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Imam Al-Husein peace be with him wanted to liberate the people who were enslaved by the rulers, and therefore the revolution of Imam Al-Husein peace be with himwas launched based on this humanitarian aspect in order to achieve freedom for the entire mankind.

The dimensions of Imam Al-Husein's revolution:
As we read through the narration of Imam Al-Husein peace be with him, we see that when he went out to the battle to fight those who came to fight him, and when he saw his opponents invading the tents of the women, he addressed them saying: "O You the followers of Abu Sifyan, if you do not follow a religion, and if you do not fear the Judgment day, be free in your lives and return to your origins if you were Arabs."
Imam Al-Husein peace be with him raised two issues here. The first is that he laid emphasis to the freedom of man when he said: If you do not abide by religious values and you do not believe in a creed, at least be free. The free man is the one who does not sell himself or his position or opinion in return for money or positions. Do not be slaves, because you are fighting to obey those who enslave you.
The second issue he raised is that Imam peace be with him tried to provoke in them the feelings of Arabism which Islam approved: "Be Arabs", not in terms of the narrow nationalism, but on the basis of the values the Arabs lived, which Islam adopted some of them and eliminated others. This discourse is not addressed to the followers of Abu Sufyan in particular, but to every human being.

On the humanitarian level, we also read his speech when he was asked to give legitimacy to Yazid. He said: "The illegitimate, son of the illegitimate, has settled between two: between unsheathing [the sword] and humiliation, and how impossible is humiliation from us." So it is about being honored in all your life. Imam As-Sadiq peace be with him was quoted as saying upon interpreting the following Quranic verse: "God has the glory and His Prophet and the believers." (63:08) Imam As-Sadiq peace be with him said: "God has allowed the believer to run all his affairs, but he did not authorize him to humiliate himself." Glory is based on power: "The power is wholly Allah's". (02:165). So, to be honorable is to be strong and defending you humanity and freedom.

Then he said: "Do not you see that no one abides by the right and everyone embarks on the wrong?" He is talking about the righteousness which people should abide by, and righteousness is the concept that exists in all the issues of human beings, which ascend his position at the individual, political and social levels.
Therefore, we have to present Ashoura to the entire world in its humanitarian aspect, rather than restricting it to a sectarian aspect because Imam Al-Husein peace be with him is the imam of all Muslims and he obtained his Imamate from Prophet Muhammad (p.) with whom Al-Husein peace be with him lived his early childhood. He also lived with his mother, Sayyeda Az-Zahra and his father Ali peace be with him. So, he enjoyed all the elements and characters of spiritual faith these figures enjoyed. Prophet Muhammad (p.) said: "Husein is from me, and I am from Husein", which reveals the spiritual integration between the Prophet (p.) and Al-Husein peace be with him.

The values of reform in the revolution of Imam Al-Husein peace be with him:
Imam Al-Husein peace be with him said: "I revolted neither for wickedness nor for fame. Verily I rose only to seek for reform in the nation of my grandfather; the messenger of Allah." He did not speak about a certain family or region, but about the entire nation, because he was shouldering the responsibility of the whole nation through his Imamate. "I want to enjoin good and forbid wrong and evil", he said. So, he noticed the deviant situation of the nation, because the rule prevailing at that time damaged the humanitarian aspect of the people who used to love Imam Al-Husein peace be with him and his family, but at the same time, they were fighting to earn money or obtain a certain position in the authority, such as Omar BinSa'ad

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Congratulations on the auspicious birth (days) of Imam Husain bin Ali bin Abitalib, Imam Ali Zain-ul Abedin and Hadhrat Ab-ul Fadhlil Abbas (peace be with them) to all Muslims and believers.

They (infallible Leaders) never supported the tyrants instead spoken up against the corrupt leaders, oppressors and their corrupt systems. They are a role models for the followers of faith in Godly values and truth seekers, in sacrifice, resistance for freedom and liberty from ignorance and slavery of desires.

