Muhammad b. Masrur b. al-Mutawakkil narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Husayn al-Sa`d Abadi narrated to us from Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi from his father from Muhammad b. Sinan from Abi'l Jarud Ziyad b. al-Mundhir from al-Qasim b. al-Walid from a shaykh from Thumala. He said:

I visited an old lady from Tamim, who was narrating to the people. So, I said to her: May Allah have mercy on you. Narrate some of the virtues of Amir al-Mu'minin `Ali to me. She said: You want me to narrate to you while this elder is sleeping right in front of you? So, I said to her: Who is this? So, she said: Abu Hamra', the servant of the Messenger of Allah (s). So, she sat by him, and when he sensed me, he awoke and sat up. So, he said: What? So, she said: May Allah have mercy on you. Narrate to me about what you have seen the Messenger of Allah (s) do with `Ali , for Allah will ask you about it. So, he said: You have come across an informed one. As for what I've seen the Messenger of Allah (s) do with `Ali , he said to me one day: O Aba'l Hamra’! Go and get me one hundred Arabs, fifty non-Arab men, thirty Coptic men, and twenty Abyssinian men. So, I brought them, so the Messenger of Allah (s) put the Arabs in a row, then put the non-Arabs in a row behind the Arabs, then put the Copts in a row behind the non-Arabs, then put the Abyssinians in a row behind the Copts. Then, he stood, praised and commended Allah, and glorified Allah in a way that had never been heard from the creatures. Then, he said: O Arabs, non-Arabs, Copts, and Abyssinians! Have you declared that there is no god but Allah, one without partners, and that Muhammad is His Servant and His Messenger? So, they said: Yes. So, he said: O Allah, bear witness. He repeated this three times, and the third time he said: Have you declared that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His Servant and His Messenger, and that `Ali b. Abi Talib is the Commander of the Faithful and the Master of their Affair after me? So, they said: O Allah, yes. So, he said: O Allah, bear witness. He said this three times. Then, he said to `Ali : O Aba'l Hasan! Go and bring me a pen and paper. So, he gave them to `Ali b. Abi Talib and said: Write. So, he said: What should I write? He said: Write: “In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. This is what the Arabs, the non-Arabs, the Copts, and the Abyssinians have declared. They have declared that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His Servant and His Messenger, and that `Ali b. Abi Talib is the Commander of the Faithful and the Master of their Affair after me.” Then, he put his seal on the paper, and he gave it to `Ali . I did not see it afterwards. So, I said: May Allah have mercy on you. Increase for me. So, he said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah (s) came out to us on the Day of `Arafa, while he was holding the hand of `Ali , so he said: O creatures! Allah is boasting that He will forgive you all today. Then, he looked to `Ali and said to him: And he has forgiven you, `Ali, especially. Then, he (s) said: O `Ali! Come closer to me. So, he came closer to him. Then, he said: He who is most rightfully happy is the one who loves you and obeys you. He who is most rightfully wretched is the one who opposes you and hates you. O `Ali! Whoever wars against you wars against me, and whoever wars against me wars against Allah. O `Ali! Whoever hates you has hated me, and whoever hates me has hated Allah. Allah makes his grandfather miserable (?) and makes him enter the Fire of Hell.