Sayyiduna Abu Juhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that once we asked Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), "Did you receive anything from the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) besides the Qur'an?" He replied, "No, by the One Who split the grain and created living beings, except for the understanding, insight, and wisdom that Allah grants to a person regarding the understanding of the Qur'an, or that which is in this scroll, and nothing else." I asked, "What is in this scroll?" He replied, "The rulings of blood money, the issues of releasing captives, and that no Muslim should be killed in retaliation for a disbeliever."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent me, Sayyiduna Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) to a certain place and said: "You people set out, when you reach Rawdat Khakh, there you will find a woman who will have a letter with her. Take that letter from her and return." So we set out, our horses were almost slipping from our hands, until we reached Rawdat Khakh. There, indeed, we found a woman. We said to her, "Hand over the letter you have." She said, "I have no letter." We said to her, "Either you hand over the letter yourself, or we will strip you naked." Compelled, she took out a letter from her hair braid and handed it over to us. We took that letter and presented it to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). When the letter was opened, it was found to be from Hatib bin Abi Balta'ah to some polytheists of Makkah, in which news of one of the Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) decisions was conveyed. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked him, "Hatib! What is this?" He replied, "O Messenger of Allah! Do not be hasty in my matter. I do not belong to the Quraysh, but I have joined them. All the emigrants with you have relatives in Makkah who protect their families. I thought that I have no blood relatives there, so I would do them a favor so that in return they would protect my relatives. I did not do this as a disbeliever, or as an apostate, or preferring disbelief after Islam." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "He has told you the truth." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), overcome with emotion, said: "Allow me to strike the neck of this hypocrite?" The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "He participated in the Battle of Badr, and what do you know, perhaps Allah looked upon the people of Badr from the heavens and said: 'Do whatever you wish, I have forgiven you.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me from three things. Now I do not know whether this prohibition was specifically for me or general for everyone. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade me from (wearing) silk, from (using) a red saddle-cloth, and from reciting the Qur'an during bowing (ruku‘).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that I was present in the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when the two Shaykhs (may Allah be pleased with them both) were seen coming from the front. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ali! These two are the leaders of all the elders and youths of Paradise, except for the Prophets and Messengers."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when I intended to send a marriage proposal for the daughter of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I thought to myself that I have nothing, so how will this happen? Then I remembered the kindness and compassion of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so I sent the marriage proposal. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "Do you have anything?" I replied, "No!" He said, "What happened to that coat of mail of Hatimiyyah which I gave you on such and such day?" I replied, "That is with me." He said, "Then give that." So I brought it and gave it to him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that once Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with a request for a servant. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you something better than that? Say Subhan Allah thirty-three times, Allahu Akbar thirty-three times, and Alhamdulillah thirty-three times, and say any one of them thirty-four times."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty loves that believing servant who repents after being afflicted with a trial."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that I used to have a lot of madhi (pre-seminal fluid), and since the daughter of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was in my marriage, I felt shy to ask the Prophet (peace be upon him) about this issue myself. So I asked Sayyiduna Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) to ask the Prophet (peace be upon him) about this issue. Accordingly, he asked about this issue, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that such a person should wash his private part and perform ablution.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If I did not fear hardship for my ummah, I would have commanded them to use the miswak at the time of every prayer."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I used to present myself before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) twice every morning and evening. If I wanted to enter the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he was praying, I would cough. Once, I came at night, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know what happened tonight? I was praying when I sensed some movement in the house. I became anxious and went outside, and there was Jibreel (peace be upon him) standing. He said: 'My whole night has passed waiting for you. A dog has entered your room from somewhere, so I could not come inside, because we do not enter a house in which there is a dog, a person in a state of major impurity, or any picture or statue.'"