—.' 'Ali — Exalted Glory — arrived after a time, and when the Messenger of Allah — Exalted Glory — saw him, he stood up for him on his feet and kissed him between his eyes. They said to him: 'O Messenger of Allah, you were just saying that the learner stands for the scholar, yet you are more learned than 'Ali and 'Ali learned from you; and you say the young stands for the old, yet you are older than 'Ali; and you say we, the assembly of Prophets, only stand for the Lord — Exalted Glory —, yet we saw you stand for 'Ali?' He — Exalted Glory — said: 'I stood for the light that is between his eyes.' In another narration, he said: 'My brother Gabriel entered with his [Ali's] entrance, so I stood for him.' And He, Exalted Glory, said in the Noble Book: «Is not Allah the most just of judges?»1
The Messenger — Exalted Glory — said: 'The best judge among you is 'Ali.'
'Ali — Exalted Glory — said: 'I am the Wisest of the Wise.' And He said in the Book: «And in anything over which you differ - its verdict is [referred] to Allah. That is Allah, my Lord; upon Him I have relied, and to Him I turn back. »2
The saying of the Messenger of Allah — Exalted Glory —: 'The judgment of 'Ali is the judgment of Allah.' And His saying in the Book: «The judgment is only for Allah. He relates the truth, and He is the best of deciders».3
The saying of the Messenger of Allah — Exalted Glory —: 'The best decider among you is 'Ali.' And His saying in the Book: «That is because Allah is the protector (mawlā) of those who have believed and because the disbelievers have no protector».4
The Messenger — Exalted Glory — said: 'For whomever I am his protector (mawlā), this 'Ali is his protector.' And His saying in the