Abu Turab reported,

As for the three things the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about him, I will never insult him, for if even one of them were said about me, it would be more beloved to me than red camels.I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to Ali, when he had left him behind during one of his expeditions, and Ali said to him, "Messenger of Allah, are you leaving me behind with the women and children?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Are you not pleased to be to me in the position that Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophethood after me?"And I heard him say on the day of Khaybar, "I will surely give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love."He said, we all stretched our necks hoping for it, but he said, "Call Ali for me." Ali came to him suffering from an eye ailment, so he spat into his eye and handed him the banner, and Allah granted victory through him.And when this verse was revealed, "Let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women" [Al Imran 3:61], the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husayn, and said, "O Allah, these are my family."

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أبا تراب قال

أما ما ذكرت ثلاثا قالهن رسول الله ﷺ فلن أسبه لأن تكون لي واحدة منهن أحب إلي من حمر النعم سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول لعلي وخلفه في بعض مغازيه فقال له علي يا رسول الله تخلفني مع النساء والصبيان فقال رسول الله ﷺ أما ترضى أن تكون مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى إلا أنه لا نبوة بعدي وسمعته يقول يوم خيبر لأعطين الراية رجلا يحب الله ورسوله ويحبه الله ورسوله قال فتطاولنا لها فقال ادعوا لي عليا فأتاه وبه رمد فبصق في عينه فدفع الراية إليه ففتح الله عليه وأنزلت هذه الآية {ندع أبناءنا وأبناءكم ونساءنا ونساءكم} الآية دعا رسول الله ﷺ عليا وفاطمة وحسنا وحسينا فقال اللهم هؤلاء أهلي