Imam

علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام

ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (ʿa)

The rijāl books do not assess the Imams. They file narrators by which Imam they transmitted from, so this page gathers the chains rather than a verdict.

Died 40 AH

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703 narrations 21% of them in Al-Khiṣāl

Counted from the narrations and chains this database holds — not a record of everything he transmitted.

Every narration whose chain this database resolves to him — the figure his seal draws. Resolved name by name, so a namesake of his is not among them.

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Al-Khiṣāl 149 ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā 139 Al-Amālī 89 Al-Kāfi 78 Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh 74 Mishkāt al-Anwār 48 Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār 33 Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl 31
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Ahl al-Bayt 136 Imam Ali 94 Prophet Muhammad 77 Food and Drink 49 Paradise 47 Qur'an 42 Supplication 35 Wilayah 24 Hellfire 23 Good Deeds 22 Divine Transcendence 21 Day of Judgment 20 Warfare/Jihad 19 Etiquette 18 Death 17 Intellect/Reason 16 Brotherhood 15 Divine Decree 15

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  1. Muhammad b. Bukran al-Niqash (ra) narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Hamadani the servant of Bani Hashim narrated to us. He said: `Ubayd b. Hamdun al-Ru'asi narrated to me. He said: Husayn b. Nasr narrated to us from his father from `Amr b. Shimr from Jabir from Abi Ja`far al-Baqir from `Ali b. al-Husayn from al-Husayn b. `Ali from `Ali b. Abi Talib (as). He said

    I complained to the Messenger of Allah (s) about a debt that I had, so he said: O `Ali! Say: “O Allah! Enrich me with…

    Al-Amālī #625 Volume 1 Read the narration
  2. 3-124 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah al-Barqy, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Wahab ibn Monbat, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB) that Ali (MGB) said, “

    They say ‘Yarhamakumullah to one who sneezes three times. Any more sneezing is due to the air.”

    Al-Khiṣāl #366 Volume 1 Read the narration
  3. 10-7 Muḥammad b. ʿAlī Mājīlawayh, may God be pleased with him, narrated to us, he said: Muḥammad b. Abū al-Qāsim narrated to me; from Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Kūfī, he said: Naṣr b. Muzāḥim al-Minqarī narrated to me; from Abū al-Khālid; from Zayd b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn; from his forefathers (ʿas), from ʿAlī (ʿas) who said

    "I possess ten distinctive characteristics given to me by the Messenger of God (ṣ), which he never gave to any after me.…

    Al-Khiṣāl #979 Volume 1 Read the narration
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This page is not assembled from entries, because the rijāl books write none for the Imams. It gathers the narrations and chains that name him.