imam ali ibn abi talib- light of the worlds

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"O family of the House, Allah only wishes to distance fault fro

you and cleanse you." (Quran 33:33) Yes, I swear it by th

Moon, and by the night when it retires, and by the dawn whe


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it rises, this Sign is one of the greater Signs, one of those whic

warn human beings (Quran 74:32-36). Abdullah bin Abbas anothers reports that when the following verse of the Holy Qura

was revealed: "Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but lovfor my near relatives; and whoever earns good, We give himore of good therein." (Quran 42:23) a group of companionasked "O Messenger of Allah, who are those of your relative

whose love has been made obligatory on us by Allah?" ThProphet replied, "They are Ali, Fatima, Hassan, and Husayn."Some hadith contain the words "and their sons," meaninHassan and Husayn. The Prophet (peace and blessing be upohim) said to Sayyida Fatima: "O Fatima, I give you the goo

tidings that Allah made you superior to all the women of thworld, and made you the purest of all the women of Islam"

(Bukhari and Ahmad); "You are (Fatima) the mistress of thwomen of all the worlds!" (Shifa); Fatima is a part of me, anwhoever angers her, angers me. (Bukhari & Muslim) "'I aleaving you with something. Take hold of it and you will not g

astray: the Book of Allah, my family and the people of mHouse. Take care to follow my instruction regarding them.'"(Shifa) Referring to his two grandsons, Al-Hassan and Al

Hussayn, the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said"Whosoever loves these two, their father and their mother wilbe with me on the Day of Resurrection." (Shifa)

Praised be to Allah who by the Uncreated Light of the Morning-Dawn of Pre-Eternity upraised the firmaments of existence from the


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illuminative horizons of transcendental resplendence and spread

them upon the watery expanses of being and Self-Disclosed theTheophany of Its Mercy to the empyrean realms of beautificmagnificence and majestic scintillance clothed with the garment ofCompassion. Blessings and Peace be upon the Splendor of AllahMost High be upon the Best of Its Creation, the Foremost of ItsCosmocration and the Pinnacle of Its Emanation, He Who is the

One Who stands as the eternal christophany of Adam, MawlanaMohammed ibn Abdellah (peace and blessing be upon him). Glorybe upon the celestial Fatima Zahra (the Radiant), the First Pole(Qutb) in Islam, the Imam of her Age, the Houri and Mother of theCosmos and the Womb of Contingency: She who is both the

conjunction as well as the progenitor of the Twin Divine Lights andall creation. Blessed be Our Lady, Sayyida al-Batul, Fatima Zahra',

al-Qurashiya al-Haashimiya, Umm al-Hassanayn [the mother ofSidna al-Hassan and Sidna al-Hussayn], the Cosmocrator, the Logos-Self and Face of divinity, the Mother of Her Father, the origin andthe return; then upon the Lion of Allah and Gate to the City of All-

Knowledge, Mawlana Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah glorify his face);and, then, upon the Righteous House of Their Progeny andExcellence be infinite peace, blessings and glory - constantly,

absolutely! The consummation of laudation within the LuminousDivine Radiance of Eternal Peace be upon the First Unity in every

moment, before every moment and after every moment! And praisedbe Allah, the Lord of all the Worlds!

O Household of the Prophet of Allah! Love for you,


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has been made obligatory for us by Allah, as revealed in the Quran.It is sufficient for your dignity that.

if one does not send salutations to you in the ritual prayers, his prayers willnot be accepted.

- Imam Shafii'iPraise be to Allah! May His Name be glorified and exalted. Hi

greatness is Immense, His Power is elevated, His majesty SanctifiedPeace and Blessing be upon the Mohammedian Presence and HiFamily. Know, may Allah be pleased with you, that no Sufi book haever shown the proper, glorious homage due to Mawlana an

Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi Talib ibn Abdel Muttalib (may Allah b

pleased with all of them) than the book of Jawahir al-Maani waBulugh al-Amani fi Fayd Shaykh Sidi Abil Abbas at-Tijani (Gem

of Indications and Attainment of Aspirations in the Overflowings oSidi Abil Abbas Tijani) by the Khalifa al-Muaddam Sidi AbuHassan Ali Harazem Berrada al-Fasi (d. 1212/1797).

According to Jawahir al-Maani, Sidna Shaykh Mawlana ShaykAbil Abbas Tijani (may Allah sanctify his secrets) said,

[The Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him)

said] "We were, me and Ali, two lights before Allah

and then He left us in the loin of Adam and keptmoving us from loin to loin until we reached ourgrandfather Abd al-Muttalib. Then I moved to the loinof Abdellah and he moved to those of Abu Talib.