Imam Husain (peace be with him): Do not talk about your brother when he is absent except what you would like him to say about you in your absence.
📚[Bihar-ul Anwaar, vol. 78, p. 127]

Imam Ali Zain-ul Abedin (peace be with him) said about his uncle Hadhrat Ab-ul Fadhlil Abbas “may God have mercy with my uncle Abbas. He preferred his brother on himself. He sacrificed himself for his brother until he lost his both hands. Thus instead of his hands, God has given him wings with which he fly in heaven with angles, like Jafar bin Abitalib. On the day of judgement, the blessed and exalted Abbas bin Ali enjoys a rank that all the martyrs will wish similar one.
📚[Al-Khesal p. 68]

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Letter of Imam Ali to Malik e Ashtar

(Part One)

Written for Malik-e Ashtar Nakha'i, when the status of Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr had become precarious and Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (peace be with him) had appointed Malik-e Ashtar as the governor of Egypt and the surrounding areas. This document contains the worlds highest and greatest number of eminent and outstanding statements:

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

💠This is what God's servant Ali ibn Abi Talib has ordered Malik ibn al-Harith al-Ashtar in his instrument (of appointment) for him when he made him Governor of Egypt for the collection of its revenues, fighting its enemies, seeking the good of its people and making its cities prosperous.💠

💠He has ordered him to fear Allah, to prefer obedience to Him and to follow what He has commanded in His Book (Holy Quran) out of His obligatory and elective commands, without following which one cannot achieve virtue, nor (can one) be evil save by opposing them and ignoring them and to support the cause of Allah the Glorified One, with his heart, hand and tongue because Allah Whose name is Sublime takes the responsibility for helping him who helps Him and for protecting him who gives Him support.💠

💠He also orders him to break his heart off from passions and to restrain it at the time of their increase because the heart leads towards evil unless Allah has mercy. 💠

Qualifications of a Governor and his Responsibilities:

💠Then, know O Malik, that I have sent you to an area where there have been governments before you, both just as well as oppressive.💠

💠People would now watch your dealings as you used to watch the dealings of the rulers before you and they (people) would criticize you as you criticized them (rulers).💠

Surely, the virtuous are known by the reputation that Allah circulates for them through the tongues of His creatures. Therefore, the best collection with you should be the collection of good deeds.💠

💠So, control your passions and check your heart from doing what is not lawful for you because checking the heart means detaining it just half way between what it likes and dislikes.💠

💠Habituate your heart to mercy for the subjects and to affection and kindness for them. Do not stand over them like greedy beasts who feel it is enough to devour them since they (people) are of two kinds: either your brethren in religion or your likes in creation.💠

💠They would commit slips and encounter mistakes. They may act wrongly, willfully or out of negligence. So, extend to them your forgiveness and pardon them in the same way as you would like Allah to extend His forgiveness and to pardon you because you are over them and your responsible Commander (Imam) is over you, while Allah is over the one who appointed you. 💠

He (Allah) has sought you to manage their affairs and tried you through them.💠

💠Do not set yourself to fight Allah because you have no power to meet His power and you cannot do without His pardon and mercy. Do not regret forgiving or being merciful in punishing. Do not act hastily during your anger if you can find a way out of it. Do not say: “I have been given authority, I enjoy it when I order,” because it engenders confusion in the heart, weakens the religion and takes one to his ruin.💠

💠If the authority in which you are placed produces pride or vanity in you, look at the greatness of the realm of Allah over you and His might the like of which you do not even possess over yourselves. This will curb your haughtiness, cure you of your high temper and bring back to you your wisdom which had gone away from you.💠

💠Beware of comparing yourself to Allah in His greatness or likening yourself to Him in His power, for Allah humiliates every claimant of power and disgraces everyone who is haughty.💠

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Letter of Imam Ali to Malik e Ashtar

(Part Two)

💠Do justice for Allah, and do justice towards the people, as against your own selves, your near ones and those of your subjects for whom you have a liking because if you do not do so, you will be oppressive, and when a person oppresses the servants of Allah, instead of His creatures, Allah becomes his opponent.💠

💠And when Allah is the opponent of a person He tramples his plea, and we would remain in the status of being at war with Allah till he gives it up and repents.💠

💠Nothing is more inducive to the reversal of Allah’s bounty or for the hastening of His retribution than continuance in oppression because Allah hears the prayer of the oppressed and is on the look out for the oppressors.💠

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Letter of Imam Ali to Malik-e Ashtar
(Part five)

🔰Then, more preferable among them for you should be those who openly speak better truths before you and who support you the least in those of your actions which Allah does not approve in His friends, even though they may be according to your wishes.

