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.
In this collection
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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31-286 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
O Ali! If you look upon an unfamiliar woman unintentionally, do not look again. Only that first unintentional look does…
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31-287 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that Ali (a.s.) said, “
When the Prophet (S) sent me to take over the post of the governor of Yemen, he (a.s.) said, ‘Whenever you are faced…
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31-290 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
Reciting the verse al-Kursi one-hundred times is as if you have worshipped God all life long.”
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31-295 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that Ali (a.s.) was seen drinking water while he was standing up and said, “
I saw the Prophet (S) do this.”
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31-270 According to the same documentation on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
A rebellious group will kill Ammar.”
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31-302 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.) the Prophet (S) said, “
Once Ammar is killed, when he is caught between the two factions - one who abides by my way and traditions, while the…
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31-274 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
Whoever’s last words consist of sending blessings and peace upon me and Ali will enter Paradise.”
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31-308 According to the same documentation on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
Soon my nation will treat you with treachery and the good and the bad will all follow them.”
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31-262 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.)
“I am God’s servant and the brother of His Messenger (a.s.). Whoever claims anything else is a liar.”
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31-249 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
Those who say the call to prayer will be taller than others on the Resurrection Day.”
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31-258 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
The first thing that a servant (i.e. a person) will be questioned about is the love for us - the Members of the Holy…
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31-271 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.) the Prophet (S) said, “
May God’s Curse of God, the angels, and all the people be upon whoever chooses a leader other than his true leader, or…
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31-269 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that Ali (a.s.) said, “
The Prophet (S) wore his ring on his right hand.”
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31-267 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
Only believers love Ali (a.s.) and only atheists despise him.”
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31-266 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) told him
“Those who love you love me, and those who despise you despise me. (Whoever despises me indeed despises God).”
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31-268 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
People are from different trees. You and I are from the same tree.”
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31-245 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
The best wealth and treasure of a man is his charity.”
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31-300 According to the same documentation on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
Indeed the Honorable the Exalted God looked upon the people of the Earth once and chose me. Then He took another look…
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31-296 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.)
“A believer seeks knowledge as hard as he would seek his lost ones.”
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31-297 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.) the Prophet (S) said, “
I despise whoever cheats Muslims when they seek his counsel.”
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31-315 According to the same documentation on the authority of Ali (a.s.), God’s Prophet (S) said, “
The center of Paradise is for me and the members of my Household.”
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31-283 According to the same documentation on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “
Salman is one of the Members of the Holy Household.”
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31-298 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.)
“No one is comparable to us - the Members of the Holy Household - since the Qur’an has been revealed to us and the…
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31-257 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.)
“I have never seen anyone more broad-shouldered than God’s Prophet (S).”
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Ahmad b. `Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim (rh) narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to me from my grandfather from `Ali b. Mu`abbad from al-Husayn b. Khalid from Abi’l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida from his father Musa b. Ja`far from his father Ja`far b. Muhammad form his father Muhammad b. `Ali from his father `Ali b. al-Husayn from his father al-Husayn b. `Ali from his father Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib (as). He said
The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Gabriel informed me that Allah said: “`Ali b. Abi Talib is My Proof over My creation…
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Ahmad b. Harun al-Fami (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Abdullah b. Ja`far narrated to us from his father from Ya`qub b. Yazid al-Anbari. He said: Al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Faddal narrated to us from Isma`il b. al-Fadl al-Hashimi from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father Muhammad b. `Ali from his father `Ali b. al-Husayn from his father a-Husayn b. `Ali from his father Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib (as). He said
I said to the Messenger of Allah (s): Inform me of the number of Imams after you. So, he said: O `Ali! They are twelve.…
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Al-Husayn b. Ibrahim b. Ahmad b. Hisham al-Mu’addab (rh) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ja`far al-Asadi al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: Musa b. `Imran al-Nakha`i narrated to me from his uncle al-Husayn b. Yazid al-Nawfali from `Ali b. Abi Hamza from his father from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers from `Ali (as). He said
The Messenger of Allah (s) said: On the Day of Resurrection, you will come – O `Ali – on a she-camel of light. A crown…
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Al-Hasan b. Muhammad b. Yahya b. al-Hasan b. Ja`far b. `Ubaydullah b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (as). He said: My grandfather Yahya b. al-Hasan b. Ja`far b. `Ubaydullah narrated to me. He said: Ibrahim b. `Ali and al-Hasan b. Yahya narrated to me. They said: Nasr b. Muzahim narrated to us from Abi Khalid from Zayd b. `Ali from his forefathers from `Ali (a.s.)
