(This part gives) an account of the
Commander of the faithful,
peace be on him, the first of the Imams of the believers, of the rulers (wulat) of the Muslims and of God's (appointed) successors in religion after the
Apostle of God, the truthful one and the trusted one,
Muhammad Ibn
Abd Allah, the seal of the
Prophets, blessings on him and his pure family.
(He was) the brother of the Apostle of God and his paternal cousin, and his helper (wazir) in his affair, his son-in- law (being married) to his daughter,
Fatima the chaste, mistress of the women of the universe. (The full name of) the Commander of the faithful is ‘
Ali Ibn Abi Talib Ibn Abd al Muttalib Ibn
Hashim Ibn
Abd Manaf. (He was) the
Lord of the testamentary trustees of authority (wasiyyin), the best of blessing and peace be on him. His kunya was
Abu al-Hasan.
He was born in the
Sacred House (i.e. the
Kaba) in
Mecca on
Friday, the thirteenth day of the month of Rajab, thirty years after the
Year of the Elephant (c.570).
Nobody before or after him has ever been born in the
House of God, the
Most High. (It was a mark) of him being honored by God, the Most High, may His name be exalted, and of his position being dignified in its greatness.
His mother was Fatima, daughter of
Asad Ibn Hashim Ibn
Abd Manaf, may God be pleased with her. She was like a mother to the Apostle of God, may
God bless him and his family, and he (the
Apostle) was brought up under her care.
He was grateful for her kindness and she was among the first to believe in him and she emigrated with him in the group of the emigrants. When she died, the
Prophet shrouded her with his own shirt in order to protect her from the insects of the earth, and he laid her to rest in her grave in order that, through that, she might be protected from (the crushing pressure of) the narrow space within the grave.
She dictated him her last words (which were) the statement of the authority (wilayah) of her son, the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, so that at the examination after burial, she would be able to reply with those words. He singled her out with this great favour because of her position with God, may He be magnified and exalted, and with him, peace be on him. The report of that is well known. !
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- published: 05 Aug 2016
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