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The food that Hazrat Ali ate and the dress he wore were such as even the poorest could afford. It was not because he was poor but it was his desire to lead the life of the poorest person and spend all that could thus be spared for the poor. Below are...

The food that Hazrat Ali ate and the dress he wore...

Qais Bin Hazim records : "I was wandering in the streets of the bazar in Median, when I saw men clustering around one who rode a cow and stood cursing Ali. In the meantime Saad Abi Waqaas happened to pass that way and asked him what made him curse Al...

Qais Bin Hazim records : "I was wandering in the s...

Ali was the possessor of unique virtues and was the first and foremost person in a number of things. He had no match in the following attributes, to mention only a few : 1. He was of noblest birth for both his father and mother were Hashimites. 2. He...

Ali was the possessor of unique virtues and was th...

The most amazing instances of the exaltation of Ali are to be found in the descriptions of the Meraj or Ascension of the Prophet to Heaven, in accordance with the Verse of the Quran (xvii. I) : "Glory to him who carried His servant by night from the ...

The most amazing instances of the exaltation of Al...

The fame of Ali's impartiality as Chief justice spread far and wide. Had circumstances allowed him to reign peacefully the world would have witnessed a unique combination of divine and secular justice. In the cases which were brought to his court, Al...

The fame of Ali's impartiality as Chief justice sp...

Ali was humble and hated pomp and arrogance. Even as Caliph he used to sweep the floor of his own house, chop wood for fuel, carry water on his shoulders, mend his own shoes, wash his own clothes and milk his goat, Ali's wife Fatima did similar domes...

Ali was humble and hated pomp and arrogance. Even ...

Ali was always extremely poor, yet he was as renowned for his charity as he was for his piety. Because he never owned any money or goods of his own, he had to be exempted from the Zakat, the obligatory alms tax levied on every male and female Muslim ...

Ali was always extremely poor, yet he was as renow...

There is ample evidence to show that. Ali was well acquainted with both the Old and New Testaments, which he applied frequently when deciding judicial cases involving Jews and Christians respectively. He was similarly well-versed in the Quran, (the f...

There is ample evidence to show that. Ali was well...

When Ali offered his prayers he was frequently observed to be in a strange physical condition. When asked to account for the pallor of his face and the way in which his body trembled he replied, "I present myself to the Almighty to render an account ...

When Ali offered his prayers he was frequently obs...

Ibn-e-Hajar Makki in Sawaiq-e-Muhariqa reports that Abubakr once said : "It would be difficult indeed for any one to pass over the bridge of 'Sire, on the Day of Judgment without getting a permit from Ali, because this is what I have heard from the H...

Ibn-e-Hajar Makki in Sawaiq-e-Muhariqa reports tha...

"Ali deserves a distinguished place in literary history," Devenport remarks, "in as much as he had cultivated his mind with an ease and assiduity unusual in his age and country. He left many collections of sentences, proverbs and poetical pieces. Gob...

"Ali deserves a distinguished place in literary hi...

Hazrat Ali's administration was such that it could serve as a model even to modern governments, not excepting those of the most advanced countries. It was a rare coincidence, with few parallels in History, that a country, so steeped in superstition a...

Hazrat Ali's administration was such that it could...

After dealing with the revolt of the Kharijites, Hazrat Ali had to face the problem of consolidating his control over Egypt. He had sent Qais-Ibne-Saad as Governor of Egypt but had to call him back and to send Mohammad Ibne-Abubakr in his stead. Unfo...

After dealing with the revolt of the Kharijites, H...

Ali had commenced his march on Syria when he received tidings that the Kharijites had attempted a raid on Madaen but were beaten back to their camp; that they were committing horrible outrages in the country all around their camp, condemning as impio...

Ali had commenced his march on Syria when he recei...

The truce having been concluded on 13th Safar, 37 A.H. at San, when Ali was returning homeward with his army, a body of 12,000 men had separated themselves from the ranks and marched at some little distance in the same direction as the main body towa...

The truce having been concluded on 13th Safar, 37 ...

"The carnage, chiefly in the ranks of Moawiya, was very great in these battles. Among the ranks of Ali the loss of certain distinguished Companions was regretted by friends and foes alike. Ammar Yasir was deeply grieved when Hashim b. Obta, the hero ...

"The carnage, chiefly in the ranks of Moawiya, was...

The following interesting incident is related by Major Price as having taken place at the commencement of the war :-"As Siffin commanded, to a considerable distance, the only access to the waters of the Euphrates, Moawiya had stationed Abul Awr, one ...

The following interesting incident is related by M...

1. Never begin a war yourself, God does not like bloodshed; fight only in defence. 2. Never be first to attack your enemy, repulse his attacks, but do it boldly, bravely and courageously. 3. While declaring yourself and your deeds (Rajuz, a custom a...

1. Never begin a war yourself, God does not like b...

It has already been stated that during his sojourn at Medina on the occasion of his visit to Caliph Osman, Moawiya happened one day to ask Kab-al-Ahbar how the prevailing disturbances against Osman would end. Kab predicted that Osman would be murdere...

It has already been stated that during his sojourn...

"Ayesha might have looked for cruel treatment at the hands of Ali, having been his vindictive and persevering enemy, but he was too magnanimous to triumph over a fallen foe." W. Irving's Succ. of Mohd. p. 197. When all the confusion of the battle was...

"Ayesha might have looked for cruel treatment at t...

Such was the end of the two great leaders of the rebels. As to Ayesha, the implacable soul of the revolt, the vindictive lady was still screaming unceasingly with her shrill voice, "Slay the murderers of Osman," and urging her men to fight. But the t...

Such was the end of the two great leaders of the r...