Then, our light reunited in Al-Hassan and Al-Hussayn:


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they are in fact two lights of the light of the Lord of the

worlds".(..) "When the prophet (peace and blessing on him andhis family) went one day to Sayyida Fatimas, whereas

Sidna Ali was sleeping in the room and Sidna Al-Hassan and Sidna Al-Hussayn were playing next toher: IN FACT, YOU, THESE TWO AND THE

SLEEPER, WILL BE WITH ME IN THE SAMELEVEL IN PARADISE, but this isnt true for otherseven among prophets and messengers.

(..) Ibn Abbas [has quoted the Holy Prophet (peace andblessing be upon him)] as saying: "Actually nine tenthof knowledge has been bestowed upon Ali and by God

Ali shares the other one tenth of knowledge with all

the people."(..) Naught in the world reaches knowledge absolutely

expect through the fountain of Ali (Ibn Abi Talib), mayAllah be pleased with him, for he is the gate of the cityof the knowledge of the Prophet (peace and blessing beupon him)."

And in the Jawahir,

The Chieftain of the Universe (peace and blessing beupon him) gave me the Greatest Name (al-Ism al-

Aadam) especially reserved for Sidna Ali (ibn AbiTalib) (may Allah glorify his face), after he gave me theGreatest Name especially reserved for himself (peaceand blessing be upon him. The Prophet (peace and


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blessing be upon him) told me: This Name that is

especially reserved for Sidna Ali (may Allah glorify hisface) is only given to he whom Allah has willed in HisPast to become a Qutb. I said to the Chieftain of theUniverse (peace and blessing be upon him): Give mepermission in all its secrets and all what it contains.

And so he did!

The Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said abouSidna Ali (may Allah glorify his face),

There is no sword but Dhul-Fiqar, and there is no man but Ali.(Sunan Al-Bayhaqi, 3/376; Al-Tabari, 2/514)

The carrier of my flag in this life and the Hereafter is Ali. (Al-Tabari, 2/201; Al-Fadail of Ahmad, 253)My Lord commanded me to close all the doors except the door of

Ali. (Al-Khasaith of Al-Nisai, 13; Al-Tirmidhi, 13/173; Al-Bayhaqi,7/65;; Musnad Ahmad, 4/369)The truest believers are three: the believer during the time of

Alyasa, thebeliever during the time of Pharaoh, and the best of all, Ali. (Al-Jami of Al-Suyuti, 2/83)

The one who wants to live my life and die my death will attachhimself to

Ali. (Musnad of Ahmad, 5/94)


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We were created from the same tree, I and Ali. (Al-Tirmidhi,

13/178)Embellish your gatherings by mentioning Ali. (Musnad Ahmad,4/368, 5/419; Al-Khasais of Al-Nisai)

Embellish your gatherings by mentioning Ali. (Musnad Ahmad,4/368, 5/419; Al-Khasais of Al-Nisai, 9)I am the warner, and the guide after me is Ali. (Musnad Ahmad,

1/151; Al-Tirmidhi, 2/135; Al-Khasais of Al-Nisai, 20)Exemption from the Hellfire comes with love for Ali. (Mustadrak

Al-Sahihain of Al-Hakim Al-Nisabori)There would not be one sufficient for Fatima if God had not created

Ali. (Hiliyat Al-Awliya, 1/34)

For the one who believes and trusts in me, I recommend thesainthoodof Ali. (Al-Jami' of Al-Suyuti, 1/230)The first of you to reach the Pond is the first of you who accepted

Islam: Ali. (Al-Tabarani, 5/32)No one is permitted on the Bridge except by the sainthood of Ali.(Ibn Al-

Maghazeli, 15; Al-Isti'ab, 2/457)No one can give account of me but Ali. (Ibn Al-Maghazeli, 119, 242)There is a tree in Paradise called Tuba. Its roots are in the house of

Ali,and its branches are Ali. (Mustadrak Al-Sahihain of Al-Hakim Al-


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Nisabori, 3/109; Musnad Ahmad, 4/370; Al-Khasais of Al-Nisai, 25;

Al-Tirmidhi; Al-Tabarani.)Ali is the distinguisher between truth and falsehood. (Musnad

Ahmad)

The most righteous one is Ali. (Al-Bayhaqi, 4/35; Kenz Al-Omal,7/176; Al-Jami'of Al-Suyuti, 2/276; Ibn Al-Maghazeli, 93)