🔰Associate yourself with God-fearing and truthful people; then educate them, so that they should not praise you or please you by reason of an action which you did not perform because an excess of praise produces pride and drives you nearer to haughtiness.

🔰The virtuous and the vicious should not be in equal status before you because this means dissuasion of the virtuous from virtue and persuasion of the vicious to vice.

🔰Keep everyone in the status which is his. You should know that the most conducive thing for the good impression of the ruler on his subjects is that he should extend good behavior towards them, lighten their hardships and avoid putting them to unbearable troubles.

🔰You should, therefore, in this way follow a course by which you would leave a good impression with your subjects. This is so because such good ideas would relieve you of great worries.

🔰Certainly, the most appropriate for your good impression is he to whom your behavior has not been good.

🔰Do not discontinue the good lives in which the earlier people of this community had been acting and by virtue of which there was general unity and through which the subjects prospered.

🔰Do not innovate any line of action which injures these earlier ways because (in that case) the reward for those who had established those ways would continue, but the burden for discontinuing them would be on you.

🔰🔰Keep on increasing your conversations with the scholars and discussions with the wise in order to stabilize the prosperity of the areas under you and to continue with that in which the earlier people had remained steadfast.

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Letter of Imam Ali to Malik-e Ashtar
(Part Seven)

The ruler cannot acquit himself of the obligations laid on him by Allah in this matter except by striving and seeking help from Allah, by training himself to adhere to righteousness and by enduring on that account all that is light or hard.

1. The Army

🍁Put in command of your forces the man who in your view is the best well-wisher of Allah, His Prophet and your Imam. The most chaste of them in heart and the highest of them in endurance is one who is slow in getting angry, who accepts excuses, who is kind to the weak and is strict with the strong; violence should not raise his temper and weakness should not keep him sitting.

🍁Also associate with considerate people from high families, virtuous houses and decent traditions, then people of courage, valor, generosity and benevolence because they are repositories of honor and springs of virtues. Strive for their matters as the parents strive for their child.

🍁Do not regard anything that you do to strengthen them as big nor anything that you have agreed to do for them as little, even though it may be small because this would make them your well-wishers and create a good impression about you.

🍁Do not neglect to attend to their small matters. Confine yourself to their important matters because your small favors will also be of benefit to them while the important ones are such that they cannot ignore.

🍁That commander of the army should have such a status before you that he renders help to them equitably and spends from his money on them and on those of their families who remain behind so that all their worries converge on the one worry to fight the enemy.

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Letter of Imam Ali to Malik-e Ashtar
(Part Twelve)

5. The Clerical Establishment

🍁🍁Then you should take care of your secretarial workers. Put the best of them in charge of your affairs. Entrust those of your writings which contain your policies and secrets to him who possesses the best character, who is not elated by honors lest he should dare speak against you in public. He should also not be negligent in presenting the communications of your officers before you and issuing correct replies to them on your behalf and in matters of your receipts and payments.

🍁🍁He should not make any damaging agreement on your behalf and should not fail in repudiating an agreement against you.

🍁🍁He should not be ignorant of the extent of his own status in matters because whoever is ignorant of his own status is (even) more ignorant of the status of others.

🍁🍁Your selection of these people should not be on the basis of your understanding (of them), confidence and good impression because people catch the ideas of the officers through affectation and personal service, and there is nothing in it which is like well-wishing or trustfulness.

🍁🍁You should rather test them by what they did under the virtuous people before you. Take a decision in favor of one who has a good name among the common people and is the most renowned in trustworthiness because this will be a proof of your regard for Allah and for him on whose behalf you have been appointed to this status (namely your Imam).

🍁🍁Establish one chief for every department of work. He should not be incapable of big matters and a rush of work should not perplex him. Whenever there is a defect in your secretaries which you overlook, then you will be held responsible for it.

