Imam Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Bear in mind that you do not throw away the offer of peace which your enemy may himself make. Accept it, for, that will please God. Peace is a source of comfort to the army; it reduces your worries and promotes order in the State. But Beware! Be on your guard when the peace is signed; for, certain types of enemies propose terms of peace just to lull you into a sense of security only to attack you again when you are off your guard. So you should exercise the utmost vigilance on your part, and place no undue faith in their protestations. But, ifRead More →

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Never take counsel of a miser, for, he will vitiate your magnanimity and frighten you of poverty. Do not take counsel of a coward also, for, he will cheat you of your resolves. Do not take counsel of the greedy too, for he will instill greed in you and turn you into a tyrant. Miserliness, cowardice, and greed deprive man of the trust in God.The worst of counselors is he who has served as a counselor to unjust rulers and shared their crimes. So, never let men who have been companions of tyrants or shared their crimes he your counselors. You can get better menRead More →

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Maintain justice in administration and impose it on your own self and seek the consent of the people, for, the discontent of the masses sterilizes the contentment of the privileged few and the discontent of the few looses itself in the contentment of the many. Remember, the privileged few will not rally round you in moments of difficulty:they will try to sidetrack justice, they will ask for more than what they deserve and will show no gratitude for favors done to them. They will feel restive in the face of trials and will offer no regret for their shortcomings. It is the common man whoRead More →

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The Epistle In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the Ever-merciful Be it known to you, O, Maalik that I am sending you as Governor to a country, which in the past (1) According to Nahj al-Balaghah (Al-Sharif al-Radi’s compilation of Imam Ali’s words, letters, and sermons), the epistle begins with the following statements:Document of instruction written by Imam Ali for Malik al-Ashtar al-Nakhai when he appointed him as the governor of Egypt and the surrounding areas after the position of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, had become precarious:This is the longest document and contains the greatest number of beautiful sayings. In the Name of Allah,Read More →

Imam Mahdi’s Government

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Irrespective of their sects, Muslims throughout the world believe that, “When Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) will establish his government, peace, brotherhood, equality, justice and equity will spread to every nook and corner of the world. He will rescue the oppressed ones from the hands of the tyrants. And everybody will enjoy the bounties of the nature equally. He will establish such a government which will be free from all tyranny and evil. It will be free from war and bloodshed.”For, the aim of rising of Imam Mahdi (a.s.) will be to establish peace and equity.Holy Quran in different ways and at different places has prophesied thatRead More →

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Following is the list of traditions reported by Sunni and Shia sources about the identification of Al- Mahdi’. 1. The lmams are twelve in number, among whom the first is Ali Ibn Abi Talib and the last is tile Mahdi – 91 hadith.2. The Imams are twelve, arid the last one is the Mahdi – 94 hadith3. The Imams are twelve, nine among whom are the descendants of Husayn, and the ninth is the Qa’im – 107 hadith.4. Mahdi is from among the progeny of the Prophet – 389 hadith.5. Mahdi is from among the descendants of Ali (a.s.) – 214 hadith.6. Mahdi is fromRead More →

Imam Mahdi’s Government

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Again, the world is paying for its deeds. Widespread global unrest, murders, killings, plunder, pillage, confusion, commotion, shortages and scarcities in the market, high prices of commodities, unreliability, straitening of sustenance, etc. are all results and consequences of human vices and misdeeds. Allah the Almighty has drawn the attention of man towards this stark reality in the Holy Quran long back.“Mischief is manifest in the land and the sea for what the people have earned.” 1Habitually, we tend to blame others for our ills and absolve ourselves. The question is that if everybody is acquitted, then who is to be convicted? The fact is thatRead More →

Imam Mahdi (PBUH) In Other Religions And Nations

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“What Remains with Allah is better for you if you are believers (11:86)”The Birth of the Imam (A.S): Al Hujjat ibn Al-Hassan Al–Mahdi (as) the 12th divine leader of Islam was born on dawn, Friday the 15th of Shaaban 255 AH correspondent to 868 AD in the house of the 11th Imam (as) in the city of Samerrah (Iraq). His honorable father is Imam Hassan Al-Askari (as), and his modest mother was the daughter of Caesar’s son, Joshua, and from the generation of Samoan one of Jesus’ apostles. She was so preferable that Imam Hassan’s daughter called her “The mistress of herself and her family”.Read More →

Narrations about Imam Mahdi

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Allah, the Blessed and the High says in the Holy Quran:‘O you who believe! Be patient and excel in patience and remain steadfast and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, that you may be successful.’ 1In the interpretation of the above verse, Hafiz Qunduzi Hanafi, the famous scholar of the Ahle Sunnah, narrates a tradition from Imam Baqir (a.s.) in his book ‘Yanabiul Mawwadah’ pp. 5-6, “Be patient in complying with the obligatory acts and remain steadfast against the cruelties and oppression of enemies and establish contact with your Imam, Imam Mahdi al-Muntazar (the Awaited One)’.A similar exegesis is also narrated from Imam SadiqRead More →

Imam Mahdi’s Government

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Different hadiths exist regarding the martyrdom or passing away of Imam al-Mahdi (‘atfs), but because Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (‘a) has said, “Each one of us Imams will either be poisoned or martyred,” the hadiths that indicate the Imam’s martyrdom can have preponderance over others that say otherwise.Here, it will suffice to examine only a few pertinent hadiths.Concerning the noble Qur’anic verse, “Then We gave you back the turn (to prevail) over them,” 1 Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: “It means the revival of Imam al-Husayn (‘a) and seventy of his companions during the period of the Imam of the Time wearing golden helmets. The return (raj‘ah)Read More →