1. Sahih Muslim, part 7, Kitab fada'il al-Sahabah [Maktabat wa Matba`at Muhammad `Ali Subayh wa Awladuhu: Cairo] pp. 122-123.

2. al-Imam al-Hafiz Abu `Abd Allah alĀHakim al-Naysaburi, al-Mustadrak `ala al-Sahihayn

3. al-Imam al-Hafiz Abu `Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Naysaburi, al-Mustadrak `ala al-Sahihayn [Dar al-Ma`rifah li al-Tiba`ah wa al-Nashr: Beirut], vol. iii, pp. 109-110

4. al-Imam al-Hafiz Abu `Abd Allah al-Hakim al-Naysaburi, al-Mustadrak `ala al-Sahihayn

5. Al-Tirmidhi in his Sunan (v, 662, no. 3786) records the following tradition

6. Al-Nasa'i in his al-Sunan al-kubra, 96, No. 79, records the following tradition in the chapter "Khasa'is `Ali":

7. Ibn `Atiyyah in the introduction of his tafsir, al-Muharrar al-wajiz, i, 34 records the following narration:

8. Ibn Abi Shaybah, as cited by Al-`Isami in Simt al-nujum al-'awali, ii, 502, no. 136, has narrated
the following tradition:

