Hadith No: 1
Al-Salihi al-Shami - Sabil al-Huda wa al-Rashad fi Sirat Khayr al-Ibad - Compendium of the Chapters on His (peace be upon him) Names and Nicknames
Chapter Three: Mentioning What I Have Found Regarding His Noble Names (peace be upon him) and Their Explanations, and Related Benefits
Letter Meem - City of Knowledge
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (509)
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- .... City of Knowledge: Al-Tirmidhi and others narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) raised to the heavens: "I am the City of Knowledge, and Ali is its Gate." The correct position is that the hadith is good, as stated by the two hadith masters al-‘Alai and Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani. The Sheikh has elaborated on this in his book Tahdhib al-Mawdu‘at and in his notes.

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Reference: Sobol al-Huda wa al-Rashaad fi Seerah Khair al-'Ibaad Book 1

Hadith No: 2
Al-Salahi al-Shami - Sabil al-Huda wa'l-Rishad fi Sirat Khayr al-Ibad
Summary of the Chapters Mentioning the Ten Whom the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) Testified to Paradise and Some of Their Virtues
Chapter Ten: On Some of the Virtues of the Commander of the Faithful, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, the Qurashi al-Hashimi
Section Three: On His Virtues, Abundance of Knowledge, and Supplications
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (293)
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- .... And al-Dailami narrated from Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said: "Ali is the gate of my knowledge and the one who clarifies to my ummah what I have been sent with." His love is faith, and his enmity is hypocrisy. Looking at him is compassion, and showing affection to him is worship."

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Reference: Sobol al-Huda wa al-Rashaad fi Seerah Khair al-'Ibaad Book 11