Merits of Ali (as)

 Asl Abi Saeed Ibad al Usfari

وعن ابى بصير قال سمعت ابا عبد الله (ع) يقول لولا علي ما عرف دين الله

And from Abi Baseer who said: I heard aba Abdullah (as) say: "If there was no Ali (as), none would have known the religion of allah (swt)."

وعنه عن ابي بصير قال سئلت ابا جعفر (ع) عن قول الله عزوجل انما انت منذر ولكل قوم هاد قال فقال رسول الله (ص) انا المنذر وعلي الهادي

And from him from abi Baseer who said: I asked aba Ja'far (as) about Allah (swt)'s saying (in al Qur'an 13:7, Dr. Mohsin Khan's translation): [You are only a warner, and to every people there is a guide.], so Rasool allah (pbuh) said: Indeed I am the warner and Ali (as) is the guide."