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The following two traditions are written, one after the other, in the History of al-Tabari which is one of the important history book for the Sunnis. Besides al-Tabari, many other historians and traditionists and commentators of Quran from among Sunn...

The following two traditions are written, one afte...

This is based on traditions from the other Imams. There is a saying attributed to the Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq, “whoever visits this tomb of his own free will and believing in the right of Ali—that he was the Imam to whom obedience was required and the tr...

This is based on traditions from the other Imams. ...

Ali (A.S.) is the first Imam of Shiites and the first successor of the final messenger, Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.). According to the historians, he was a man who possessed all the Islamic and humane virtues; a man whom despite his tremendous courage a...

Ali (A.S.) is the first Imam of Shiites and the fi...

It is the 21st of Ramazan, the day of great difficulty and mourning for the Ahl-e-Bait(a.s.) and their followers. The day when our beloved Imam(a.s.) finally succumbed to the fatal injury that he received on the 19th Ramazan in Masjid-e-Koofa. Imam A...

It is the 21st of Ramazan, the day of great diffic...

According to Imam Ali (AS), Amr bil Ma'roof and Nahy an il Munkar have a number of individual and social blessings in the Islamic society. We shall attempt to highlight a few of these blessings hereunder: A- Social Effects 1. The Establishment of Ju...

According to Imam Ali (AS), Amr bil Ma'roof and Na...

Another person asked him about the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (A.S.) as to why people deserted him after knowing his distinction, his past feats, and the status he enjoyed in the eyes of the Messenger of God (S.A.W.). He answered, "They deser...

Another person asked him about the Commander of th...

Al-Mamoon once asked him why the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (A.S.) is called the divider of Paradise and of Hell, and how that attribute came to be applied to him. Imam Reza (A.S.) in turn asked him, "O Mamoon! Have you not narrated from your...

Al-Mamoon once asked him why the Commander of the ...

When the people objected to Imam Ali's equitable distribution of wealth he replied: (i) If the wealth had belonged to me even then I would have distributed it equally among the people but this wealth belongs to Allah and is meant for distribution amo...

When the people objected to Imam Ali's equitable d...

Of the three assassins, it was Abdur Rahman who had the easiest task. Ali had long been accustomed to spend night after night alone in the mosque, in prayer and meditation. It was not unusual for him to kneel on his prayer mat at sunset and there pas...

Of the three assassins, it was Abdur Rahman who ha...

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...

Next morning (on the fourth day after Osman’s- murder), the people assembled in large numbers in the great mosque. Here Ali made his appearance clad in a simple cotton gown and a coarse turban wound round his head and carrying a bow in his right hand...

Next morning (on the fourth day after Osman’s- mur...

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 fo...

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

We can approach the personality of Ali (a) from three angles: We can look at it from the angle of his personality, we can look at it from the angle of his deeds, and we can look at it from the angle of his spiritual position. From the perspective of ...

We can approach the personality of Ali (a) from th...

By: Dr. S. A. Shahrokhi, Khorramabad University, Iran The history of mankind has witnessed many leaders over the ages. Many of these leaders achieved leadership through might or inheritance and some were chosen as leaders because of certain outstandi...

By: Dr. S. A. Shahrokhi, Khorramabad University, I...

Muslim scholars unanimously agree with the fact, “that none of the companions of the Holy Prophet was so widely praised by God (through the verses of the Quran) and His Prophet for his virtues and excellence as was Hazrat Ali.” Ahmad ibn Hanbal says,...

Muslim scholars unanimously agree with the fact, “...

Imam Ali (A.S.) gained great wealth from his hard labor and work but he lived like poor people and 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, th...

Imam Ali (A.S.) gained great wealth from his hard ...

“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...

One of the basic foundational teachings of the prophets is monotheism. Furthermore, all teachings of the prophets included the act of worshipping. However, people treat worshipping differently. Some people think that worshipping is a kind of transact...

One of the basic foundational teachings of the pro...

1) The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.)said, “The title of the believer's book is love for Ali (A.S.)"Al-Manaqib of Ibn Al-Maghazeli, 243; Tarikh Baghdad of Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi, 4/410; Al-Jami of Al-Sayuti, 2/145; Yanabi^ Al-Mawda. 2) The Holy Prophet (S.A.W....

1) The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.)said, “The title of th...

Ali’s lion-heartedness on the field of battle seems at first sight to be strangely at odds with his gentleness on all other occasions, but one must remember that although his mighty blows frequently cleft his enemies in two, he never departed from hi...

Ali’s lion-heartedness on the field of battle seem...

The Encyclopedia of Imam Ali (A.S.) is a collection Imam Ali’s personality, tradition and the Institute has published thoughts, which have been compiled in Persian into 13 volumes of 6000 pages, for Culture and Islamic Thought, Tehran, Iran. This sci...

The Encyclopedia of Imam Ali (A.S.) is a collectio...