section_path: Works/Kitab Ali
section_name: Kitab Ali
paragraph_text: Kitab Ali
  
  Kitab Ali (lit. ' book of Ali ') is a non-extant collection of prophetic sayings gathered by Ali. The book may have concerned matters of lawfulness (halal) and unlawfulness (haram), including a detailed penal code. Kitab Ali is also often linked to al-Jafr, which is said to contain the esoteric teachings of Muhammad for his household. Copies of Kitab Ali were likely available until the early eighth century, and parts of it have survived in later Shia and Sunni works.