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The commander of faithful, the father of
eloquence, the caretaker of the orphans,
the shelter of the needy and the perfect of
all humans after Holy Prophet Muhammad
(saw). Born in the House of Allah, Holy
Kaaba, and martryed in the House of Allah,
Masjid-e-Kufa. He died on the 21st day of
Ramadan 40 A.H. and buried in Najaf al-
Ashraf (Iraq).
On the eve of the martyrdom of Imam Ali
(as) we take this opportunity to extend our
heartiest condolences to Imam of the time, Imam
Mahdi (as) and the Muslim world. Oh Allah
(SWT) help us live the life of Imam Ali (as)!
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) had prophesied his
departure from this world several days before
hand, and on the day of his martyrdom he
mysteriously desired his sons Imam Hasan and
Imam Hussain (as) to offer their morning prayers
in the house and not to accompany him as they
usually did to the mosque of Kufa. When Imam
Ali (as) was leaving his abode, the household
birds began making a great noise and when one
of Imam Ali's servants attempted to quieted
them, Imam Ali (as) said, "Leave them alone, for
their cries are only lamentations foreboding my
death."
On the 19th of the month of Holy Ramadan (Mah
e Ramzan) of the year 40 A.H, Imam Ali (pbuh)
came to the mosque in Kufa for his morning
prayers. Imam Ali (pbuh) gave the call for prayer
(Azaan) and became engaged in leading the
congregation. Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam
pretending to pray, stood just behind Imam Ali
(pbuh), and when Imam Ali (pbuh) was in a state
of prostration, Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam dealt a
heavy stroke with his sword, inflicting a deep
wound on Imam Ali's (pbuh) head.
This was the time when Imam Ali (as) uttered
his famous words : "Fuzto warab-il-Kaaba" - "By
the Rab of Kaaba, I am successful".
Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had prophesied
the assassination of Imam Ali (pbuh) and his
issues. Regarding Imam Ali (pbuh) Holy Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) had said, "O Ali! I see before
my eyes thy beard dyed with the blood of thy
forehead."
They assassinated Imam Ali (pbuh) at his finest
time - the hour of standing before Allah, the
Exalted, during a prayer of submission, in the
best of days, while fasting during the month of
Ramadan (Mah e Ramzan); during the most
glorious Islamic duties, while preparing to wage
jihad, and in the highest and most pure divine
places, the Mosque of Kufa.
May joy be to Amir al-Muminin Imam Ali bin Abi
Talib (pbuh) and a blessed afterlife!
The crime of assassinating Imam Ali (pbuh)
remains one of the most cruel, brutal and
hideous, because it was not committed against
one man, but against the whole rational Islamic
leadership. By assassinating Imam Ali (pbuh),
they actually aimed at assassinating the
message, the history, the culture and the nation
of Muslims embodied in the person of Imam Ali
bin Abi Talib (pbuh). In doing so, the Islamic
nation lost its guide of progress, and at the most
wondrous opportunity in its life after the Holy
Prophet (pbuh).
Imam Ali (pbuh) suffered from his wound for
three days, and He (pbuh) passed away on 21st
of the month of Ramadan (Mah e Ramzan) at an
age of 63 years.
During these three days, he (pbuh) entrusted his
son, Imam Hasan (pbuh) with the Imamate of
guiding the nation ideologically and socially.
During those three days, as during all his life, he
never ceased remembering Allah, praising Him,
and accepting Him and His ordinance.
Likewise, he continued giving pieces of advice
and directions leading to good, pointing to the
right, defining the way to guidance, explaining
the course for deliverance, calling for the
observance of Allah's ordinances, and warning
against following one's ill desires and set-backs
from not carrying out the divine message.
The following is one piece of advice offered to
his sons, Imam Hasan (pbuh) and Imam Hussain
(pbuh), as well as to his people, the nation and
coming generations:
"I advise you to fear Allah, and not to run after
(the pleasure of) the world, even if it may run
after you. Do not be sorry for anything from it
which you have been denied. Say the truth and
act for (Allah's) reward. Be an enemy of the
oppressor, and be a helper of the oppressed."
"I advise you, my children, my household and all
those who may receive my message, to fear
Allah, to arrange your affairs well, to maintain
good relations among yourselves, for I have
heard your grandfather (pbuh) saying: 'Good
relations are better than prayer and fasting in
general.'"
"(Fear) Allah when handling matters of orphans.
