The judge Al-Moaafi bin Zakariyya narrated from Ibrahim bin Faz’l, from Faz’l bin Yousuf, from Hasan bin Saber, from Wakee’, from Hisham bin Urwah, from his father, from Ayesha, who said:
The MESSENGER OF ALLAH (SWT) said, “Mentioning ALI BIN ABI TALEB (ASWS) is worshipping ALLAH (SWT).”
(Ref : Khawarezmi in Manaqeb P261)