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The English translation (accompanied with original Arabic text) of the supremely eloquent sermons of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him). Nahjul Balagha contains 240 sermons given by Imam Ali (a), dealing with a wide variety of topics including our existence, relationship with the Almighty, building a God-fearing personality, and the Imam's (a) reflections ...
- The Qualities Of a Faithful Believer
Among them the most deserving of attachment is the Imam and...
- Sermon 128: O Ahnaf
1. `Ali ibn Muhammad was born in the village of Warzanin in...
- Preface By The Compiler of Nahjul Balaghah, al-'Allamah ash-Sharif ar-Radi
Therein I completed the portion relating to the account of...
- Sermon 130: O Abu Dharr
A part of the same sermon about the Consultative Committee...
- Sermon 165: Allah Has Provided Wonderful Creations
ومن خطبة له. يذكر فيها عجيب خلقه الطاووس. About the...
- Sermon 80: O People, Women Are
Thus, it is related from Imam `Ali ibn Musa ar-Rida...
- Sermon 144: Allah Deputed Prophets
Preface By the Compiler of Nahjul Balaghah, al-'Allamah...
- Sermon 92: Leave Me and Find Someone Else
When people decided to swear allegiance When with the murder...
- The Qualities Of a Faithful Believer
Letter 1: Addressed to the people of Kufa before proceeding for the Battle of Jamal. Letter 2: Written to the people of Kufah after the victory of Basrah. Letter 3: To the Qadhi (judge) of Kufa, Shurayh b. Haarith when he purchased a costly house. Letter 4: To one of the officers of his army.
- Imam Ali Quotes in Tawheed / Worship / Piety
- Imam Ali Quotes in The Topic of Holding onto The Qur’an and The Sunnah
- Imam Ali Quotes in Morals and General Words of Wisdom
- Imam Ali Quotes in Fairness, Justice, and Extremism
- Imam Ali Quotes in The Topic of The Merits of The Companions
- Imam Ali Quotes and Sermons During His Rule
- Imam Ali Quotes About Early Nations and The End of Times
1- “If I narrated from the messenger of Allah peace be upon him, I would rather fall from the sky than attribute to him something he didn’t say.” Al-Bukhari (3611) 2- “My favorite words by a servant to Allah are: ‘O’ Allah, there is no god but you. O’ Allah, I worship none but you. O’ Allah, I don’t associate any partners with you. O’ Allah, I wron...
22- Ali bin Abi Talib told Iyas bin Amir Al-Ghafiqi, “If you remain long enough, (you will witness) three groups reciting Qur’an: A group for the sake of Allah, a group for the sake of argument, and a group for their livelihood.” Al-Sunan Al-Darami (3372) 23- “Your mouths are the paths of the Qur’an, so provide them with a good scent with the siwak...
32- “The slanderer and the one who spreads it are equal in guilt.” Al-Adab Al-Mufrad by Al Bukhari (324) 33- “The speakers of falsehood and the one who extends its rope it are equal in guilt.” Al Mawsu’at Ibn Abi Al Dunya 7/172 34- “Do not be hasty exposers of secrets, for you will face a harsh test and a lengthy heavy trial that will cause you to ...
38- “The people of this nation will split into seventy three sects. The worst among them is one that poses to love us and abandons our orders.” Al-Ahadith Al-Muntaqat by Ibn Dayzeel p. 96 39- “There will be those that love me until they enter hellfire due to their love for me, and others that would hate me until they enter hellfire due to their hat...
43- “I was told that some people prefer me over Abu Bakr and Omar! If I had went ahead (in giving a warning) I would have punished, but I dislike punishing without precaution. Whoever says something like this is a slanderer, and upon him is what is upon a slanderer (in punishment). The best of people is the messenger of Allah – peace be upon him – ...
53- Ali bin Abi Talib said about the Khawarij, “I shall not fight he who does not fight me.” Then Ali said: “They have three rights. Do not prevent them from entering the mosques lest they remember Allah. Do not deprive them from booty as long as their hands are with ours. Do not fight them until they fight us.” Al-Amwal by Abu Ubayd (567) 54- When...
65- “Ibrahim – peace be onto him – came from Armenia and with him was the serenity that led him until he reach the Ka’aba in the same way a spider enters its abode. They (Ibrahim and Isma’eel) lifted stones that couldn’t be lifted by thirty men.” Akhbar Makkah by Al-Azraqi 1/110 66- When asked about Thu Al-Qarnain, he replied, “He was not a prophet...
Abī Ṭālib (Arabic: علي بن أبي طالب) known as Imam ʿAlī (a) (b. 23 BH / 600 - d. 40 / 661) is the first Imam of all the branches of the Shi'a, a companion, a narrator, and a scribe of the Qur'an. He is the fourth caliph of the Rightly Guided Caliphs in Sunni Islam. Ali (a) is the cousin, and son-in-law of the Prophet (s), the ...
Ali belonged to the clan of banu hashim, the most distinguished clan in all Arabia; and in Banu Hashim, he belonged to the most distinguished family – the family of Abdul Muttalib. Abdul Muttalib had ten sons. Two of them were Abdullah, the father of Muhammad Mustafa, and Abu Talib, the father of Ali. Abdullah and Abu Talib were the children of the same mother whereas their other brothers ...
May 25, 2020 · Petermaleh (CC BY-SA) Ali ibn Abi Talib, or simply Ali, (l. 601-661 CE) was among the first Muslims, a cousin and son-in- law of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (l. 570-632 CE), and later reigned as the fourth Caliph of Islam from 656 CE to 661 CE, when he was murdered. Much of his tenure was spent bringing the empire to order during the first ...
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Ali bin Abi Talib (r.a.) Hz. Ali was the son of Abu Talib, the paternal uncle of the Prophet. Abu Talib brought up the Prophet and took care of him for a long time though he was poor. He would not let anyone from his family start eating before Hz. Muhammad came to the table. He knew through experience that Hz. Muhammad was a source of abundance.
