Musnad of Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Sabu' (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: "Will you not appoint a successor?" He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "No, rather I leave you in the same state in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left you."

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them both) met together, and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was forbidding Hajj al-Tamattu' or performing Umrah (during the days of Hajj). Thereupon Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) addressed him, saying: "What is your purpose in forbidding something that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself did?" Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Leave us to ourselves." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "I cannot leave you in this state (acting against the Prophetic Sunnah)." The narrator said: When Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saw this situation, he called out the talbiyah for both Hajj and Umrah together (with the intention of Hajj al-Qiran) and entered the state of ihram.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said to Abu al-Hayyaj (may Allah have mercy on him): "I am sending you on the same mission on which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me: do not leave any (raised) grave without levelling it (with the ground), and do not leave any image or statue without effacing it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) behind (in Madinah) on the occasion of the expedition of Tabuk. He said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), are you leaving me behind among the women and children?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are you not pleased to have the same rank with me that Harun (peace be upon him) had with Musa (peace be upon him), except that there is no prophet after me?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and placed his blessed foot between me and Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us the words we should say when lying down in our beds. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say 'Subhan Allah' thirty-three times, 'Al-hamdu lillah' thirty-three times, and 'Allahu akbar' thirty-four times." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I have never abandoned these words since then." A man asked him: Not even on the night of (the battle of) Siffin? He (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "Not even on the night of Siffin."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I used to think that the soles of the feet were more deserving of being wiped than their tops (upper parts), until I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping over their tops (upper parts)."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "did not perform any prayer without praying two (voluntary) rak'ahs after it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that "nothing would prevent the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from reciting the Qur'an, except that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in a state of major impurity (janabah, needing the ritual bath)."

It is narrated from Marwan bin al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) that we were travelling with Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) when he heard a man calling out the talbiyah for both Hajj and Umrah together. He asked: "Who is this?" The people said: "It is Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)." So Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him and said: "Do you not know that I have forbidden this?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Of course (I know), but I am not one to abandon the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) because of your word."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said to Abu al-Hayyaj (may Allah have mercy on him): "I am sending you on the same mission on which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me: do not leave any raised grave without levelling it, and do not leave any image or statue without effacing it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the wife of Sayyiduna al-Walid bin Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him) came into the noble presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Indeed, al-Walid beats me." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go and tell him: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has granted me his protection.'" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: She came back only a short while later and said: "He has only increased his beating of me." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of a fringe (or a thread) of his blessed garment, gave it to her and said: "Go and tell him: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has granted me his protection.'" She came back again a short while later and said: "He has beaten me even more." At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised both his hands and supplicated: 'Allahumma 'alayka bil-Walid' (O Allah, deal with al-Walid (or: seize him in Your grip)).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No servant can be a believer until he believes in four things: in being raised after death, and he believes in divine decree."
(Note: This hadith is abbreviated here; only being raised to life again after death and divine decree are mentioned, while the remaining details are found in other supporting narrations (see the takhrij).)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for the hand of his daughter Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) in marriage, whereupon Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sold a coat of armour of his and some of his other belongings, and the price reached four hundred and eighty dirhams. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed that two thirds of this sum be set aside for perfume and one third for clothing. He (peace and blessings be upon him) also rinsed his mouth into a vessel of water and ordered the two of them (Ali and Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with them both) to bathe with that water. He (peace and blessings be upon him) had also urged Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) not to go ahead of him (peace and blessings be upon him) in suckling her child, but she went ahead of him (peace and blessings be upon him) in suckling Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him). As for Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him), it is narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) put something into his blessed mouth (his own saliva) whose reality we do not know, and so he was the more knowledgeable of the two."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tomorrow I will certainly give this banner to a man at whose hands Allah Almighty will grant victory." The narrator said: The next morning all the people came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), each of them hoping that the banner would be given to him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Where is Ali bin Abi Talib?" The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah, his eyes are aching (he has an eye inflammation). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call him and bring him." So he was brought, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) applied his blessed saliva to his eyes and supplicated for him, and he was cured at once. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) handed him the banner. After that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Call Ali." He came, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him: "O Ali, do not turn around until you reach those people, and invite them." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O Messenger of Allah, shall I fight them until they say 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no god worthy of worship except Allah)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Proceed with full composure; when you reach them, invite them to Allah. By Allah, if Allah guides even one man through you, that is better for you than red camels (the most prized of wealth)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) dispatched a detachment, appointed Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) as its commander, and said to him: "O Ali, the detachment (is entrusted to you)." Sayyiduna Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It was the practice of the Muslims that when they returned from a military expedition, they would come into the noble presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) before going to their homes and inform him (peace and blessings be upon him) of the events of their journey. (During the journey) Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had taken a slave girl (from the fifth of the spoils), over which four men made a pact among themselves (to complain). So when they returned and gave the account of their journey, one of the four stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, Ali has taken a slave girl." He (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him. Then the second man stood up and repeated the same thing: "O Messenger of Allah, Ali has done such and such." He (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him too. Then the third man stood up and said the same thing, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him as well. Then the fourth man stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, Ali has done such and such." The narrator said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards them in anger, the anger showing clearly on his (peace and blessings be upon him) radiant face, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What do you want from Ali? Ali is from me and I am from him, and he is the wali (patron and friend) of every believer after me."