The hand of Ali and my hand are equal in justice. (Mustadrak Al-Sahihain of

Al-Hakim Al-Nisabori, 3/14; Al-Tabari, 2/272; Al-Tirmidhi, 2/299; IbnAl-Maghazali)Ali is my brother in this life and the Hereafter. (Al-Khasais of Al-Nisai, 5; Al-

Tirmidhi)Ali is the best of humanity, and the one who denies it hasblasphemed. (Ibn Al-Maghazeli, 129; Yanabi' Al-Mawda, 233; Tarikh

Baghdad of Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdadi, 5/37; Al-Khawarizmi, 235)Ali is the door of servitude, and whoever passes through that door isatrue believer. (Mustadrak Al-Sahihain of Al-Hakim Al-Nisabori;

Kanz Al-Umal, 6/156; Al-Dilmi)

Ali is the Imam of goodness, the fighter against iniquity, the helperof those who come to his aid, and the deserter of those who deserthim. (Kanz Al-Umal, 6/153; Al-

Darqutni)


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Ali is the Imam of the pious, the prince of believers, and the leaderof the resplendent. (Mustadrak Al-Sahihain of Al-Hakim Al-Nisapuri, 3/129; Kanz Al-Umal, 6/153)Ali is to me what Harun was to Musa. (Al-Tabarani)

Ali holds a right over this nation like the right of a father over hisson. (Muslim, 2/361; Al-Tirmidhi, 2/299; Al-Hakim, 3/130; Musnad

Ahmad, 3/198; Al-Nisai, 7; Asad Al-Ghaba, 3/40)Ali is with the Quran, and the Quran is with Ali. (Al-Bukhari, 5/19;Muslim,2/360; Al-Tirmidhi, 5/304; Mustadrak Al-Sahihain of Al-Hakim Al-Nisabori, 3/109; Ibn Majah, 1/28; Musnad Ahmad, 3/328)Ali and his Partisans are the successful ones. (Ibn Al-Maghazeli, 47;Mizan Al-'Itidal, 2/313)

Ali is the door of my knowledge, and the one who will clarifies formy nation that which I was sent with. (Tafsir Al-Tabari, 3/171)Love for Ali is faith, and hatred for Ali is hypocrisy. (Ibn Al-

Maghazeli, 67;Al-Khawarizmi, 236; Faraid Al-Samateen; Yanabi' Al-Mawda)Ali is the partition between Heaven and Hell. (Mustadrak Al-

Sahihain of Al-Hakim Al-Nisabori, 3/127; Al-Jami' of Al-Suyuti, 1/374The position of Ali amongst the people is like Surat Ikhlas in theQuran. (Muslim, 1/48; Al-Tirmidhi, 2/299; Al-Nisai, 27; Musnad

Ahmad, 6/299; Ibn Al-Maghazeli, 191)


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Ali is the beloved between two friends, myself and Ibrahim.

(Yanabi' Al-Mawda, 88; Faraid Al-Samatin; Al-Abrar; Moniq Ibn Ahmad Al-Khawarizmi)Whoever splits with Ali has split with me, and whoever splits with

mehas split with God. (Ibn Al-Maghazeli, 45; Yanabi' Al-Mawda, 181)

Ali is from me and I am from him, and he is the protector of everytruebeliever after me. (Ibn Al-Maghazeli, 69; Yanabi' Al-Mawda, 125)Ali is the most beloved of God and His Prophet in all of creation.(Kanz

Al-Umal, 5/33; Al-Riyadh Al-Nudhra, 2/211; Ibn Al-MaghazAli, 219)Mentioning Ali is a form of worship, and looking upon him is a

form ofworship. (Mustadrak Al-Sahihain of Al-Hakim Al-Nisapuri, 3/123;Kenz Al-Omal, 6/156; Al-Tabarani; Ibn Al-Maghazeli, 240, 278; Al-Khawarizmi, 62)Love for Ali is a good deed, so dont ruin it with bad deeds. (Al-

Tabarani;Yanabi' Al-Mawda, 2/3)

Ali holds the position of the Kaaba. (Mustadrak Al-Sahihain of Al-Hakim Al-Nisapuri, 3/122; Musnad Ahmad, 3/82; Al-Tabarani, 6/155)Ali stands in relation to me as my head to my body. (Mustadrak Al-

Sahihainof Al-Hakim Al-Nisabori, 3/141; Al-Jami of Al-Suyuti, 1/583; Tarikh


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Baghdad of Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdadi, 1/51; Hiliyat Al-Awliya, 1/182;

Al-Riyadh Al-Nudhra, 2/219)"The verse of purification was revealed concerning five people:myself,

Ali, Hassan, Hussayn, and Fatima." (Sahih Muslim, Kitab Fada'il Al-Sahaba)Fatima is more beloved to me than you, oh Ali, and you are dearer

to me than her. (Al-Jami' Al-Saghir, v. 2, p. 654, n. 5761)Thalabi, in interpreting the verse, And the retaining ear mightretain it (69:12), said: The Messenger of Allah said to Ali: I calledon God Almighty to make you a true example of this verse.

