[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "To sit in a gathering like this is dearer to me than freeing four slaves." I said, "Which gathering do you mean?" He said, "The gathering in which a man sits and narrates the virtues of his companions." Abu Muhammad (Muslim scholar) said, "The man from the Companions of Badr who was meant by the Prophet ﷺ is Ali."  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَأَنْ أَقْعُدَ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَ أَرْبَعَ رِقَابٍ» قَالَ قُلْتُ أَنَا أَيَّ مَجْلِسٍ يَعْنِي؟ قَالَ كَانَ حِينَئِذٍ يَقُصُّ قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّد الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ بَدْرٍ هُوَ عَلِيٌّ