Bismillah Hir Rehman Nir Raheem
As Salaam Alaikum wa Rehmat Allahe wa barkatoh
Without fearing to be branded a kafir, an innovator ,
a mushrik or a person committing bidaah , I quote the
following qaul of Rasool e Akram (saaws) ,
Annazro ela'a wajhe Aliyin ibadah ( looking at the face of Ali
is Ibadat)
Ibadat is Prayer of offering ones gratitude to the
Creator and is reserved for none else but Allah , but at the
same time Allah sactions the looking to the face of Ali as
Ibadat for that is the well known farmaan of the Prophet of
Islaam and has been narrated continously and is invariably
considered saheeh by innumerable narrators of both Ahle
Sunnat wo Shia . Whatever some other events I shall narrate
will also be on the basis of the ahadees , which, also find
place in beshumar Ahadees e Ahle Sunnah.. .
Ali Ibne Abi Talib Alaihissalaam was the only
person born in the holiest of the holy place , the Khana e
Kaabah, At around age of 10 , when the Rasool e Akram
(saaws) announced his prophethood and invited people to
accept Islaam , in the daavat e Zul Ashherah , a feast for 3
succesive days, and called for help in his noble mission,
none dared to respond except Ali (as) , despite his
very tender age , stood up and offered himself to help in
his mission in every way possible , even at the risk of his
life , and surely he did by sleeping under the blanket of
Rasool e Akram (saaws) on his bed , while the whole place
was surrounded by sword wielding enemies of Islaam,ready to
assasinate Mohammad (saaws) .
At the time he was borned , for three days he did not
opened his eyes till he reached the pious lap of the Rasool
e Akram (saaws)He rightly used to say that he recieved
knowledge from the Prophet like the chicks are mouth fed by
the birds and the Rasool e Akram (saaws) confirmed this by
his famous quote " I am the city of knowledge Ali is
the gate "
With so many attributes , nobody can count , his
most finest charecter , his most noble behavior , his
knowledge of Qora'an , his unparralelled valour ,
the evidence of which is obtained in the events of the
fateh of Badr o uhad , Khaiber o Khandaq,in fact every
battle in which the Prophet of Islaam choose to put him to
lead , he came conqueror and the slayer of the enemy ,
making sure that not a single innocent person came under his
sword nor a single enemy of Islaam escaped his Zulfeqaar
till the Victory is achieved. Prophet of Islam declared on
one occasion when two attempts failed by others ,
"today I shall give the banner to a brave who will be
Karrar, Ghair e Farrar ( the bravest and the one who do not
run away from the battle field) . On one occasion a sister
of the slained person remarked ," though my brother has
been killed , I admire that he has been killed by a noble ,
for my brother's attire and weapons are all
intact against the usual custom of confiscation
of all the items from the body of the
slain enemy".
Most of his days were spent in hard labor for earning
honest living for his immediate family and the nights in
distributing provisions for the poor and the needy and rest
in the Ibadah with hardly any time left for his own rest ,
so much so that it is reported that,once, may be out of
tiredness he sat under a wall and dozed off, someone
reported to the Prophet (saaws) who came looking for him and
found sleeping on the mud with soil all over his person
which he himself brushed off and on this occassion,
he gave him the name of Abu Turab ( son of the Soil )
With so many qualities concentrated in a single man
and innumerable miracles to his credit , is it any wonder
that some unguided people were convinced that he is a God in
the guice of a man , while their belief is absolutely
wrong and un acceptable by any sane person, I do not blame
them for the misunderstanding , so much so that there
established a sect called Nusairee, which
believed him to be a God incarnate. I have no hesitation in
saying that they are all wrong for the Maula himself , like
H. Haroon was for the H.Musa so God fearing that he used to
cry bitterly while praying and so much engrossed while
offering prayers to Allah subhanahoo, that even if
an arrow embedded in his leg was to be removed, the
Prophet of Islam (s) advised that the piece of arrow
lodged in his leg could be removed while he is in his
prayers , but the same person was so consious and so close
to Allah that he donated his ring while in his ruku
of Namaaz , when a beggar asked for alms while the prayers
were going on., This very event so nicely praised in
the Holy Qora'an as an example ," they don't
let go any person asking for the alms even if busy in
prayers" .
And about the patience , the sabr and
steadfastness in obediance to Allah and his Rasool
(saaws) , remember the time when his house
was attacked by none else but well known , sahabas and a
person shouting " come out Abul Hasan or
else we will burn the house ", some one asked "
the daughter of the Rasool (saaws) is also in the house ,
would you still burn the house" the answer came , it
does not matter if she is also in " and they the
infidels , the enemies of Islaam , clearly mentioned in the
holy Qora'an as the 'munafiqs' in the sura e
munefeqoon, did torched the house , the burning door fell on
the loving daughter of the Rasool (saaws) , causing her
abortion to the unborn Hazrat Mohsin ( a s ) and injuring
her breaking her ribs ,so much so that due to the same
injuries she succumbed to it and attainned Martyrdom from
the very hands of some of the highly revered Sahabahs. . The
commotion of the event , fumes and
smoke , the severly injured wife , distressed children and
above all the promice with the Prphet of Islaam not to
retalite in any case agaist the zulms from his Ummah and
attain the Sabr e azeem in the worst of adversaries ,
resulted in his being captured and tied , to be brought to
the infidel rulers for which he newer offered his Bayah ,
nor later his sons , who let his whole companions, friends
and relation attain shahadat ,but not bowing to the demand
of bayah in the hands of the fasiq o fajir Yazeed Ibne
Muavia Ibne Abu Sufian . Is it not a matter , more
remarkable , that not any one of the adults , either from
the family or the ashaab ever suggested to accept the bayah
temporarily , but this is the utmost height of the
divinenity of the family that not even a single child ever
said , out of the frustration and sufferings , to accept the
bayah e Fasiq o fajir rulers of the time .
So I feel honoured and elated to offer my heartiest
felicitations , at the anniversery of the birth of Maulae
enaat Hazrat Ali alaihissalaat o salaam in the very sacred
pricinct of the Holy House of Allah and it is no wonder that
Allah made it obligatory to all able bodied Ummah e Rasool
Akram (saaws) to pay obeyance to the house, circumbulating
it seven times , with eyes facing the House, during the
entire excercise of the rituals of the Hajj , amounting to
the performance of hajj and paying respect to the sacred
Zacha Khana of the Blessed Lady ( innumerable salutes to her
memory) , the event happening on the 13th Rajabbul
Marrajab.
Allah humma swalle Ala Mohammad(s),wa Aal e Mohammad(a
s)
Annazro ela'a wajhe Aliyin ibadah ( looking at the face
of Ali is Ibadat)
