The greatest of what Imam Ali (PBUH) saidCategory Archive

  “My son! Know that you were created for the Hereafter, not for this world, for extinction (in this world), not for permanence, and for death, not for life. You are in an abode from which you must depart, in a place from which you acquire your provisions, and on a path to the Hereafter. You are being chased by death from which no fleeing one is saved, none whom it seeks escapes from More ...

  aith is patience during difficulty and thankfulness during prosperity." "It suffices for one to work on his own flaws rather than other peoples flaws. "These are a few words from a devout and virtuous person. Every religion has individuals who are exceptional in their holiness and virtue. Such individuals are called saints. In Islam, the saints are the 12 successors after More ...

  An Extract of Du’a Kumayl The following sayings of Imam ‘Ali (as) are taken from Dua Kumail, trans. N. Husayn Mardi, Chehel Sotoon Theological School: Iran, 1989. The most complete gift of God is a life based on knowledge. The innumerable fools have made the learned very scarce. The learned man understands the ignorant for he was once ignorant for he was once ignorant himse More ...

  A Man in the Audience Requested Imam Ali to Preach about Leading a Sober Life Imam Ali thereupon advised him thus: Do not be among those people who want to gain good returns without working for them, or those who have big hopes and keep on postponing repentance and penance, and who talk like the pious but prefer worldly pleasures. Do not be among those who are dissatisfied despite being More ...

  His Counsel and Preaching, Keys to Success Introduction In this collection of admonishment, counsel, and advice, Imam Ali (p) invites people to honesty, truthfulness, and God- consciousness. This demonstrates his superior knowledge and highest level of spirituality. In a few words, he defines success, which is gaining salvation through prayers and thankfulness to God, repentance, and s More ...

  Do not seek to know the Truth (al-Haqq) according to other people. Rather first come to know the Truth — and only then will you recognize Its people. [1] One of the most striking characteristics about those surviving oral traditions that have come down to us from the earliest periods of each of the world-religions — as with the Gospels, the earliest Buddhist teachings, or the P More ...

 “And do not speak of those who are slain in the Way of Allah as dead; nay, they are alive, but you perceive not.” Quran 2:154 ****** My Dear Son, Let it be known to you that decay of health, passing away of time and nearness of death, have made me realize that I should give more thought to my future (next world) and to my people; advise them more and spend more time in equ More ...

     A man asked Imam Ali (A.S) in Masjid-e-Kufa (Kufa mosque), "What is the distance between me and (pointing towards the sun) and the sun". It is worth mentioning here about the complexity of this question. This man was an Arab. And in the Arabic language the numbers or count is limited up to one thousand (1000). The count in Arabic does not exceed 1000. The More ...

  "Look out for your thoughts, for they will become your words. Look out for your words, for they will become your actions. Look out for your actions, for they will become your habits. Look out for your habits, for they will become your character. Look out for your character, for they will become your fate." Imam Ali (A.S) Really, how brilliantly has Imam Ali  More ...

   Imam Ali (a) always ate and dressed in such a simple way that even the poorest could afford better. It was not because he was poor, but it was because he wanted to lead the life of the poorest person and spend all that could thus be spared on the poor. I have noted below certain cases quoted by the historians. These incidents are of the time when he was the ruler of the entire Mu More ...

 Everyone aspires to be happy in his life. Imam Ali (as) provides you with a nine-point canon to reach this goal thus: Nine rules for happiness by the Commander of the Faithful Ali : FIRST: Rely on Allah when pleased and when grieved. SECOND: Fear Allah when you are alone, when travelling and when at home. THIRD: Do not coerce anyone, no matter how much he wrongs you. FOURTH: D More ...

  The Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (p), is an incredible role model in all his words and actions. We see this throughout his life and even during his very last moments. The nineteenth of the holy month of Ramadan marks the anniversary of the day Imam Ali (p) was struck on the head by a man named Abd al-Rahman Ibn Muljim. As tragic as this episode was in Islamic history, i More ...

  Letter 53 of Nahjul Balagha by Imam Ali is one of the most eloquent pieces of literature I have ever read. In it, he writes to Malik al-Ashtar (who governs Egypt on his behalf), and gives him advice on how to treat the people. When I was appointed Head of Department in my school, I read this letter in order to learn how to lead people ethically. It is my manifesto on how to treat people in More ...

  Mālik al-Ashtar was a famous companion of Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the fourth of the rightly-guided caliphs. The following instructions in the form of a letter were written to him by Imām ‘Alī who appointed him as the governor of Egypt in place of Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr: The letter is found under “Letter 53” of the famous Nahj al-Balāgha collection. This letter is a More ...

  A person reaches the top of his humanity, when he reaches the summit of his greatness and he do that when he reaches the summit of submission to the fact that in order for a person to be among the servants of Allah and his beloved ones, he must be a good man and the first thing to reach goodness is to practice justice with his self and with people, to be mercy, and to serve others without r More ...

Learning is very important to realize the happiness of living in this world and the hereafter.  Without a proper of knowledge, humans cannot do anything. To make a living, for an example,  needs a proper knowledge, to do good worships needs a proper knowledge, even to eat and drink  needs a proper knowledge as well. Thus, learning is undeniable, because it is related to ones  More ...

 Based on the analysis, it is found that the poems of Imam Ali contained and implied many  valuable moral messages and wisdoms which are very important to be studied, revealed, explained,  and known by the public. The valuable moral messages conveyed by Imam Ali in the verses of his  poems are mainly originated from the values of Islamic teachings contained in the Quran and More ...

 Imam Ali (pbuh) wrote to his Governor Maskala Al Shaibani, threatening and promising him because of something he had done: "I have come to know concerning you a matter which if you have done it you have displeased your Allah and disobeyed your Imam. You are distributing among the Arabs (Bedouins) of your kin who tend towards you the property of the Muslims which they collected by dint More ...

 He (pbuh) once received news from one of his governors, who was Othman bin Hunayf, Governor of Basra, that he had attended a banquet by one of Basras riches. So Imam Ali (pbuh) was worried that he would be attracted to that type of life or that kind of men, which would make him deviate from righteous and neglect values of justice and equalness,  so he wrote to him: " O Ibn Hunayf, More ...

 Imam Ali (peace be upon him) expressed on the potential scientific spirit inside him through many words, sayings and sermons. The best he said is his saying to Kumail Ibn Zeyad al-Nakhai ((O Kumail Bin Zeyad, the hearts are like vessels. The best of them is that enlightens, and keep in your mind what I am saying: people are in three: a divine scholar; a learner in the path of safety and salv More ...