Ibn Abbas has quoted the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon

him) as saying: I am the city of knowledge and Ali the gate thereof.

Therefore, anyone who wishes to enter it should go through its gate.Bayhaqi has reported that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing beupon him) said: Whoever wishes to find out about Adamsknowledge, Noahs piety, Abrahams friendliness, Moses power andJesus worship, should look at Ali, for he has all these virtues.(Fadail al-Sahabah)

Ahmad ibn Hanbal quoting the Messenger of Allah (peace and

blessing be upon him) as saying to Sayyida Fatima (may Allah bepleased with her): My daughter! Are you not pleased for giving you

in marriage to the most pioneer among my Ummah, the mostknowledgeable of religion and the greatest of them in forbearance?(Musnad, vol. 5, pp. 26)


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Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) has been quoted as

saying: Ali was the most knowledgeable in relation to the HolyProphets tradition. (Imam Ali, ibn Asakir, vol. 3, pp. 62)

Abul-Muayyad, in his book ofManaqib, has reported on theauthority of Ibn Abbas that Umar, once, delivered a speech in whichhe said, Ali is the most versed of all of us in judicature.Bayhaqi quoted Sidna Ali as having said: The Holy Prophet (peace

and blessing be upon him) gave me the mission to set out to Yemenfor passing judgment among them. Being surprised by the order and

its referring to me, I said: O Messenger of Allah! Do you assign me ajudge while I am still too young not knowing the principles ofjudgment! The Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) put

his hand on my chest, prayed for me and said: 'O Lord! Guide his

hear, make his tongue steadfast in telling the truth.' Ali said: By th

God who cleaves a grain in the earth, after this prayer, I did not passany judgment between two persons in which there was a bit ofdoubt. (Dalail al-Nubuwwah, vol. 5, pp. 397)

When Sidna Omar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)

ordered a pregnant woman who had committed adultery to bestoned, but Sidna Ali told him not to execute the sentence. WhenSidna Umar asked him for the reason, Sidna Ali said, If this

womans sin has been proven and she has to be stoned to death,what is the sin of the infant she has in her womb? Therefore, give he

respite and delay her punishments, as to give birth to child. Punishthis woman when the nursing period comes to an end. Sidna Umar

complied with Sidna Alis order saying: If Ali were not here, Omar

would perish!


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Zayd ibn Arqam reported: 'One day the Messenger of Allah (peaceand blessing be upon him) addressed us near a pond called Khummbetween Makkah and Madinah. He praised God and extolled Him

and preached and reminded (us). Then he said, "Lo, O people, I amonly a human being and I am about to respond to the messenger ofmy Lord [i.e. the call of death]. I am leaving behind two precious

things (thaqalayn) among you. The first of the two is the Book ofAllah. In it is guidance and light. So get hold of the Book of Allahand adhere to it." Then he urged and motivated (us) regarding the

Book of Allah. Then he said, "And my Ahl al-Bayt (family). I urgeyou to remember God regarding my Ahl al-Bayt. I urge you to

remember God regarding my Ahl al-Bayt. I urge you to rememberGod regarding my Ahl al-Bayt"' (Sahih Muslim, part 7,Kitab fada'il al-

Sahaba, pp. 122-123)

Al-Hakim reports on the authority of Zayd ibn Arqam said: TheMessenger of Allah (peace and blessing be upon him) while returninfrom his last hajj (hijjat alwada') came down at Ghadir Khumm andordered (us) towards the big trees, and (the ground) underneath them

was swept. "Then he said, 'I am about to answer the call (of death).

Verily, I have left behind two precious things amongst you, one ofwhich is greater than the other. The Book of Allah, the Exalted, and

my `itrah (kindred). So watch out how you treat these two after me,for verily they will not separate from each other until they come backto me by the side of the Pond.' Then he said 'Verily, Allah, the

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of every believer (mu'min).' Then he took Ali, may God be pleasedwith him, by the hand and said, 'This (Ali) is the master ofwhomever I am his master. O God, love whoever loves him and be

the enemy of his enemy.'"

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