Do not let them starve, nor allow them to be lost
as long as you are there."
"(Fear) Allah in respect to your neighbors, for
they were the trust of your Prophet (pbuh). He
went on asking us to take care of them, so much
that we thought he would make them heirs (of
our heritage)."
"(Fear) Allah in respect to the Holy Quran, (take
care that) no one may excel you in following its
tenets."
"(Fear) Allah in respect to prayer, as it is
the pillar of your religion."
"(Fear) Allah in respect to your Lord's
House (Kaaba), do not forsake it so long as
you live, because if you do you will not be
looked upon with respect."
"(Fear) Allah in respect to Jihad, fight with
your wealth, your lives and your tongues, in
the way of Allah."
"Have mutual liaison and give-and-take. Beware
of turning your faces from, and of renouncing,
one another. Do not abandon bidding good and
forbidding evil, lest vicious people may overrule
you, and then in such a case, your invocations
will not be responded to (by Allah)."
Then he said: "O, Banu Abdul Muttalib, certainly I
do not want you to wade through the blood of
the Muslims, crying: Amir al-Muminin was
murdered. You certainly kill for me no one but
my killer."
"Wait till I die by this stroke of him (Abd-al-
Rahman ibn Muljam), then strike a single stroke
against him, and do not disfigure his body, for I
had heard the Holy Prophet (pbuh) saying: 'Avoid
mayhem even with a rabid dog.'"
Such was the heroic end of this great man! The
loss to the Mission and the nation was the
gravest after the loss of the Holy Prophet
(pbuh).
By the death of Imam Ali (pbuh) the nation lost:
A heroism that had become the song of the time;
A courageous history that has never dreamt of
its like;
A wisdom no one can fathom, save Allah;
A purity, the like of which was only in the
prophets;
An abstinence from the pleasures of life that
could be attained only by the nearest to Allah;
An eloquence such as to be the echo of Book;
and
A jurisprudence, and a thorough knowledge of
the laws of religion, that made him the 'gateway
of the city' of the Prophet's knowledge, and the
authority to whom the Islamic nation referred in
all its affairs.
Peace be upon Amir al-Muminin the day he was
born, the day he was martyred on his altar, and
the day he shall be raised alive.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
eloquence, the caretaker of the orphans,
the shelter of the needy and the perfect of
all humans after Holy Prophet Muhammad
(saw). Born in the House of Allah, Holy
Kaaba, and martryed in the House of Allah,
Masjid-e-Kufa. He died on the 21st day of
Ramadan 40 A.H. and buried in Najaf al-
Ashraf (Iraq).
On the eve of the martyrdom of Imam Ali
(as) we take this opportunity to extend our
heartiest condolences to Imam of the time, Imam
Mahdi (as) and the Muslim world. Oh Allah
(SWT) help us live the life of Imam Ali (as)!
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) had prophesied his
departure from this world several days before
hand, and on the day of his martyrdom he
mysteriously desired his sons Imam Hasan and
Imam Hussain (as) to offer their morning prayers
in the house and not to accompany him as they
usually did to the mosque of Kufa. When Imam
Ali (as) was leaving his abode, the household
birds began making a great noise and when one
of Imam Ali's servants attempted to quieted
them, Imam Ali (as) said, "Leave them alone, for
their cries are only lamentations foreboding my
death."
On the 19th of the month of Holy Ramadan (Mah
e Ramzan) of the year 40 A.H, Imam Ali (pbuh)
came to the mosque in Kufa for his morning
prayers. Imam Ali (pbuh) gave the call for prayer
(Azaan) and became engaged in leading the
congregation. Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam
pretending to pray, stood just behind Imam Ali
(pbuh), and when Imam Ali (pbuh) was in a state
of prostration, Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam dealt a
heavy stroke with his sword, inflicting a deep
wound on Imam Ali's (pbuh) head.
This was the time when Imam Ali (as) uttered
his famous words : "Fuzto warab-il-Kaaba" - "By
the Rab of Kaaba, I am successful".
Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had prophesied
the assassination of Imam Ali (pbuh) and his
issues. Regarding Imam Ali (pbuh) Holy Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) had said, "O Ali! I see before
my eyes thy beard dyed with the blood of thy
forehead."
They assassinated Imam Ali (pbuh) at his finest
time - the hour of standing before Allah, the
Exalted, during a prayer of submission, in the
best of days, while fasting during the month of
Ramadan (Mah e Ramzan); during the most
glorious Islamic duties, while preparing to wage
jihad, and in the highest and most pure divine
places, the Mosque of Kufa.