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💠⚜The Last Will of the master of the believers Imam Ali (peace be with him) to his sons Imam Hasan and Imam Husain (peace be with them) after the attempt on his life by a poisonous sword stab from Ibn Muljem(May God curse him):⚜💠

💎 1- 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 reward from God (eternal blessing and life after death). Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.

💎 2- I advise 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, (Prophet Mohammad peace be upon him), said: "Reconciliation of your issues (disputes and differences) is more worthy than all prayers and all fasting."

💎 3- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful concerning orphans. Attend to their nutrition and do not forget their interests in the middle of yours.

💎 4- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your relations with your neighbors. Your Prophet very often recommended them to you, so much so that we thought he would give them a share in inheritance.

💎 5- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, carefully remain attached to the Quran. Nobody from others should surpass you in being intent on it, or more sincere in implementing it.

💎 6- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your prayers. It is the pillar of your religion.

💎 7- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of His House; do not abandon it as long as you live. If you should do that you would abandon your dignity.

💎 8- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, Persist in hardships in the cause of Allah, with your money, your souls, and your tongue.

💎 9- You have to maintain relationships and communication and exchange of opinion among yourselves. Stay away from cutting off of each other and breakups.

💎 10- Do not desist from performing and promoting good deeds and do not withhold refraining against evil deeds and bad ones. Should you do that, the worst among you would become your leaders, if so happens, you would do pray from God but you won't be answered and responded by God.

💎 11- O sons of Abd-ul Mottaleb! Do not shed the blood of Muslim under the revenge (believing) The master of believers has been assassinated. No one should be condemned except only the assassin should be punished to death. If I die of this stab of his, kill him with one similar stroke. Do not mutilate him I have heard the Prophet, peace be with him, say: "mutilate not even a rabid dog."
Nahjul Balagha; Letter 47.

⚜💠⚜ من وصيةٍ له عليه السلام للحسن والحسين عليهما السلام لما ضربه ابن ملجم لعنة الله عليه ⚜💠⚜

💎 ١- أوصيکما بتقوي الله، وألا تبغيا الدنيا وإن بغتکما، ولا تأسفا علي شيء منها زوي عنکما، و قولا بالحق، و اعملا للأجر، و کونا للظالم خصماً، و للمظلوم عوناً.

💎 ٢- أوصيکما، و جميع ولدي و أهلي و من بلغه کتابي، بتقوي الله، ونظم أمرکم، وصلاح ذات بينکم، فإني سمعت جدکما صلي الله عليه و آله وسلم يقول: "صلاح ذات البين أفضل من عامة الصلاة الصيام".

💎 ٣- و، الله الله في الأيتام، فلا تغبوا أفواههم، ولا يضيعوا بحضرتکم.

💎 ٤- و، الله الله في جيرانکم، فإنهم وصية نبيکم، ما زال يوصي بهم حتي ظننا أنه سيورثهم.

💎 ٥- و، الله الله في القرآن، لا يسبقکم بالعمل به غيرکم.

💎 ٦- و، الله الله في الصلاة، فإنها عمود دينکم.

💎 ٧- و، الله الله في بيت ربکم، لا تخلوه ما بقيتم، فإنه إن ترک لم تناظروا.

💎 ٨- و، الله الله في الجهاد بأموالکم وأنفسکم وألسنتکم في سبيل الله.

💎 ٩- وعليکم بالتواصل والتباذل، وإياکم والتدابر والتقاطع.

💎 ١٠- لا تترکوا الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنکر فيولي عليکم أشرارکم، ثم تدعون فلا يستجاب لکم.

💎 ١١- ثم قال: يا بني عبدالمطلب، لا ألفينکم تخوضون دماء المسلمين خوضاً، تقولون: قتل أميرالمؤمنين. ألا لا تقتلن بي إلا قاتلي. انظروا إذا أنا مت من ضربته هذه، فاضربوه ضربةً بضربة، ولا يمثلوا بالرجل، فإني سمعت رسول الله صلي الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: (إياکم والمثلة ولو بالکلب العقور).
{نهج البلاغه،نامه 47}
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Imam Zain-ul Abideen:

“.And the right of your father is that you should know that he is your root and you are his branch. And without him, you would not be.

