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The Excellence of Sayyiduna Ali رضی اللہ عنہ
Sayyidunā Ali’s رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ desire for people to receive their rights
Imam Muḥibb al-Dīn al-Ṭabarī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه relates the following account:
One day, during his reign as the caliph, the fourth Caliph of Islam, Sayyidunā Ali b. Abī Ṭālib رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ went to the marketplace. There, he saw a woman crying.
He asked the reason for her weeping, so she replied, “I am a slave girl, and I purchased some dates for a few dirhams from such and such shopkeeper. However, the dates did not please my master, so he sent them back. Now, the shopkeeper is not willing to take the dates back, which is why I am in a state of anxiety.”
Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ interceded on behalf of this slave girl before the shopkeeper, saying, “Accept the dates and return this poor slave girl’s dirhams. She is a slave girl and cannot exercise her own will.”
Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was very humble. He did not have a large security entourage accompanying him in the way that rulers move around with great protocol these days. He had come to the marketplace like a normal person. Therefore, the date-seller did not recognise him.
When Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ intervened on behalf of the slave girl, the shopkeeper pushed him. When people witnessed this scene, they said to the shopkeeper, “Do you know who you have pushed?”
He replied, “No, I do not know.”
The people informed him, “This is the leader of the believers, Sayyidunā Ali (رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ).”
BOOK TOPIC
- The excellence of Sayyidunā Ali
- Excellence of sending salāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Sayyidunā Ali’s رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ desire for people to receive their rights
- The humility of Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ
- Fulfil the rights of people
- A brief introduction to Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ
- Hadith 1: Whoever’s Maula I am, Ali is his Maula
- The blessings of Nād Ali
- Hadith 2: Looking at Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ is an act of worship
- A practice of Sayyidunā Abu Bakr al-Siddiq رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ
- Hadith 3: Love for Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ is a sign of faith
- Only true love is real love
- 1. The first requirement of loving Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ
- A unique secret behind never feeling thirst
- Prayer Timings Department
- 2. The second requirement of loving Sayyidunā Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ
- Encouragement to act upon pious deed number 34
- Madanī pearls concerning respect of Sayyids
