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The First Imam: `Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Amir Al-Mu'minin (Peace be on him)
Name: Ali.
Title: al-Murtada.
Agnomen. Abu. 'l-Hasan.
Father's name: Abu Talib ibn `Abd al-Muttalib.
Mother's name: Fatimah bint Asad.
Birth: In the Holy Ka'bah in Mecca on Friday, 13th Rajab 23 BH.
Death: Died at the age of 63, in Kufah (Iraq) on Monday, 21st
Ramadan 40 AH;
murdered by an assassin who mortally wounded him with a poisoned
sword in
the mosque of Kufah during the morning prayer on 19th Ramadan;
buried in an-Najaf al-Ashraf (Iraq). |
Imam Ali was the cousin of our Holy Prophet. He was born in the Sacred House (Ka'bah). Providence alone had a hand in bringing his mother towards the Ka'bah. When his mother came to Ka'bah, she felt weighed down by intense pain of pregnancy. She knelt down before the Holy Structure and prayed humbly to God. `Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, saw Ali's mother praying to God. No sooner had she raised her head from supplication, then the wall of the Sacred House split by a solemn miracle. Fatimah entered the Ka'bah and that portion returned to its normal position. `Abbas and his companions flocked at the gate of the Sacred House which was locked, and tried to open it, but in vain. They then decided to give it up, considering the miraculous nature of the event and the Divine Will in action. The news of this miraculous incident soon spread like wild fire in Mecca.
Birth
He was born in the House
of God, the Ka'bah on 13th Rajab 23 years before Hijrah. On the death
of `Abdu 1-Muttalib, Abu Talib was appointed the guardian of Muhammad
and was charged with the responsibility of bringing him up. Muhammad
and 'Ali grew up in the same house. The Prophet was considerably older
and he looked after and trained 'Ali with great love and care. The Apostle
of Allah said that he and `Ali were two pieces of the same Nur (Light).
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The Holy Prophet
of Islam said:
"Nobody knows
Allah except I and Ali. Nobody knows me except Allah and Ali. Nobody
knows 'Ali except Allah and I. If you want to see the knowledge of Adam,
the piety of Nuh, the devotion of Ibrahim, the awe of Musa and the service
and abstinence of `Isa look at the bright face of `Ali."
Sayings of Imam
Ali (a.s.):
"O people! Let
it be known to you that we are the descendants of the Holy Prophet.
Angels come to us. We are the fountains of learning. We are the springs
of wisdom and knowledge of Allah."
"He who is our
friend and helper deserves the Mercy of Allah, and he who is our enemy,
waits for the punishment of Allah. They speak lies against us and do
injustice to us."
"Only those people
who obey Allah and His Apostle shall go to Paradise and those who do
otherwise shall go to Hell. Verily, Allah made you Muslims and He wants
you to be sincere Muslims. He who recognizes Allah, His Prophet and
his Ahlu’l-bayt and even if he dies in bed and not in jihad he
will be a martyr (shahid)."
"O people! ask
me (any question) before you miss me,-because certainly I am acquainted
with the passages of the sky more than the passages of the earth, and
before that mischief springs upon its feet which would trample even
the nose-string and destroy the wits of the people."
"Now, I bid you
goodbye; you will find my place vacant and realize my worth. You will
remember me when others succeed me to caliphate." (Nahju 'l-baldghah)
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