Kitab Fi Asma wa Alqaab
Ameerul Momineen
Ali (asws) ibn Abi Talib (as)
(Names and Titles of Ameerul Momineen asws)
Seen س
8. Safeef Nuh (Arc of Nuh)
Ibne Abbas (ra) narrates RasoolAllah(saww) said, "O'Ali (asws)! I am the city
of knowledge and You are its gate. No one can enter into the city without passing through
its gate.
- He who claimed to love Me while hating You because You are from Me and I am
from You. Your flesh is My flesh. Your blood is My blood. Your soul is My soul. Your secret
is My secret.
Your declaration is My declaration. You are Imam of My ummah and My caliph.
One who has obeyed You is most fortunate. One who disobeys You is from the worst
kind. One who loves You has found salvation. One who hates You will be thrown into the
fire. One who remains close to You has gained success. One who went far from You lost
everything. You and Your Offspring are like the Arc of Nuh (as), one who goes inside of it
obtains salvation and one who does not is destroyed. Your example is like the stars. If one
star disappears, then another appears to take its place until the day of judgment."
(Maya Manqaba pg 13)
*Bismilla-heer-Rahmaneer-Raheem*
As-salamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatoh,
*Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustafā (S.A.W.W) said:*
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'Every kindly act is considered charity.'
[Reference: al-Khisal, p. 134, no. 145]
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Imam Ali Amiroul Mo'minine AS:
* 'Time betrays the one who believes he possesses time, *
*and it does not seek to please the one who blames it.*
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* الإمامُ عليٌّ عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ*
* الزَّمانُ يَخُونُ صاحِبَهُ *
* ولا يَستَعتِبُ لِمَن عاتَبَهُ.***
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*[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2093]
DU'A - Definition:
Supplication, Invocation, Prayer
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Du'a is the most powerful weapon of a believer. It can change fate,
while no action of ours ever do. It is the essence of 'Ibadah or worship.
With it we can never fail; without it we can never succeed. With
all the suffering and disasters Muslims are facing in various parts
of the world, the question of Du'a can be directed to all of us today.
It is not that we have forgotten Du'a completely; we refer to
it regularly. But, our ideas and practice regarding Du'a have
become distorted. Often it is reduced to the level of a ritual.
It is belittled through actions and sometimes even with words.
Almighty Allah says:
*وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ
يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ*
"And your Lord proclaimed,
"Pray to Me, I will accept; indeed those who stay conceited
towards worshipping Me, will enter hell in disgrace."
[Surah al-Ghafir, Verse 60]
The Almighty Allah states:
*فَلَوْلا إِذْ جَاءَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُواْ وَلَكِن قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ
وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ*
"So why did they not humbly plead when Our punishment
came to them? But their hearts were hardened and the
devil made all their deeds appear good to them!" [Surah al-An'am, Verse 43]
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24th of Rajab - the GREATEST victory of Islam
in the battle of Khyber
*Background
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*Khyber was a locality at a distance of about 160 Kms from Madina. It
consisted of eight (or ten) popular and very strong forts where the Jews
lived and also gave refuge to the enemies of Islam. They had become an
active centre of conspiracies against Islam. In the 7th Hijrah, our Holy
Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) got information about the Conspiracy being hatched
by the Jews against Muslims in connivance with other hostile elements of
Islam. He(sawaw) decided to take on the challenge.
*Preparation for War
===============*
In a consultative meeting, it was decided by the Muslims to take on the
enemy outside Madina. A force of 1,400 Muslim fighters (History of Muslims
of the World by K.A.Hameed) set out of Madina to protect themselves and
their homeland against a Jewish force of more than 14,000 fighters (Allama
Tabrisi). Before the start of the battle, the Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) took
ill. Imam Ali(a.s.) was also not able to participate in this battle in the
beginning due to a illness in his eyes.
*The battle starts
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*The battle started with the siege of the forts at Khyber. The siege
continued for a period of about one month. Some individual battles were
followed by a general assault from both sides for three continuous days but
a decisive result could not be achieved. This was mainly due to the fact
that the Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) was not commanding the
military moves himself as well as because Imam Ali(a.s.) was not taking part
in the battle. The so called "Mujahideen-e-Islam" who always complained of
not being given sufficient chance to show their skills were in charge and no
victory was in sight.
