Narrated Anas bin Malik: There was a bird with the Prophet (ﷺ), so he said: 'O Allah, send to me the most beloved of Your creatures to eat this bird with me.' So 'Ali came and ate with him.
Read More..Narrated 'Ali: When I would ask the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he would give me, and when I would be silent, he would initiate (speech or giving) with me.
Read More..Narrated 'Ali: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I am the house of wisdom, and 'Ali is its door.
Read More..Narrated 'Amir bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas: from his father, saying Mu'awiyah bin Abu Sufyan ordered Sa'd, saying 'What prevented you from reviling Abu Turab?' He said: 'Three things that I remember from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prevent me from reviling him. That I should have even one those things is more beloved to me than red camels. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) speaking to 'Ali, and he had left him behind in one of his battles. So 'Ali said to him: O Messenger of Allah! You leave me behind with women and children? So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: Are you not pleased that you should be in the position with me that Harun was with Musa? Except that there is no Prophethood after me? And on the Day of (the battle of) Khaibar, I heard him saying: I shall give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him. So we all waited for that, then he said: Call 'Ali for me. He said: 'So he came to him, and he had been suffering from Ramad (an eye condition), so he (ﷺ) put spittle in his eye and gave the banner to him, then Allah granted him victory. And when this Ayah was revealed: 'Let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women...' (3:61) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called 'Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husain and said: O Allah, these are my family.
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara: The Prophet (ﷺ) dispatched two armies and put 'Ali bin Abi Talib in charge of one of them, and Khalid bin Al-Walid in charge of the other. He said: When there is fighting, then (the leader is) 'Ali. He said: So 'Ali conquered a fortress and took a slave girl. So Khalid sent me with a letter to the Prophet (ﷺ) complaining about him. So I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he read the letter and his color changed, then he said: 'What is your view concerning one who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him.' He said: I said: 'I seek refuge in Allah from the wrath of Allah and the anger of His Messenger, and I am but a Messenger.' So he became silent.
Read More..Narrated Jabir: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called 'Ali on the Day (of the battle) of At-Ta'if, and spoke privately with him, so the people said: 'His private conversation with his cousin has grown lengthy.' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'I did not speak privately with him, rather Allah spoke privately with him.'
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