According to the narration of Abu Dharr the Prophet (s) said...

According to the narration of Abu Dharr the Prophet (s) said, "He who obeyed me, obeyed Allah. He who disobeyed me disobeyed Allah. He, who obeyed Ali, obeyed me and he who disobeyed him disobeyed me"[^3].

Abu Dharr says, "We used to recognize the hypocrites by three things: Firstly by his denying Allah and His Prophet, secondly by his abstaining from prayers, and thirdly by his spite against Ali.[^4] There is a tradition narrated by Abu Dharr Ghifari, that the Prophet said, "Ali is the gate of my knowledge. He is the narrator after me of those things for which I have been appointed. Love for him is faith and spite against him is hypocricy, and to have a look at him is worship".

Ibn Abd al-Barr writes in Isti'ab that many companions have narrated the hadith of the Prophet: "O Ali! None will be your friend except a believer, and none will be your enemy except a hypocrite"[^5]. Abu Dharr quotes Umm Salamah to have said that she heard the Holy Prophet (s) saying: "Ali is with truth and truth is with Ali, and both of them will not be separated till they arrive at the Cistern of Kauthar"[^6].

Allamah Subaiti writes: Abu Dharr says that the Prophet (s), told him, "He who acknowledges the faith sincerely keeps his heart pure for the sake of Allah, speaks the truth, keeps his self composed, is of good habits, uses his ears to listen to good things, and makes his eyes see the right things, will get deliverance".

Abu Dharr says that the Prophet has said, "My followers will not be blessed so long as they make haste in breaking the fast, and delay in eating before dawn (the beginning time of the obligatory fast during the month of Ramadhan)". Abu Dharr says that the Prophet said, "My happiness lies in distributing the gold in charity even if it be equal to the Mount Uhud"[^7]. Abu Dharr says that the Holy Prophet (s) has said, "O Ali! Allah has made me and you from the same tree.

I am its root and you are its branch. Allah will throw a man into Hell by his face, if he cuts its branch". He further said, "Ali is the leader of Muslims and Imam of the pious. He will kill the breakers of allegiance (People of Jamal), outcasts (Kharijites) and deniers".[^8] Abu Dharr says that the Holy Prophet (s) has said, "Ali is to me what Harun was to Musa with the only difference that no prophet will come after me".