In Tarikh Abul Fada (Vol1 page 187) it is stated that "Due to the illness of
Prophet Mohammad(sawaw), Hazrat Abu Bakr took the banner and went to fight
but returned unsuccessful and then Hazrat Umar took the banner and fought
even harder but he as well returned unsuccessfully. Thereafter, Prophet
Mohammad(sawaw) was informed of
this situation". It is quite clear that the Prophet(sawaw) never awarded
the banner to any of the two, they took it by themselves and went to fight
and returned unsuccessful.
After five days of general battle, Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) declared that
"Tomorrow I will award the Standard of the Islamic forces to *a man who
loves Allah(swt) and his Prophet(sawaw) and Allah(swt) and his
Prophet(sawaw) love him. He is the one who attacks forcefully and does not
run away from the battlefield and he will not return until Allah(swt) grants
victory on his hand". * Every Sahabi was waiting and wishing to be awarded
this honour.
The next day Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) called for Imam Ali(a.s.). People said
that Ali(a.s.) was suffering from a disease in his eyes but the
Prophet(sawaw) insisted on him being called and when he arrived, the
Prophet(sawaw) applied his saliva on the eyes of Imam Ali(a.s.) which cured
him instantly and then he prayed to Allah(swt) and awarded him the standard
of Islam.
*Advances of Imam Ali(a.s.)
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*Imam Ali(a.s.) led the Islamic forces to the strongest fort of Khyber named
QAMOOS and when they came near, the battle was started by the Jews. One of
their strongest man, Haris, attacked and martyred two Muslims after which
Imam Ali(a.s.) took on Haris and killed him instantly. He was followed by *the
strongest man among the Jews - Marhab. Marhab faced the same fate. His
body was equally divided into two parts by the zulfiqar of Imam Ali(a.s.).
*After this, general battle started. The Muslim forces fought with a lot of
courage under the leadership of Imam Ali(a.s.). Upon realizing that they
were losing the battle, the Jews started running towards the fort and closed
the huge iron gate of the fort from inside. *This was the gate which used
to be opened and closed by 40 strong men. Imam Ali(a.s.) alone lifted and
broke the gate in one strong jolt. He then used the same gate to make a
bridge on a trench so that the Islamic forces could enter the fort and
conquer it.* The remaining frightful Jews cried of mercy and Imam Ali(a.s.)
ordered to stop the battle and declare peace for them who had surrendered.
One after the other, the Muslim fighters under the leadership of Imam
Ali(a.s.) conquered various forts of this stronghold and *completed the
grand victory of Islamic forces over the Jews.
Brother Mohsin Naquvi Adds:
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*Marhab's mother had a dream in her youth when Marhab was only a baby. In
her dream she had seen that a lion had killed her. Because of that dream,
she used to say to her son (when he had grown up and had become a renowned
fighter in Arabia): *Son, never fight a man whose name resembles the meaning
of 'lion.'
*In all previous sorties the Prophet of Islam would appoint a commander and
then send some soldiers under the command of that commander to attack the
fort. *When the Prophet (pbuh) asked Ali to take charge and attack, Imam
Ali(a.s.) did not bother about the soldiers. He took the banner in one
hand, the sword in the other hand and marched uphill on the double.* The
only companion who went with him was Abu Rafay (other Muslim soldiers
followed later), the personal attendant of the Prophet on whose authority
the whole story is told. Abu Rafay narrates:
When we arrived at the top of the hill, we were out of breath, because Ali
had been marching on the double uphill. He established the banner in the
rocks and looked upto the fort. When we arrived at the gate of the fort,
there was an old Jewish guard watching us approach from one of the turrets.
He looked at Imam Ali(a.s.) and shouted - Who are
YOU? Notice the emphasis on YOU. Imam Ali(a.s.) replied by reciting the
following verse:
*Anal lazi sammatni ummi hydara zarghaamu aajaamin, laithun, qaswara ~
meaning ~ I am the one who was named HYDER by his mother, I am the lion of
the valley, I am the great lion, the lion who attacks his prey by chasing
it.