May joy be to Amir al-Muminin Imam Ali bin Abi
Talib (pbuh) and a blessed afterlife!
The crime of assassinating Imam Ali (pbuh)
remains one of the most cruel, brutal and
hideous, because it was not committed against
one man, but against the whole rational Islamic
leadership. By assassinating Imam Ali (pbuh),
they actually aimed at assassinating the
message, the history, the culture and the nation
of Muslims embodied in the person of Imam Ali
bin Abi Talib (pbuh). In doing so, the Islamic
nation lost its guide of progress, and at the most
wondrous opportunity in its life after the Holy
Prophet (pbuh).
Imam Ali (pbuh) suffered from his wound for
three days, and He (pbuh) passed away on 21st
of the month of Ramadan (Mah e Ramzan) at an
age of 63 years.
During these three days, he (pbuh) entrusted his
son, Imam Hasan (pbuh) with the Imamate of
guiding the nation ideologically and socially.
During those three days, as during all his life, he
never ceased remembering Allah, praising Him,
and accepting Him and His ordinance.
Likewise, he continued giving pieces of advice
and directions leading to good, pointing to the
right, defining the way to guidance, explaining
the course for deliverance, calling for the
observance of Allah's ordinances, and warning
against following one's ill desires and set-backs
from not carrying out the divine message.
The following is one piece of advice offered to
his sons, Imam Hasan (pbuh) and Imam Hussain
(pbuh), as well as to his people, the nation and
coming generations:
"I advise you to fear Allah, and not to run after
(the pleasure of) the world, even if it may run
after you. Do not be sorry for anything from it
which you have been denied. Say the truth and
act for (Allah's) reward. Be an enemy of the
oppressor, and be a helper of the oppressed."
"I advise you, my children, my household and all
those who may receive my message, to fear
Allah, to arrange your affairs well, to maintain
good relations among yourselves, for I have
heard your grandfather (pbuh) saying: 'Good
relations are better than prayer and fasting in
general.'"
"(Fear) Allah when handling matters of orphans.
Do not let them starve, nor allow them to be lost
as long as you are there."
"(Fear) Allah in respect to your neighbors, for
they were the trust of your Prophet (pbuh). He
went on asking us to take care of them, so much
that we thought he would make them heirs (of
our heritage)."
"(Fear) Allah in respect to the Holy Quran, (take
care that) no one may excel you in following its
tenets."
"(Fear) Allah in respect to prayer, as it is
the pillar of your religion."
"(Fear) Allah in respect to your Lord's
House (Kaaba), do not forsake it so long as
you live, because if you do you will not be
looked upon with respect."
"(Fear) Allah in respect to Jihad, fight with
your wealth, your lives and your tongues, in
the way of Allah."
"Have mutual liaison and give-and-take. Beware
of turning your faces from, and of renouncing,
one another. Do not abandon bidding good and
forbidding evil, lest vicious people may overrule
you, and then in such a case, your invocations
will not be responded to (by Allah)."
Then he said: "O, Banu Abdul Muttalib, certainly I
do not want you to wade through the blood of
the Muslims, crying: Amir al-Muminin was
murdered. You certainly kill for me no one but
my killer."
"Wait till I die by this stroke of him (Abd-al-
Rahman ibn Muljam), then strike a single stroke
against him, and do not disfigure his body, for I
had heard the Holy Prophet (pbuh) saying: 'Avoid
mayhem even with a rabid dog.'"
Such was the heroic end of this great man! The
loss to the Mission and the nation was the
gravest after the loss of the Holy Prophet
(pbuh).
By the death of Imam Ali (pbuh) the nation lost:
A heroism that had become the song of the time;
A courageous history that has never dreamt of
its like;
A wisdom no one can fathom, save Allah;
A purity, the like of which was only in the
prophets;
An abstinence from the pleasures of life that
could be attained only by the nearest to Allah;
An eloquence such as to be the echo of Book;
and
A jurisprudence, and a thorough knowledge of
the laws of religion, that made him the 'gateway
of the city' of the Prophet's knowledge, and the
authority to whom the Islamic nation referred in
all its affairs.
Peace be upon Amir al-Muminin the day he was
born, the day he was martyred on his altar, and
the day he shall be raised alive.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
