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4427. It was narrated that 'Âmir bin Wâthilah said: "A man asked 'Alî: 'Did the Messenger of Allâh used to tell you anything in secret that he did not tell the people?' 'Alî got so angry that his face turned red, and he said: 'He used not to tell me anything in secret that he did not tell the people except that he told me four things when he and I were alone in the house. He said: Allâh curses the one who curses his father, Allâh curses the one who offers a sacrifice to anyone other than Allâh, Allâh curses the one who gives refuge to an offender[1] and Allâh curses the one who changes boundary markers.'" (Sahîh)
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Some irreligious people had made some very strange things popular. One of them was that Allâh's Messenger ﷺ had imparted the original teaching, concerning the Revelation, only to 'Alî ﷺ, which far exceeds the teaching contained in the Qur'ân. This is pure absurdity. That is why 'Alî became angry. May Allâh be pleased with him, and he be with Him. Then 'Alî stated that no such specific teaching was imparted exclusively to him, 'but it is quite possible that I was all alone with him incidentally at the time when he gave certain commands. But that command is also meant for the whole nation, it is not exclusively for me.'
