It is narrated from Abdu Khair Hamdani (may Allah have mercy on him) that I once heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saying (during a sermon): "Shall I not tell you who is the best person in this Ummah after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He is Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him). And shall I tell you who is the best person in this Ummah after Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him)? He is Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him)." Then he said: "If I wish, I can also tell you the name of the third person." However, he remained silent. We understood that he himself was Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). I asked the narrator, "Did you really hear Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saying this?" He said, "By the Lord of the Ka'bah! Yes, (if I am lying) may these ears become deaf."

Abdu Khair, may Allah have mercy on him, says that once Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, taught us the way of ablution of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. So first, he washed his hands three times, rinsed his mouth three times, put water into his nose, washed his face three times, and said that 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 on the day of the Battle of the Trench, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah fill their houses and graves with fire, for they did not let us perform the Asr prayer until the sun had set." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the Asr prayer between Maghrib and Isha.

Suwaid bin Ghaflah says that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) once said: When I narrate to you a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then falling from the sky is more beloved to me than attributing a lie to him, and when I say something from someone else, then I am a warrior, and war is nothing but strategy and trickery. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Near the Day of Judgment, there will emerge such people whose ages will be young and whose intellects will be foolish. They will speak the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but faith will not go beyond their throats. Wherever you find them, kill them, for killing them will be a source of reward on the Day of Judgment."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have exempted you from zakat on horses and slaves (therefore, you must pay zakat on silver in any case), and there is no zakat on less than two hundred dirhams."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I once submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! Why do you prefer other families of the Quraysh over us? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you also have something?" I replied: Yes! The daughter of Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: "She is my foster niece." (In fact, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyiduna Amir Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) were foster brothers as well as uncle and nephew.)

Ikrimah says that I returned from Muzdalifah with Sayyiduna Imam Hussain (may Allah be pleased with him), and I heard him continuously reciting the Talbiyah until he had stoned Jamrah Aqabah. I asked him about this, and he said: I had returned from Muzdalifah with my father, and I heard him also continuously reciting the Talbiyah until he had stoned Jamrah Aqabah. I asked him about this, and he said: I had returned from Muzdalifah with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) continuously reciting the Talbiyah until he had stoned Jamrah Aqabah.

Maisarah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I saw that on one occasion, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) drank water while standing. I said to him, "You are drinking water while standing?" He replied: "If I have drunk water while standing, it is because I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) do so, and if I have drunk while sitting, I have seen him do that as well."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: My opinion was that for wiping over the leather socks (khuffayn), the part of the socks that touches the ground is more appropriate to wipe than the part that is on top of the foot, until I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping over the upper part, so I abandoned my opinion.

Abdu Khair, may Allah have mercy on him, says that I once saw Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, performing ablution. He washed the upper part of his foot and said: If I had not seen the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, washing the upper part of his foot, my opinion would have been that the lower part of the foot is more deserving of being washed (because it touches the ground more).