Hadith.5918 - Sa'd ibn Tarif narrated from Al-Asbagh ibn Nubatah, who said:
Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام, said in one of his sermons:
"O' people, listen to my words and understand them from me, for separation is near.
I am the leader of creation, the successor of the best of creatures (Prophet
صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم), the husband of the mistress of the women of this nation (Sayyidah Fatima {s.a}), and the father of the pure progeny
عليه السلام and the guiding Imams
عليه السلام.
I am the brother of the Messenger of Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, his successor, his guardian, his minister, his companion, his confidant, his beloved, and his intimate friend.
I am Commander of the Faithful
عليه السلام, the leader of the radiant, the master of the successors
عليه السلام.
My war is the war of Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, my peace is the peace of Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, obedience to me is obedience to Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, and allegiance to me is allegiance to Allah
سبحانه وتعالى.
My followers are the friends of Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, and my supporters are the supporters of Allah
سبحانه وتعالى.
By the One
سبحانه وتعالى who created me when I was nothing, those entrusted with the knowledge among the companions of Muhammad
صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, surely know that the oath-breakers, the unjust, and the renegades are cursed on the tongue of the 'untutored' (one who needed no teacher) Prophet
صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم,
and "indeed, he has failed who invents falsehood." (Surah Taha
20:61)