The Eighteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Nineteenth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

`Ali b. al-Fadl b. al-`Abbas al-Baghdadi, a shaykh for the people of hadith narrated to us. He said: Abu’l Hasan `Ali b. Ibrahim informed us. He said: Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. Ghalib b. Harb al-Dabi al-Tamtami and Abu…

I said: Muhammad b. `Ali b. Khalaf al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Husayn al-Ashqar narrated to us. He said: `Amr b. Abi’l Miqdam narrated to us from his father from Sa`id b. Jubayr from Ibn `Abbas. He said: The…

I asked `A’isha about `Ali b. Abi Talib (as), so she said: That is the best of people; no one disputes that except a disbeliever.

That is the best of people; no one disputes that except a hypocrite.

`Ali b. Abi Talib is the best of the people; whoever disagrees has disbelieved.

I saw Jabir leaning on his staff, and he was going around the pathways and gatherings of the Ansar, saying: `Ali is the best of people; whoever disagrees has disbelieved. O Ansar! Raise your children on the love of `Ali;…

My father `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) narrated to me. He said: The Prophet (s) said to me: You are the best of people, and no one will have doubt regarding you except a disbeliever.

I was given ten [characteristics] by the Messenger of Allah (s). He did not give them to anyone before me nor after me. He said to me: O `Ali! You are my brother in this world and the Hereafter. Among the people, you…

We were sitting in a gathering in the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (s), and we mentioned the deeds of the people of Badr and the Allegiance of Ridwan. So, Abu’l Darda’ said: O people! Shall I not inform you of him…

I heard my father ask Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as): When does Maghrib time begin? So, he said: When its seat disappears. He said: What is its seat? He said: Its disk. He said: When does its disk disappear? He said: If you…

Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) said: When the Sun disappears, then Maghrib time has begun.

I climbed the mountain of Abi Qubays, and the people were praying Maghrib, yet I saw that the Sun had not set, but rather it was hidden behind the mountain from the people. So, I met Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as), and I…

I said to Abi `Abdillah (as) regarding Maghrib: We prayed, but we fear that the Sun was behind the mountain, and that the mountain had hid it from us. So, he said: You do not need to climb the mountain.

I heard Aba `Abdillah (as) say: The Messenger of Allah (s) would pray Maghrib and a group of the Ansar called Banu Salama would pray with him. Their houses were in the middle of a slope. They would pray with him, then…

I heard him say: A man accompanied me, and he would delay Maghrib and pray Fajr early while I would pray Maghrib when the Sun set and pray Fajr when dawn would appear. So, the man said to me: What prevents you from doing…

We proceeded from Mecca until we reached the Ajfar valley, where we came across a man who was praying. We saw the rays of the Sun, so we felt angry. He was praying whilst we were supplicating against him. He prayed one…