AzZerendi's DurarusSimtein page115.
AzZerendi's DurarusSimtein page115. bnTalha's MettalibusSa'ul part.1 page46. AlQanduzi's Yenabi'ulMawadda, page181 and 313. Muntakhabu KenzilUmmal (in the margin of Ahmed's Book of Hadith), part.5 page55. Fera'idusSimtein, part.1 page141.
Once, while he was convening his companions, the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) foretold: "The coming man, who will enter from this door, is the Imam of the Godfearing, the master of the Muslims, the principal of the religion, the last of the (prophets') inheritors and the leader of the brightfaced, the shining." Presently, Ali entered from that door.
The Prophet stood up and embraced him.[29] The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) explicated Ali's standing before his companions. He said: "Allah has surely bound me to a covenant respecting Ali. As I asked Him to show it to me, He, the Elevated, said: Ali is indeed the banner of guidance, the Imam of My confidants and the illumination of My obedient ones."[30] In a speech addressed at the Ansar, the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said: "O the Ansar!
Should I guide you to what shall protect you against deviation for good if only you adhere to?" "Yes, you should, Allah's Apostle!" they answered. "It is this Ali. You should love him for your loving me. And you should honor him for your honoring me.
It was most surely Gabriel, the Angel, who conveyed to me this God's mandate I have just ordered you of." the Prophet expressed.[31] One day, the Prophet asked the attendees to summon "Ali, the master of the Arabs." "Is it not you the master of the Arabs?" wondered A'isheh. "I am the [29] bnAbilHadid's Sharhu NahjilBelagha part.9 page169. AbuNa'eem's HilyetulAwliya part.1 page63. AlKhawarzmi's AlMenaqib page42.
bnAsakir's Tarikhu Dimeshq, chapter: The Life Account Of Ali, part.2 page487 hadith 1005. bnTalha's MettalibusSa'ul part.1 page60. AtThehbi's AlMizan part.1 page64. AlKinji's KifayetutTalib, page212. AlQanduzi's Yenabi'ulMawadda, page313. Fedha'ilulKhamseh MinesSihahisSitteh, part.2 page253. Fera'idusSimtein, part.1 page145. [30] AbuNa'eem's HilyetulAwliya part.1 page67. bnAbilHadid's Sharhu NahjilBelagha part.9 page67. AlKhawarzmi's AlMenaqib page215 and 220.
AzZerendi's DurarusSimtein page114. bnAsakir's Tarikhu Dimeshq, chapter: The Life Account Of Ali, part.2 page189 hadith 672. IbnulMeghazili's Menaqibu Ali Bin Abi Talib page46. AlKinji's KifayetutTalib, page73.