Whenever you see anything in yourself which pleases you, you should know that your father is the root of its blessing upon you.

So praise God and thank Him in recognition of that. And there is no power but in God”

Book of Rights; Imam Sajjad Zain-ul Abedin peace be with him.

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Imam Sadiq (peace be with him) quoted on the authority of his fathers upon the authority of Imam Ali (peace be with him) that God's last Prophet said:

“One of the signs of certitude is that you do not displease God to please the people, and do not admire the people for the daily food that God has granted you through them, and that you do not blame the people for God depriving you of your daily bread.

No one's greed will bring him an increase in his daily sustenance, and no one's jealousy will stop one's daily bread.

If one tries to escape from his daily bread as he escapes from death, one's food seeks its owner faster than death does.

In fact, God the Almighty has established comfort and peace of mind in certitude and contentment, and has established sorrow and discomfort in anger and doubt.”

📚 Mishkat-ul Anwar Fi Ghurar-il Akhbar (The Lamp Niche for the Best Traditions)

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PROPHET'S HISTORIC GHADIR SERMON

PART IV

O people! Prefer him (' Ali) over all others! There is no knowledge except that Allah has divulged it to me, and all the knowledge I have learned I have divulged to Imam al-Muttaqin (leader of the righteous), and there is no knowledge (that I know) except that I divulged it to' Ali, and he is al-Imam al-Mubin (the evident Imam) whom Allah mentions in Surat ya-Sin: "... and everything We have computed is in (the knowledge of) an evident Imam" (Qur'an, 36:12).

O people! Do not abandon him, nor should you flee away from him, nor should you be too arrogant to accept his authority, for he is the one who guides to righteousness and who acts according to it. He defeats falsehood and prohibits others from acting according to it, accepting no blame from anyone while seeking to please Allah. He is the first to believe in Allah and in His Messenger; none preceded him as such. And he is the one who offered his life as a sacrifice for the Messenger of Allah and who was in the company of the Messenger of Allah while no other man was. He is the first of all people to offer prayers and the first to worship Allah with me. I ordered him, on behalf of Allah, to sleep in my bed, and he did, offering his life as a sacrifice for my sake.

O people! Prefer him (over all others), for Allah has preferred him, and accept him, for Allah has appointed him (as your leader).

O people! He is an Imam appointed by Allah, and Allah shall never accept the repentance of anyone who denies his authority, nor shall He forgive him; this is a must decree from Allah never to do so to anyone who opposes him, and that He shall torment him with a most painful torment for all time to come, for eternity; so, beware lest you should oppose him and thus enter the fire the fuel of which is the people and the stones prepared for the unbelievers.

O people! By Allah! All past prophets and messengers conveyed the glad tiding of my advent, and I, by Allah, am the seal of the prophets and of the messengers and the argument against all beings in the heavens and on earth. Anyone who doubts this commits apostasy similar to that of the early jahiliyya, and anyone who doubts anything of what I have just said doubts everything which has been revealed to me, and anyone who doubts any of the Imams doubts all of them, and anyone who doubts us shall be lodged in the fire.

O people! Allah, the most Exalted and the Almighty, has bestowed this virtue upon me out of His kindness towards' Ali and as a boon to' Ali and there is no god but He; to Him all praise belongs in all times, for eternity, and in all circumstances.

O people! Prefer' Ali (over all others), for he is the very best of all people after me, be they males or females, so long as Allah sends down His sustenance, so long as there are beings. Cursed and again cursed, condemned and again condemned, is anyone who does not accept this statement of mine and who does not agree to it. Gabriel himself has informed me of the same on behalf of Allah Almighty Who he said (in Gabriel's words): " Anyone who antagonizes' Ali and refuses to accept his wilayat shall incur My curse upon him and My wrath." "... and let every soul consider what it has sent forth for the morrow, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah" (Qur'an, 59:18), "And do not make your oaths a means of deceit between you lest a foot should slip after its stability" (Qur'an, 16:94), " Allah is fully aware of all what you do" (Qur'an, 58: 13).

