Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34263 — The virtues of Ali bin Abi Talib

Abu Yazid al-Awdi (may Allah have mercy on him) said that his father (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) came into the mosque and we gathered around him. Then a young man stood up and said to him: "I ask you by Allah: did you hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Whoever I am the friend of, Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) is his friend too. O Allah, befriend the one who befriends Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and be an enemy to the one who is hostile to him'?" He said: "Yes." Then the young man said: "I disown you. I bear witness that you have been hostile to the one who befriends him, and you have befriended the one who is hostile to him." The narrator said: Then the people threw pebbles at that young man.