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THE LAST WILL OF IMAM ‘ALI BIN ABI TALIB (A.S.)
Birth: 13th Rajab 600 AD in the Holy Ka’bah, Mecca
Parents: Abu Talib (a.s.) & Fatima
bint Asad
Titles: Ameer al-Momineen (Chief of Believers), Asadullah
(Lion of Allah)
Death: 21st of Holy Ramadhan 40 AH in Kufa, ‘Iraq
Buried: Najaf al-Ashraf, ‘Iraq
Imam ‘Ali
(a.s.)’s last will to his sons Imam al-Hasan
(a.s.) & Imam al-Husayn (a.s.) after he was stuck with a poisonous sword
of Abdul-Rahman bin Muljim.
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My advice to
you is to be conscious of Allah and steadfast in your religion. Do not
yearn for the world, and do not be seduced by it. Do not resent anything
you have missed in it. Proclaim the truth; work for the next world.
Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.
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I advice you, and all my children, my relatives, and whosoever receives
this message, to be conscious of Allah, to remove your differences, and
to strengthen your ties. I heard your grandfather, peace be upon him,
say:
‘Reconciliation
of your differences is more worthy than all prayers and all fasting’.
o
Fear Allah in
matters concerning orphans. Attend to their nutrition and do not forget
their interests in the middle of yours.
o
Fear Allah in
your relation with your neighbours. Your Prophet often recommended them
to you, so much that we thought he would give them a share in
inheritance.
o
Remained
attached to the Quran. Nobody should surpass you in being intent in it,
or more sincere in implementing it.
o
Fear Allah in
relation to your prayers. It is the pillar of your religion.
o
Fear Allah in
relation to His house; do not abandon it as long as you live. If you
should do that you would abandon your dignity.
o
Persist in
striving in the cause of Allah, with your money, your souls, and your
tongue.
o
Maintain
communication and exchange of opinion among yourselves. Beware of
disunity and enmity. Do not desist from promoting good deeds and
cautioning against bad ones. Should you do that, the worst among you
would be your leaders, and you will cal upon Allah without response.
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O Children of
‘Abdul-Muttalib! Do not shed the blood of Muslims under the banner: ‘The
Imam has been assassinated!’ Only the assassin should be condemned to
death.
o
If I die of this stab of his (Ibn Muljim), kill him with one similar
stroke. Do not mutilate him! I have heard the Prophet, peace be upon
him, say:
‘Mutilate not
even a rabid dog’.
(Nahjul-Balaghah)
On the occasion of the Martyrdom of Ameer al-Momineen Imam ‘Ali bin Abi
Talib (a.s.), we extend our heartfelt condolences to our 12th
living Imam, Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi (AJ), and to all the Shia’s of Ahlul-Bayt
(as).
Mulla
Mujahidali Sheriff
mulla@almahdi.org.uk |