It is narrated from Abdullah bin al-Harith (may Allah have mercy on him) that his father (Sayyiduna al-Harith, may Allah be pleased with him) arranged a meal of hospitality for Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) at Qudayd. Tharid was brought with partridge meat on it, and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said to those present: "Eat it, for this game was hunted only for my sake." The narrator said: The people said: "It is Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) who forbids us from eating it." So Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) sent for Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he came while brushing the leaves of trees off his hands. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Eat it." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I ask, by Allah, any man who saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a Bedouin brought the leg of a wild ass and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned it and said: 'Take it to the people who are not in ihram, for we are in the state of ihram,'" or as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Some people stood up and testified to this. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I ask, by Allah," or he said: "I remind, by Allah, any man who saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a Bedouin brought some ostrich eggs and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Take it to the people who are out of ihram (that is, not in the state of ihram), for we are people in ihram.'" Then some people stood up and testified. Seeing this, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) turned aside and went into his lodging, and the other people also rose from the food; then the people who were not in ihram came and ate it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade eating every predator with fangs and every bird with talons (that hunts with its claws), taking payment for carrion, wine, the meat of domestic donkeys, the earnings of a prostitute, and taking a fee for the mating of a stud animal.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, a people will pass out of Islam just as an arrow passes through the game. They will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go below their collarbones. Glad tidings to the one who kills them and to the one whom they kill (with their own hands). Their sign is a man whose hand is deficient (malformed from birth, or like a lump of flesh)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when I returned from a funeral, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said such a thing that "I would not like to have the entire world in exchange for it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that a woman be married alongside her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt (that is, by combining the two in marriage at the same time).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man inherits from his brother who is his (full) brother from both mother and father, to the exclusion of the brothers who are only from his father (paternal half-brothers)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I was a young man who had a great deal of madhi (pre-seminal fluid). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that this (excess of fluid) had put me to hardship, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'The ritual bath (ghusl) is obligatory only due to the emission of gushing fluid (that is, semen).'"

It is narrated from Nujayy (may Allah have mercy on him) that he was travelling with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and was in charge of his vessel of water for ablution. When they reached Ninawa while on their way to Siffin, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) called out: "Be patient, O Abu Abdullah! Be patient, O Abu Abdullah, on the bank of the Euphrates!" Nujayy (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked: O Abu Abdullah, what is meant (by this call)? He said: "One day I went into the noble presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and tears were flowing from his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed eyes. I said: O Prophet of Allah, has someone grieved you? Why are your eyes shedding tears? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Rather, Jibril (peace be upon him) has just now risen from my presence, and he told me that Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) will be martyred on the bank of the river Euphrates.' Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: 'Would you like me to let you smell the soil of that (place of his killing)?' I said: Yes. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) stretched out his blessed hand, took a handful of earth and handed it to me, whereupon I could not hold back my eyes, and they overflowed with tears."

It is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: I heard the Commander of the Believers, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), say: "I, Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) gathered (in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)). Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I have grown old, my bones have become weak and my expenses have increased; so, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), if you see fit to order such and such a number of wasqs of grain for me, then please do so. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I have done so.' Then Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), if you see fit to order for me too the same as you have ordered (for Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)), then please do so. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I have done so.' Then Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), you had granted me a piece of land from which I made my living, then you took it back from me; if you see fit to return it to me, then please do so. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I have done so.' Then I (Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), if you see fit to put me in charge of this right which Allah Almighty has appointed for us in the Book of Allah in this khumus (the fifth of the spoils of war), so that I may distribute it during your lifetime and no one disputes with me over it after you. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I have done so.' So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) put me in charge of it, and I distributed it during his blessed lifetime. Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) kept me in charge of it, and I distributed it during his lifetime as well. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) put me in charge of it, and I distributed it during his lifetime as well, until the last year of the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came. Abundant wealth came to him; he set aside a fifth (khumus) of it and sent word to me: O Ali, this is the right of you people, so take it. I said: O Commander of the Believers, this year we have no need of it, while the other Muslims need it more, so return it to them. So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) returned that wealth to the Muslims that year. Then after Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) no one called me to (distribute) it, until I came to occupy this position (of the caliphate). Then Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) met me and said: O Ali, today you have taken from us something (that is, by giving up the right of distribution) that will never come back to us."