*The old man turned to his people inside the fort and said: YOU ARE
DESTROYED!!! Shah Abdul Haq Muhaddith Dehlavi writes: Apparently, the old
man had read some FAZA'EL of Imam Ali(a.s.) in his books and he recognized
him for those. That is why he said what he said to his own people.
It is indeed true that Imam Ali(a.s.) was named HYDER by his mother in his
infancy. What is curious is that Imam Ali(a.s.) uses three more words
meaning 'lion' of different qualities. Here is an explanation: But before
that, let us read some Urdu poetry, which in its simplicity and recording of
fact is an all-time classic.
*PATTHAR PA ALAM-E-DEEN KA GARA KIS NE ~
- LALKAAR KE MARHAB KO PACHAARA KIS NE
AS-HAAB-E-PAYAMBER SABHI THEY HAZIR ~
- KAHDO DAR-E-KHYBER KO UKHAARAA KIS NE
The Imam comes to this world with a covenant with Allah that he would
protect and preserve the law of Allah. If in that process the Imam needs to
raise his sword he will do that with that intention and full commitment to
welcome martyrdom or win over the enemy. The main purpose of an Imam's life
is to guide people and lead people. His main purpose in life is not killing
people. But, if it comes to that, the Imam will not relent.
*That is why Imam Ali(a.s.) comes to the battlefield reciting those famous
verses in which he uses three different words for the word lion. That was
the indication that the Imam will first try HIDAYAT and then if all else
fails he will not back away from using the sword. He wanted Marhab to
remember his mother's dream. And if he had any sense
he would go back and not confront Imam Ali(a.s.). As we saw, the old Jewish
guard did recognize Imam Ali(a.s.) for his FAZA'EL. But Allah had destined
something else for Marhab.
*We feel good about Imam Ali(a.s.) killing Marhab and Haris and pulling the
gate of Khyber from its hinges. But those things really did not make Ali
great. What made Imam Ali(a.s.) great was his devotion to Islam and his
full commitment to the commands of the Prophet. After the famous victory
of Khyber when Imam Ali(a.s.) was ready to leave, he asked a question to the
Prophet as to how long he should fight. The Prophet replied: Either until
you are victorious or they accept Islam. He added: And remember Ail, if a
single non-Muslim accepts Islam on your invitation, it is better for you
than having a herd of one hundred red camels. That is why, after all the
victory, Imam Ali(a.s.) did not bother to collect even the personal armour
of his slain enemies, let alone looting wealth from the fort, which other
Muslims did do after him, and it was quite legitimate in the circumstances.
Reports tell us that he came down the hill of Khyber after victory totally
empty-handed.... That is what made Ali great.
*As Imam Ali(a.s.) was coming down the hill, the Prophet of Islam waited to
greet him. Suddenly from one side, J'afar bin Abi Talib appeared who was
now returning from Abyssinnia (Habsha) after twelve years' stay there. The
Prophet was doubly pleased. He put his one arm round Imam Ali(a.s.)'s
shoulder, the other round J'afar's shoulder. He would look at Ali and then
at J'afar and would say:I don't know what makes me happier today, my brother
Ali conquering the fort of Khyber or my brother J'afar returning from Habsha
after twelve years. It was definitely one of the happiest moments in the
life of the Prophet of Islam.
*The hadeeth of Khyber is also the true manifestation of Imam Ali(a.s.)'s
personality. The Prophet had said: Tomorrow morning I shall give this
banner to a MAN, who attacks repeatedly, and does not retreat. He loves
Allah and his Rasool and Allah and His Rasool love him. Allah will give
victory(FATAH) on his hands.
*There is not a single Companion for whom the Prophet of Islam had
prophesised Allah's love like that. It was reserved for Imam Ali(a.s.), and
him alone. The Prophet had ascribed in so many words Imam Ali(a.s.)'s
non-compromising attitude to his mission, and Imam Ali(a.s.)'s future life
became a living proof to that.
Then the Prophet had used the word FATAH in his statement. This word is used
in three different meaning is Arabic. The miracle of the Prophet's speech is
that all three meanings came true in this story. *Fatah means: 1. To open,
2. To conquer, and, 3. To begin ~ Imam Ali(a.s.) was victorious, he opened
the closed gate of Khyber, and, the conquest of Khyber turned out to be the
beginning of a long- lasting prosperity on the Muslim community.*
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