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Virtues of Imam Ali His Knowledge, Generosity, Courage Worship, Eloquence, Battles and Other Issues Virtues of Imam Ali His Knowledge, Generosity, Courage Worship, Eloquence, Battles and Other Issues 2 VIRTUES OF IMAM ALI His Knowledge, Generosity, Courage, Worship, Eloquence, Battles and Other Issues By Muhammad Jawad Mughniyah Translated by Ameerul-Mumineen Center for Translation (ACT) (Ahmed Jabir Timimi) 3 The Book: Virtues of Imam Ali Author: Sheikh Muhammad Jawad Mughniyah Publisher: Intellectual and Cultural Affairs Department in the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali Translation: Ameerul-Mumineen Center for Translation (ACT) Translator : Ahmed Jabir Timimi Designed by : Hasanein Emad Shabaa First Edition 2019 *The opinions and ideas expressed in this book are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the publisher’s view. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher . 4 Introduction In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious All praise is due to Allah. Best blessings be upon the Divinely chosen one and the seal of the prophets, and upon his blessed household and guiding companions. Talking about the Holy Prophet’s household (i.e. the Ahl al-Bayt) can be simple and easy but at the same time difficult and intricate. It can be easy for those who only want to narrate what is uninterruptedly transmitted from ancestors to successors and recorded in books dedicated to virtues and distinctive qualities of the personalities of Islam, but it is very difficult for those who attempt to reveal the secrets and treasures hidden in these book and narrations, for the sublime purposes and excellent points they had carried, because discussing all these virtues, or even some of them requires a previous acquaintance with a great amount of true knowledge and noble morality. Unfortunately, many authors who wrote about the Ahl al-Bayt (‛a) have nothing more than love and loyalty to them. By instinct, love is something while loyalty is something else. Generally, love for the Holy Prophet is not enough to write about his biography nor are all those who believe in the Holy Quran qualified enough to interpret it since they may not have adequate knowledge about it. Certainly, there is a big variety of knowledge and sciences and incalculable treasures of secrets and wisdoms contained by the heritage of the Ahl al- Bayt (‛a) generally and the Commander of the Faithful (Imam Ali) particularly. Even the partisans (i.e. Shi’a) of the Ahl al-Bayt do not have any part of these treasures except their jurisprudential issues; so, with greater 5 reason, the other sects must have nothing at all. Regarding the other branches of knowledge of the Ahl al-Bayt than jurisprudence and religious laws, I believe that their secrets have not yet been unveiled. Strangely, since the time of the master scholar Sheikh al-Mufid, the Shi’a authors who wrote about the Ahl al-Bayt (‛a) are still repeating what he said hundreds of years ago in both words and meanings, following the same method of arrangement and chaptering, without taking into consideration the changes that occurred to the way of thinking, culture and inclinations of people, and without exerting any efforts to study and analyze these issues in the light of the time changes and developments. Presently, writing about great personalities is no longer mere narrations of events and mentioning their virtues; rather, it has turning into deducing morals and lessons from their lives, attracting the readers’ attentions and directing them towards these personalities, and inciting them into following these personalities consciously or unconsciously. If the non-Shiah people had the likes of Ali and his sons 1, they would most surely fill in the entire universe with their feats and glories. Not long ago, we have read a huge book written by al-Hafnawi about fake merits ascribed to Abu-Sufyan the Umayyad chief, for no other reason than that the Holy Prophet was reported to have said on the day of the Conquest of Mecca, “… and whoever enters the house of Abu-Sufyan is safe.” Before that, Sheikh Al-Khudhari had written in his book al-Muhadharat : “The Prophet’s words: ‘ whoever enters the house of Abu-Sufyan is safe’ imparts such a great honor to Abu-Sufyan the like of which has never been imparted to anybody!” It is worth mentioning that on the same day, the Holy 1- I mean that if the non-Shia people followed Ali as the Shia do… In fact, Ali is for everybody. 