Volume 9, Book 93, Number 557:
Narrated ‘Ali bin Abi Talib:
That one night Allah’s Apostle visited him and Fatima, the daughter of Allah’s Apostle and said to
them, “Won ‘t you offer (night) prayer?.. ‘Ali added: I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Our souls are in the
Hand of Allah and when He Wishes to bring us to life, He does.” Then Allah’s Apostle went away
when I said so and he did not give any reply. Then I heard him on leaving while he was striking his
thighs, saying, ‘But man is, more quarrelsome than anything.’ (18.54)
Volume 9, Book 92, Number 446:
Narrated ‘Ali bin Abi Talib:
That Allah’s Apostle came to him and Fatima the daughter of Allah’s Apostle at their house at night
and said, “Won’t you pray?” ‘Ali replied, “O Allah’s Apostle! Our souls are in the Hands of Allah and
when he wants us to get up, He makes us get up.” When ‘Ali said that to him, Allah’s Apostle left
without saying anything to him. While the Prophet was leaving, ‘Ali heard him striking his thigh
(with his hand) and saying, “But man is quarrelsome more than anything else.” (18.54)
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 769:
Narrated ‘Ali bin Abi Talib:
I would not feel sorry for one who dies because of receiving a legal punishment, except the drunk,
for if he should die (when being punished), I would give blood money to his family because no fixed
punishment has been ordered by Allah’s Apostle for the drunk.
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 405:
Narrated ‘Ali bin Abi Talib:
We were in the company of the Prophet on the day (of the battle) of Al-Khandaq (the Trench). The
Prophet said, “May Allah fill their (the infidels’) graves and houses with fire, as they have kept us so
busy that we could not offer the middle prayer till the sun had set; and that prayer was the ‘Asr pray –
er.”
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 731:
Narrated Ali bin Abi Talib:
The Prophet gave me a silk suit. I went out wearing it, but seeing the signs of anger on his face, I
tore it and distributed it among my wives.
Volume 7, Book 64, Number 275:
Narrated ‘Ali bin Abi Talib:
Fatima came to the Prophet asking for a servant. He said, “May I inform you of something better
than that? When you go to bed, recite “Subhan Allah’ thirty three times, ‘Alhamdulillah’ thirty three
times, and ‘Allahu Akbar’ thirty four times. ‘All added, ‘I have never failed to recite it ever since.”
Somebody asked, “Even on the night of the battle of Siffin?” He said, “No, even on the night of the
battle of Siffin.”