It is narrated from Abu al-Gharif (may Allah have mercy on him) that water for ablution was brought to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose three times, then washed his face three times, and washed both his hands together with the forearms three times each, then wiped his head and washed his feet. Then he said: "This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) perform ablution." Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) recited a portion of the Noble Qur'an and said: "This (reciting) is for the one who is not in a state of major impurity (junub); as for the one who is in a state of major impurity, then by Allah, he should not recite (the Qur'an) at all."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me and Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) at night and woke us for prayer. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went back to his house and prayed for part of the night, and we did not perceive any sound from him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us again and, waking us, said: "Get up and pray." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I sat up rubbing my eyes and said: By Allah, we pray only what Allah has decreed for us; indeed our souls are in the grip of Allah's power, and when He wishes to wake us, He wakes us. Hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his back and went away, while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was striking his thigh with his hand (in amazement) and saying twice: "We pray only what has been written for us; we pray only what Allah has written for us." And along with that he recited this verse: "And man is, more than anything, given to dispute."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Jibril (peace be upon him) came to me and said: 'O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), after you your Ummah will certainly fall into disagreement and division.' I asked: 'O Jibril, then what is the way out of it?' He replied: 'The Book of Allah. Through it Allah will break the pride of every tyrant and oppressor; whoever holds fast to it will be saved, and whoever abandons it will be ruined. It is the decisive word between truth and falsehood, and it is no jest. Tongues cannot confuse it or make it doubtful; it does not grow worn out through much repetition and being recited over and over, nor will its wonders ever come to an end. In it are the accounts of those before you and the news of what will happen after you.'"

It is narrated from al-Nazzal bin Sabrah (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "I prayed the Zuhr prayer with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Then he went to a gathering place where he used to sit in Madinah. He sat down and we sat around him until the time of Asr came. Then a vessel containing water was brought to him. He took a handful of water from it, rinsed his mouth, sniffed water into his nose, wiped his face and his forearms, wiped his head and wiped his feet. Then he stood up and drank the water left over in the vessel, and said: 'I have been informed that some people dislike that any of them should drink while standing, yet I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drink (standing) in the same way; and this is the ablution of one whose ablution has not been broken.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that, describing the praiseworthy features of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "His (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed head was large (in proportion to his body) and dignified; his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed complexion was white with a clear tinge of redness; his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed beard was thick; his (peace and blessings be upon him) joints (of the shoulders, knees and so on) were large and strong; his (peace and blessings be upon him) palms and blessed feet were fleshy and firm. I have not seen anyone else like him (peace and blessings be upon him) (in beauty), neither before him nor after him. May Allah Almighty send peace upon him (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about the blessed features of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) was neither very short nor very tall. His (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed hair was very beautiful and slightly wavy. His (peace and blessings be upon him) radiant face had a tinge of redness in it. His (peace and blessings be upon him) joints were large and strong. His (peace and blessings be upon him) palms and blessed feet were fleshy. His radiant head was prominent and large. There was a long, fine line of hair from his chest to his navel. I have not seen anyone like him (peace and blessings be upon him), neither before him nor after him. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) walked, it seemed as if he (peace and blessings be upon him) were descending swiftly down a slope."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me (as a judge) to a people who were elderly, while I was young. He (peace and blessings be upon him) advised me: "When two disputing parties come to you with a case, do not listen to one of them until you have also listened to the other, for in this way the judgement will become clear to you." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then I learned this method, and after that I always remained a judge (who judged according to the truth)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wake his family (for worship and night vigil) in the last ten days of the blessed month of Ramadan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "used to wake his family in the last ten days of the blessed month of Ramadan."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wake his household (for worship) in the last ten days of Ramadan and would raise the curtains."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We attended a funeral with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When we reached Baqi' al-Gharqad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down and we sat with him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) took a stick and began to scratch the ground with it, then he raised his blessed head and said: "For every single one of you, and for every soul that is born, its abode in Paradise or in Hell, and whether it is wretched or blessed, is within the knowledge of Allah (and has already been written)." At this a man from the gathering said: (O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him),) should we not then give up doing deeds and rely on our decree? For whoever among us is of the people of blessedness will find ease only towards the deeds of blessedness, and whoever is of the people of wretchedness will go only towards wretchedness. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No! Rather, keep doing deeds, for to each one is made easy the path (for which he was created). Whoever is of the people of blessedness, the path of the deeds of blessedness will be made easy for him, and whoever is of the people of wretchedness, the path of the deeds of wretchedness will be made easy for him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are four things such that no one can find the sweetness and taste of faith until he has complete faith in them: affirming that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah, He is alone and has no partner; that I am the Messenger of Allah, whom He has sent with the truth; that a person must die and will be raised to life again after death; and that he has complete faith in all the decisions of divine decree, good and bad."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no obedience to anyone in disobedience and defiance of Allah Almighty."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) dispatched a small force (sariyyah), appointed a man from the Ansar as its commander, and ordered them to listen to their commander and obey. Then (during the journey) they angered the commander over something, and he said: "Gather firewood for me." Then he said: "Light a fire," so they lit a fire. Then he said: "Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not order you to listen to me and obey?" He said: "Then enter this fire." On hearing this they began to look at one another and said: "We fled to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) precisely to escape from the fire." They were in this state when the commander's anger cooled down and the fire went out. Then, when those people returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned the incident to him, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Had they entered it, they would never have come out of it. Obedience is only in what is ma'ruf (right and good)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), why is it that you show a desire to marry into the other families of Quraysh, yet you pass us over?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you have anyone (as such a match)?" I said: "Yes, the daughter of Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him)." At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "She is not lawful for me, for she is the daughter of my foster brother."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), why is it that you show interest in the other women of Quraysh, yet you pass us over?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you have any proposal?" I said: "Yes, the daughter of Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him)." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, she is the daughter of my foster brother."