Futuwa'a of Ahl-e-Bayt

If you want to understand the Ahl-e-Bayt and to love those who love the Ahl-e-Bayt, you have to understand their rid'a and you have to understand their futuwa'a (chivalry) 
- Imam Jafar as Sadiq

Futuwa'a has been associated with Imam Ali's r.a. sword, the zulfiqar - the sword of futuwa'a, the sword of the zahir and the sword of the batin. (It was a two bladed sword).
(from Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad's Khutba at http://cambridgekhutbasetc.blogspot.com)


There is no hero, but Ali 
and no sword except Dhu'l-Fiqar
- a very famous saying.