Why do we need Imam Ali (PBUH)?Category Archive

  In the history and culture of the Islamic world, the name “Ali ibn Abi Talib” has always been brought next to the name of the Prophet. In most encyclopedias on Islam, he is introduced as being the cousin of the Prophet (pbuh), the first person who accepted Islam, and the first Imam of the Shi’a or the fourth Caliph of the Muslims. However, in the existing sources about More ...

  What I want to discuss is the political behavior of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.). During this discussion, I will raise certain points in regards to this topic. We should pay attention, to the fact, that the political behavior of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) was not separate from his spiritual and moral behavior. The politics of the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) interrel More ...

 Usually, religious people admire their religious symbols, glorify them and exalt their status, and even exaggerate their personalities. Except for Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, the Islamic symbol whom the Islamic empires fought and distorted his image, name, reputation, words and speeches by Muslim emperors and kings for hundreds of years. However, they could not hide the lights of his truth, desp More ...

  The advent of the holy month of Ramazan this year has brought a period of a dramatic change for Muslims worldwide. With the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, country after country has witnessed a clear departure from long followed practices. In a widely shared lament during the fasting month, visits by Muslims to Saudi Arabia for ‘Umrah’, followed by a visit to ‘Masjid More ...

  ISLAMABAD, Sept 12 The life of Hazrat Ali (AS) is a role model for the entire humanity who introduced first modern Islamic state by practicing the concept of Ijtehad, one of the fundamental pillars of Islamic institutions. This was stated by Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan at seminar held on the eve of the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Ali held at Faisal Mosque Campus on More ...

  Why do we need in the twenty-first century for the thought and philosophy of Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him? What is worth studying and researching in the biography of Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, so that we launch a center for studies that research and document his thoughts? In the beginning, we refer those who dont know the person of the Imam, his biography, philosophy, th More ...

Imam Ali (pbuh) wrote to his Governor Masqalah Al Shaybani, threatening and promising him for something he came to know that 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 of your kin who tend towards you the property of the Muslims which they collected by dint of More ...

 Imam Ali once received some news about one of his governors who was Othman bin Hunaif, his governor on Al Basrah, that he attended a banquet by one of Al Basrah riches, which worried Imam Ali that his governor would be attracted to that kind of life, and to that type of men, and then he would be deviated from the righteous , and neglect the values of justice and equality, so he wrote to him: More ...

 Imam Ali instructed those around him to care for the orphaned during his lifetime as well as when approaching his death. During Imam Ali’s period of caliphate, he appointed Malik al-Ashtar as the governor of Egypt. His written instructions to Malik al-Ashtar included a call to take upon himself the upkeep of the orphans. Before his death, he instructed the care of orphaned children in More ...

 Imam Ali’s behaviour towards orphaned children as narrated to us through traditions demonstrates his feeling of duty towards their well-being. He did not consider his care for them as a charitable act. In one narration, Imam Ali comes across a woman carrying a goatskin of water on her shoulder and carries it off her to her house. He then learns that she is a widow of a soldier with orp More ...

 Not only did Imam Ali make sure that orphaned children were fed and clothed well, but he went out of his way to play with them. One narration describes how Imam Ali visited the home of a widow and her children with a bag full of ingredients, and prepared a meal for them. When the children finished eating, Imam Ali “began to hop around the room (by mimicking a lamb) and bleating, making More ...

 A number of traditions available to us describe how Imam Ali ensured orphaned children were taken care of, particularly during the period of his caliphate. These include narrations of Imam Ali visiting their homes under the cover of evenings to feed and cater to their needs. One such narration tells us of a time when honey and figs were brought to Imam Ali from Hamadan and Hulwan, a delicacy More ...

Imam Ali began his life learning everything he was to know from the greatest of orphans, Prophet Muhammad (saww). The Prophet, whose father had died before he was born, was taken under the care of his uncle Abu Talib as a child thirty years earlier. In a similar way, Imam Ali grew up under the care and direction of the Prophet. Imam Ali’s education from the Prophet continued until the P More ...

 Education Or Training, Which One Should Precede? As we have already seen, man is born at birth with a tabula rasa i.e. a blank tablet or a mind not influenced by outside experiences. Our overt senses are canals through which we come in contact with nature and acquire our knowledge. Regarding this, Aristotle has said: "مَن فَقَدَ حِسَّاً فَقَدَ عِلماً" “He who is depriv More ...

The Wrong-Doer Wisdom Needs An Infalliable Instructor: As we saw above, wisdom of man does the functions of instincts of animals. However these two are different in many respects: a) An instinct, works without the consent of its holder. It does not go astray. Bees have always built their hives hexagonal and ants have always halved the wheat seeds in two halves in order to stop their growth More ...

 Ethics Versus Education In the past Education was a branch of ethics. It dealt with the educating children and bringing forth their skills. In books written on education the encouragement for learning science and the ways of learning useful sciences were emphasized. But because of its significance in the lives of people, education raised itself from an inferior position to a completely More ...

 Education Versus Training: As we saw before animals naturally recognize their good and evil, their food sources, and their ways of life. In this way, their capabilities manifest themselves. On the contrary, man knows neither his pains nor their remedies, neither his friends nor his foes, and possesses neither instruments nor his defense mechanisms. He has obtained all these through educatio More ...

  Animals Have Limited Potential For Education: Animals know their ways of life by instinct. These innate inspirations, which manifest themselves as instincts, drive them toward a limited state of perfection. However, some animals such as dogs, horses, elephants, monkeys, dolphins, foxes and bears possess a higher status of intelligence. They could be trained to protect the herds, the polic More ...

 Education Is Briging Up Of Capabilities: Sometimes we make a thing out of something without any internal attraction inside that "something". For instance we make furniture out of a piece of wood by working on it. Thus, a character or feature is created. But some other time, a thing has got internal impetus for change and becomes something else. In this case guidance is necessary More ...

 The Role of Education The term (Taleem), which is derived from ‘ilm (knowledge) means to teach, and the term "tarbiyah" is derived from "rabw" meaning nurture. Animals, when born, know their duties and plans of life through their instincts. They would need no instructors. The young fish, after being hatched, know how to swim, breathe, feed, protect themselve More ...