In his Kitab al-`Ilm...

In his Kitab al-`Ilm, al-Bukhari records the following: Al-Sha`bi has quoted Abu Juhayfa saying, "I asked Ali: `Do you have a book in your possession?' He said, `No, except the Book of Allah, or some knowledge bestowed upon a Muslim man, or what this saheefa quotes of the Prophet.' I asked him, `And what is in this saheefa?' `It contains reason,' he said, `the ransoming of the captives, and that no Muslim should kill another Muslim.'"[^35] In another place, al-Bukhari quotes Ibrahim al-Taymi quoting his father quoting Ali saying, "We have nothing except the Book of Allah and this saheefa which quotes the Prophet."[^36] In yet another place in al-Bukhari's Sahih, the author quotes Ibrahim al-Taymi quoting his father saying, "Ali delivered a sermon once to us in which he said, `We have no book to read except the Book of Allah and what is recorded in this saheefa.'"[^37] In another place of his Sahih, al-Bukhari quotes Ali saying, "We did not write down from the Prophet except the Qur'an and this saheefa."[^38] In yet another place of his Sahih, al-Bukhari says, "Ibrahim al-Taymi quotes his father saying, `Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, delivered…