I was given ten [characteristics] by the Messenger of Allah (s). He did not give them to anyone before me nor after me.…
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My father (rh) narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abu’l Khattab narrated to us from `Isa b. `Abdullah al-`Alawi from his father `Abdullah b. Muhammad b. `Umar b. `Ali b. Abu Talib from his father from his grandfather from `Ali (as). He said
I asked the Messenger of Allah (s) about the man who sleeps and then dreams. So sometimes it is true and sometimes it is…
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Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Ali al-Istarabadi (ra) narrated to us. He said: Yusuf b. Muhammad b. Ziyad and `Ali b. Muhammad b. Sayyar narrated to us from their fathers from al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. Musa b. Ja`far b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib from his father from his forefathers (as) from Amir al-Mu’minin (as). He said
The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Allah said: I have divided the Fatiha of the Book between Me and My servant. Half of it…
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7. [7/60] al-Tawhid and al-Uyun and al-Amali: Ibn al-Mutawakkil from Ali from his father from al-Rayyan b. al-Salt from Ali b. Musa al-Ridha from his forefathers from the commander of the faithful عليهم السلام who said
the messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه واله said: Allāh Majestic is His Majesty said: he has not believed in Me the one…
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31-292 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that Ali (a.s.) talked about Kufa and said, “
Some people are going to fend off calamities from Kufa, as they defended the tents of the Prophet (S).”
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Hadith.4316 - Al-Sakuni narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) was asked about a man who vowed to walk to the House of Allah (swt) but encountered a river crossing along the way. Imam (as) said
"Let him stand in the crossing until he passes it."
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Hadith.4793 - Salamah ibn Al-Khattab narrated from Isma'il ibn Ishaq, from Isma'il ibn Aban, from Ghiyath, from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), from his grandfather, from Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) who said
"The minimum period a woman can carry a pregnancy is six months, and the maximum period she can carry is two years."
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1. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan who said I was informed by Abdillah b. Ja’far from Harun b. Muslim from Mas’ada b. Ziyad from Ja’far b. Muhammad from his father from Ameer al-Mumineen (a.s.) that
he said that The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) who said: “Allah showers mercy on the father who helps his son in doing…
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My father (rh) narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Ja`far al-Himyari narrated to us. He said: Ya`qub b. Yazid narrated to us from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from Hisham b. Salim from Sulayman b. Khalid from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers (as). Amir al-Mu'minin (as) said
All goodness is in three actions: sight, silence, and speech. Every sight that is devoid of consideration is negligence.…
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On this same day, after the gathering, the virtuous scholar Abu Jaʿfar Muhammad b. ʿAli b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babawayh al-Qummi (RA) narrated to us, saying: My father (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated to us, saying: ʿAbdullah b. al-Hasan al-Muaddib narrated to us from Ahmad b. ʿAli al-Isfahani, from Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Thaqafi, who said: Abu Ghassan al-Nahdi narrated to us, saying: Yahya b. Salamah b. Kuhayl narrated to us from his father, from Abu Idris, from al-Musayyib b. Najabah, who said
It was said to ʿAli (a): Tell us about the companions of Muhammad (SAW). Tell us about Abu Dharr al-Ghifari. He said:…
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H 426 - It is narrated from Ibn Faddal from Hammad from Husain bin Mukhtar from Abu Nasr from Aamir bin Wathila from Amirul Momineen (a.s) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said
“Ten things are inevitable before Judgment Day: Sufyani, Dajjal, Smoke, Daabba, advent of the Qaim, rising of the sun…
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3-133 Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutevakil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted his father, on the authority of Al-Nawfaly, on the authority of Al-Sakoony, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his forefathers (MGB) that the
Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) said, “When some of the wise men and the jurisprudents write each other they…
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3-145 Hamzih ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Alavi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted his father, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Maymun al-Qad-dah, on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his forefathers (MGB), on the authority of Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “
