such a question, and after him, you are the only person from whom I am hearing this question. In response, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“If you want to fast in any month after Ramadan, then fast in the month of Muharram, for it is Allah’s month. In it is a day on which Allah accepted the repentance of a people, and Allah will accept the repentance of a people (again).”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated, saying: «اَللّٰهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُوْرِهَا» "O Allah! Bless my Ummah in their early morning hours."

Abdu Khair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was present in the service of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when he had already performed the prayer. He asked for water. We began to wonder, after having prayed, what would he do with the water now? His purpose was only to teach us. So, a basin and a vessel were brought to him. He picked up the vessel and poured water over his hands and washed them three times. Then he poured it into the basin, rinsed his mouth three times, put water into his nose, cleaned his nose three times, and washed his face three times. He washed both his arms up to and including the elbows three times each. Then he put his hands back into the vessel and wiped his head once with both palms, and washed both his feet up to and including the ankles three times each. Then he said: Whoever wants to know the way of ablution of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution in this manner.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me to stay with him at the time of sacrifice, and to distribute the skins and coverings of those camels, as well as the meat, and also ordered that nothing from them should be given to the butcher as wages, and said that we used to give him his wages from our own side.

The previous hadith is also narrated through another chain, but at its end, it does not mention that we used to pay his wages from our own pocket.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of the Trench, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah fill their (the polytheists') houses and graves with fire, for they did not let us perform the Asr prayer until the sun had set."