The greatest of what Imam Ali (PBUH) saidCategory Archive

  Imam Ali (AS) said: In their lives Allah (SWT) is great and others are small; it seems that they have seen heaven and live in its blessings; and believe in hell as if they have seen it and are trapped in its torments. The hearts of the pious people are grief-stricken and they do not bother others. Their bodies are thin and their wishes are few, and their souls are modest and they are chaste More ...

 Imam Ali (AS) said: (Those who are considered as seekers of knowledge) before their time of death and when they are granted respite, they must act, and when they have time, before becoming trapped, must try. And they must do good deeds whilst they are free before death grabs their throats. Therefore, they should prepare for their own relief and the place they are going to. And in this world More ...

  Imam Ali (AS) said: I have been informed that a man from the army of Shaam (currently Damascus) has entered the house of a Muslim woman and the house of a non-Muslim woman who has taken refuge under the Islamic rule, and has robbed their bangles, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings whilst they had no tools to defend themselves except weeping and pleading. The army of Shaam left with lots o More ...

After the War of Jamal, Imam Ali (AS) wrote a letter to Ash’ath ibn Qais: Indeed, official post and governance is not a mean of attaining bread and water (wealth), rather it is a trust around your neck (you have been entrusted with this official post). You must obey your commander and Imam; you have no right to oppress people, nor are you allowed to act upon an important task without having More ...

  One day Imam Ali (AS) came out of the Mosque and was passing by a place where animals were kept and saw 30 sheep in there and said: Swear to God if I had forces to the number of these sheep, I would have ousted the ruler from his office. In the afternoon 300 individuals swore allegiance to Imam Ali (AS) to fight with him until death. Imam (AS) told them: Go and shave your heads and gather i More ...

  Imam Ali (AS) said: I moved with guidance from God’s light and as for speech and slogan my voice was quieter than everyone, but I was a front-runner and progressive in action (deeds). I took the reins and flew in front of everyone, and was rewarded for virtues; like a mountain which does not move by hurricane or is not displaced by storms [1]. [1] Nahjul Balaghah, Sermon 37. More ...

  Gods right in the time of difficulties: satisfaction and patience, and His right in the time of prosperity: gratefulness and Thanksgiving. I wonder at how people have food diet to avoid harm, and not have sins diet to avoid hell.. I wonder at how people buy slaves with their money, and not buy the free with their deeds and own them. Three partners: The oppressor, the person who he More ...

  It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: There are ten characteristics in the human beings which the tongue reveals them, the tongue is a witness that reports from the inside. It is a referee that ends the disputes; questions are answered with it; an intermediator that resolves problems; articles are described with it; a commander that orders to goodness; it is an advisor that prevents More ...

  Imam Ali’s (AS) letter to Imam Hassan (AS) is full of lengthy and instructive themes that we need to remind ourselves of. Following is a part of this letter: I advise you to fear Allah (SWT), O’ my child, abide by God’s Commands, fill your heart with remembrance of, and cling to hope from God. No connection is more reliable than the connection between you and Allah (SWT) More ...

  Imam Ali (AS) said: Swear to Allah (SWT), if I am given the seven continents of the world with all the things under the skies in order to disobey God and unjustifiably take away the skin of a barleycorn from an ant; I will not do so! And indeed, this impure world of yours to me is lower than the chewed leaf from the mouth of a locust! What has Ali got to do with perishable favours and imper More ...

  After returning from the War of Saffayn, Imam Ali (AS) recommended in his will: I want to recommend to the one who has in his control this assets that to protect the original wealth and assets, and only use and give away from the fruits and income of them. And never sell the young date trees/saplings, in order that all this land is covered with date trees which make it difficult to find a w More ...

  What follows is a part of the book Nahjal-Balagha, the most famous collection of sermons, letters, tafsirs and stories attributed to Imam Ali (A.S). It was collected by Al-Sharif Al-Radhi, the Shia Scholar of the tenth century. Known for its eloquent content, it is considered as a masterpiece of literature in Shia Islam, ranked third behind the Qur’an and prophetic narratives. This is More ...

  Imam Ali (AS) said: Beware, that the intercession by the holy Quran is accepted and its words are approved. The one, whom the Quran intercedes on his /her behalf on the Day of Judgment, will be forgiven; and the one whom the Quran complains about, will be condemned [1]. [1] Nahjul Balaghah, Sermon 176. More ...

 Imam Ali (AS) said: The Quran is a light that does not turn off, it is a light that its luminosity and brightness does not diminish; it is a sea that its depth cannot be understood, it is a path that its passenger does not go astray, it is a flame that its light does not go dark. It is a divider of the truth and falsehood that the shinning of its proof does not go off. It is a building that More ...

  By: Sayyed Hussain Sheikh al-Islami Tooyserkani Perhaps many people wish to know who the pious are, what their features or signs are, how they have lived in this world, what their states in the hereafter shall be, how they look at the world, what the worth of the hereafter is to them, how they pass their nights, what they do during days, how their lives are different from others’, a More ...

  In Nahjul Balaghah Imam Ali ibn Abitaleb (AS) described various benefits of Islamic unity of which the main ones are outlined briefly. Protection of the religion of Islam- In Letter 62 of Nahjul Balaghah, Imam Ali (AS) wrote: I stayed back until I saw a group that left Islam wants to destroy the religion of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). So I feared that if I do not help Islam and its follo More ...

  Describing the special characteristics of the real seekers of the truth, Imam Ali (AS) said: Revived his/her wisdom, and killed the desires to the point where the body became thin and the moral violence softened. A bright light shone, and directed him/her to the right path, and took him/her from one door to another in order to take him/her to salvation and eternal abode where his/her feet More ...

     Imam ‘Ali (a.s.)’s last will to his sons Imam al-Hasan (a.s.) & Imam al-Husayn (a.s.) after he was stuck with a poisonous sword of Abdul-Rahman bin Muljim. o My advice to you is to be conscious of Allah and steadfast in your religion. Do not yearn for the world, and do not be seduced by it. Do not resent anything you have missed in i More ...

  When Amir al-mu’minin was warned of being killed by deceit, he said Surely, there is a strong shield of Allah over me. When my day would come it would get away from me and hand me over to death. At that time neither an arrow would go amiss nor a wound would heal up.   More ...

 Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, said: Miserliness is shame; cowardice is a defect; poverty disables an intelligent man from arguing his case; and a destitute person is a stranger in his home town. More ...