7-110 Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Bandar al-Furqany in Furqan narrated that Abu Bakr Mosadat ibn Asma’ quoted Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Zahri, on the authority of Ubaydullah ibn Musa, on the authority of Israel, on the authority of Abi Ishaq, on the authority of Al-Minhal ibn Amr, on the authority of Ebad ibn Abdullah (Al-Asady al-Kufy), on the authority of Ali (MGB),

“I am God’s servant and the Prophet (MGB)’s brother. I am the greatest friend. No one will claim that he has this rank after me unless he is a liar. I have prayed for seven years before other people did.”