Virtues of Ali ibn Abi Talib

1. The Prophet's (sas) informing us that Ali loves Allah and His Messenter and that Allah and His Messenger love Ali and the victory at his hand.
2. None love Ali but a believer and none hate him but a hypocrite.
3. Ali was the first to enter Islam (among men)
4. Ali's participation in the battle of Badr.
5. Ali was among those given glad tidings of Paradise by Allah's Messenger (sas)
6. The Prophet's (sas) statement to Ali: You are from me and I from you.
7. Why the Prophet (sas) sent Ali to replace Abu Bakr as the emissary to Quraish.
8. Ali is to the Prophet (sas) as Harun was to Musa, but there are no prophets after Muhammad (sas)
9. Umar's testimony that Ali was the best judge among the Companions

Evidence that Ali and Those with Him Were Closer to the Truth than Mu'awiya