Ali bin Abi Talib

ان أخي و وزيري و خليفتي من أهلي و خير من أترك بعدي يقضي ديني و ينجز موعدي على

My brother, my minister, my successor from my family, and the best one I leave behind to fulfill my debts and carry out ...

اولكم و رودا على الحوض أولكم اسلاما: على بن أبى طالب

The first of you to arrive at the Hawd (the Fountain) is the first of you to accept Islam: Ali ibn Abi Talib.

من لم يقل على خير الناس فقد كفر

Whoever does not say that Ali is the best of people has indeed disbelieved.

علي خير البرية

Ali is the best of creation.

أنا دار الحكمة وعلي بابها

I am the house of wisdom, and Ali is its door.

كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يوحي اليه ورأسه فى حجر على...

Revelation was being sent down to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) while his head was in Ali's lap. Ali had no...

أنت مني بمنزلة هارون من موسيٰ

(O Ali!) Your position to me is like the position of Harun to Musa.

النظر الي على عبادة

Looking at Ali is an act of worship.

امر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بسد الأبواب الشارعة فى المسجد وترك باب على

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) ordered all doors opening into the mosque to be sealed except the door of Ali...

يا على! لا يحل لاحد ان يجنب فى هذا المسجد غيري و غيرك

O Ali! It is not permissible for anyone to be in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity) in this mosque except me and...

حب على يأكل الحسنات كما تأكل النار الحطب

The love of Ali consumes sins just as fire consumes firewood.

من أراد أن ينظر الي آدم فى علمه والي نوح فى فهمه والي ابراهيم فى حلمه والي يحي بن زكريا فى زهده والي موسي بن عمران فى بطشه فلينظر الي على بن ابي طالب

Whoever wishes to see the knowledge of Adam, the understanding of Nuh, the forbearance of Ibrahim, the asceticism of Yah...

اسمي فى القرآن والشمس وضحاها واسم على والقمر اذا تلاها

My name in the Quran is "By the sun and its brightness" (91:1), and the name of Ali is "By the moon when it follows it" ...

خير من اخلف بعدي على

The best one I leave behind as my successor is Ali.

قول على بايع الناس لأبي بكر وأنا والله أولي منه وأحق بها منه

Ali said: "The people pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr, though, by Allah, I was more worthy and more deserving of it than ...

اول من يدخل من هذا الباب امير المؤمنين و سيد المرسلين... اذ جاء على

The first person to enter through this door will be the Commander of the Believers and the Master of the Messengers. (An...

من مات وفي قلبه بغض لعلي بن أبى طالب فليمت يهوديا أو نصرانيا

Whoever dies with hatred for Ali ibn Abi Talib in his heart, let him die as a Jew or a Christian.

انه يمنع المطر عن هذه الأمة ببغضهم على بن ابي طالب

Allah withholds rain from this ummah because of their hatred for Ali ibn Abi Talib.

من احب أن يتمسك بالقضيب الرطب الذى غرسه الله بيده فليتمسك بحب علي

Whoever wishes to hold onto the fresh green branch that Allah planted with His own Hand, let him hold fast to the love o...

من يحمل رايتك يوم القيامة قال على

(O Messenger of Allah!) Who will carry your banner on the Day of Resurrection? He said: "Ali."