Any good deed is a form of charity. Anyone who guides others to do good is like those who do good. God loves attending…
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3-156 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted his father, on the authority of Al-Nawfaly, on the authority of Al-Sakoony, on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his forefathers (MGB), on the authority of Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “
Whoever enjoins to do good or forbids to do evil or guides to goodness or points towards it is a partner in its reward.…
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3-197 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Homayry, on the authority of Harun ibn Muslim, on the authority of Mus’adat ibn Sadaqah, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his forefathers (MGB), on the authority of Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “
There are three groups who intercede on behalf of someone with the Honorable the Exalted God and their intercession will…
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3-241 Suleiman ibn Ahmad ibn Ayoob al-Lakhmy narrated that Ali ibn Abdul Aziz and Mu’az ibn al-Mosana quoted Abdul Salam ibn Salih al-Haravy, on the authority of Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (MGB), on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far al-Kadhim (MGB), on the authority of his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (MGB), on the authority of his father Ali ibn al-Hussein as-Sajjad (MGB), on the authority of his father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (MGB), on the authority of his father Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “
Faith consists of whole-hearted acceptance, verbal expression, and acting accordingly.”
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3-266 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted Al-Nawfaly, on the authority of Al-Sakoony, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad (MGB) , on the authority of his father (MGB) , on the authority of his forefathers (MGB), on the authority of Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “
Of the following three I do not really know which one is a greater offense than the others. The first is following a…
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3-33 Hamzih ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Alavi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted his father, on the authority of Al-Nawfaly, on the authority of Al-Sakoony, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his forefathers (MGB), on the authority of Ali (MGB)
“Using good scent indicates affluence. Wearing good garments indicates beauty. Having a good temper defeats one’s…
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Hadith.1613 - Al-Sakuni narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his forefathers, from Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) who said
"Whatever the tax collector takes from you and places in his container counts as part of your Zakat. However, whatever…
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Hadith.1636 - In a narration from Wahb ibn Wahb al-Qurashi, from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his forefathers, from Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) who said
"There is no Zakat on the wealth of a mukatib (a slave under a contract for emancipation)."
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Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Bukran al-Niqashi narrated to us in Kufa. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Hamadani narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Hasan b. `Ali b. al-Faddal narrated to us from his father from Abi’l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as). He said
Surely, the first thing that Allah created to teach His creation writing was the alphabet. If a man is struck on the…
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Muhammad b. Bukran al-Niqash (ra) narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Sa`id al-Kufi the servant of Bani Hashim narrated to us. He said: Al-Mundhir b. Muhammad narrated to me. He said: My father narrated to me. He said: Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) narrated to me. He said: My father narrated to me from his father from al-Husayn b. `Ali from `Ali b. Abi Talib (as). He said
The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Betake to the gardens of Paradise. They said: What are the gardens of Paradise? He…
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Hadith.1762 - Mas’ada ibn Sadaqa narrates from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), from his forefathers (as): "Indeed, the Commander of the Faithful (as) sent to a man five wasaq (measures) of dates from al-Bughaibigha. This man was among those who would hope for his generosity, appreciate his kindness, and be content with what he gave. He would not ask anything of Ali (as) or anyone else. A man said to the Commander of the Faithful (as), 'By Allah (swt), so-and-so did not ask you for anything, and one wasaq would have sufficed him from the five wasaqs.' The Commander of the Faithful (as) replied to him
'May Allah (swt) not increase among the believers those like you. I give, and you are miserly with it. If I do not give…
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.