6 Prophet also declared, “ Whoever enters the house of Hakeem ibn (i.e. son of) Huzam is safe. Whoever sheathes his sword is safe… etc .” These words clearly meant that all those who would not unsheathe a sword against Muslims would be safe, too. Nevertheless, al-Hafnawi and al-Khudhari still believe that these words imparted such an unmatched honor to Abu-Sufyan the like of which had never been won by any Muslims, including the past and the present, including Imam Ali whom the Holy Prophet ordered to go up his shoulders and smash the idols that had been deified and worshiped by Abu-Sufyan! At any rate, I do not claim that I have such a big expanse of studying the heritage of the Ahl al-Bayt (‛a) that I should not keep it secret; rather, my follow-up of their heritage drove me to assume that full acquaintance with their heritage is not accessible to everyone except those who are members of the Prophet’s household from whom God removed all impurity and whom He purified with thorough purification,1 or attained such a supreme rank of faith and knowledge like that attained by Salman about whom the Holy Prophet said, “Salman is one of us—the Ahl al-Bayt .” However, my continuous progression and my dedication to studying their heritage for thirty years or more has transported me to the shore of safety; so, I scooped up a palmful that I wrote on these pages. Yet, I take this oath: No human being, no matter how experienced he is, tries to understand the words of the Holy Prophet’s family members as they should be understood or ponder over their meanings but that these words shall imprint in his mentality a torch of God’s light whence he does or does not sense it. In this book, I concentrated with a great attention on Imam Ali’s battles during the Holy Prophet's lifetime and thereafter and then displayed them as 1- This is an indication of God’s saying in the Holy Quran: “ Indeed, Allah desires to repel all impurity from you, O People of the Household, and purify you with a thorough purification. [Surah al-Ahzab 33, verse 33]” 7 briefly and clearly as possible. This is because the majority of readers are excited to know the reality of these battles but they find it difficult to refer to the voluminous books to find their callings and find it intolerable to go through the classic style of these books. Besides, Imam Ali's battles gloss over his personality in its most manifest images and give a bright idea about his incomparable virtues. They also express his infinite trust in God, self- confidence, abstinence from worldly pleasures, modesty, patience, steadfastness in the face of misfortunes and hardships, love for goodness and peace, sympathy, and clemency towards even his bitterest enemies. Furthermore, these battles stand in for the best and fairest demonstrations of the fact that he fought for no other sake than applying to reality and raising high the slogan of Islam; namely, There is no god save Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah , as well as for the sake of defending the poor and removing the passions of the destitute. In addition, one of the major objectives of writing the current book is to prove that there are many strong and unbreakable bonds between Shiah and Sunni Muslims and anyone who attempts to break any of these bonds is only devising to present Islam and Muslims as victims of one’s evil purposes and inclinations. The clearest evidence on this fact is that the Quranic verses and Prophetic traditions the Shiah Muslims used as evidence to prove the sanctity of the Ahl al-Bayt (‛a) are the same ones used by Sunni Muslims to prove the same fact as though they copied from one another or, more precisely, they took from the same source. This is the very certitude required. To cut a long story short, the following lines are only examples of Imam Ali's virtues, since it is impossible to mention them all or to calculate them, especially when take into account the Holy Prophet’s words: “Verily, God has granted my brother, Ali ibn Abi-Talib, excellent virtues that are too numerous to count. If one mentions one of these virtues having faith in it, 8 God will forgive all of his past and recent sins. And if one writes one of his virtues, the angels will seek forgiveness for him as long as that written text continues to exist. And if one listens to one of his virtues, God will forgive all the sins that he committed using his ears. And if one reads a book about his virtues, God will forgive all of the sins that he committed using his eyes .” 1 (1) This Prophetic tradition is quoted by al-Khawarizmi. Proving the authenticity of this Prophetic tradition, Sheikh al-Muzhaffar provided demonstrations and texts written in Sunni reference books of traditions.
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