O people! He (' Ali) is janb-Allah mentioned in the Book of Allah, the Sublime One: The Almighty, forewarning his (' Ali's) adversaries, says, "Lest a soul should say: O woe unto me for what I fell short of my duty to Allah, and most surely I was of those who laughed to scorn" (Qur'an, 39:56).

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In the time of Imam Hadi (peace be with him), a person wrote a letter from one of the distant cities

he wrote in letter that O Imam I am away from you. Sometimes I have needs or problems, anyway what do I do?

Imam Hādi (peace be with him) wrote in answer to him:

"Move your lips and talk. We are not far.

Bihār-ul Anwār

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Imam Zain-ul Abideen:

“.And the right of your father is that you should know that he is your root and you are his branch. And without him, you would not be.

Whenever you see anything in yourself which pleases you, you should know that your father is the root of its blessing upon you.

So praise God and thank Him in recognition of that. And there is no power but in God”

Book of Rights; Imam Sajjad Zain-ul Abedin peace be with him.

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💠⚜The Last Will of the master of the believers Imam Ali (peace be with him) to his sons Imam Hasan and Imam Husain (peace be with them) after the attempt on his life by a poisonous sword stab from Ibn Muljem(May God curse him):⚜💠

💎 1- 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 reward from God (eternal blessing and life after death). Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.

💎 2- I advise 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, (Prophet Mohammad peace be upon him), said: "Reconciliation of your issues (disputes and differences) is more worthy than all prayers and all fasting."

💎 3- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful concerning orphans. Attend to their nutrition and do not forget their interests in the middle of yours.

💎 4- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your relations with your neighbors. Your Prophet very often recommended them to you, so much so that we thought he would give them a share in inheritance.

💎 5- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, carefully remain attached to the Quran. Nobody from others should surpass you in being intent on it, or more sincere in implementing it.

💎 6- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your prayers. It is the pillar of your religion.

💎 7- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of His House; do not abandon it as long as you live. If you should do that you would abandon your dignity.

💎 8- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, Persist in hardships in the cause of Allah, with your money, your souls, and your tongue.

💎 9- You have to maintain relationships and communication and exchange of opinion among yourselves. Stay away from cutting off of each other and breakups.

💎 10- Do not desist from performing and promoting good deeds and do not withhold refraining against evil deeds and bad ones. Should you do that, the worst among you would become your leaders, if so happens, you would do pray from God but you won't be answered and responded by God.

💎 11- O sons of Abd-ul Mottaleb! Do not shed the blood of Muslim under the revenge (believing) The master of believers has been assassinated. No one should be condemned except only the assassin should be punished to death. If I die of this stab of his, kill him with one similar stroke. Do not mutilate him I have heard the Prophet, peace be with him, say: "mutilate not even a rabid dog."
Nahjul Balagha; Letter 47.

⚜💠⚜ من وصيةٍ له عليه السلام للحسن والحسين عليهما السلام لما ضربه ابن ملجم لعنة الله عليه ⚜💠⚜

💎 ١- أوصيکما بتقوي الله، وألا تبغيا الدنيا وإن بغتکما، ولا تأسفا علي شيء منها زوي عنکما، و قولا بالحق، و اعملا للأجر، و کونا للظالم خصماً، و للمظلوم عوناً.

💎 ٢- أوصيکما، و جميع ولدي و أهلي و من بلغه کتابي، بتقوي الله، ونظم أمرکم، وصلاح ذات بينکم، فإني سمعت جدکما صلي الله عليه و آله وسلم يقول: "صلاح ذات البين أفضل من عامة الصلاة الصيام".

💎 ٣- و، الله الله في الأيتام، فلا تغبوا أفواههم، ولا يضيعوا بحضرتکم.

💎 ٤- و، الله الله في جيرانکم، فإنهم وصية نبيکم، ما زال يوصي بهم حتي ظننا أنه سيورثهم.

💎 ٥- و، الله الله في القرآن، لا يسبقکم بالعمل به غيرکم.

💎 ٦- و، الله الله في الصلاة، فإنها عمود دينکم.

💎 ٧- و، الله الله في بيت ربکم، لا تخلوه ما بقيتم، فإنه إن ترک لم تناظروا.

💎 ٨- و، الله الله في الجهاد بأموالکم وأنفسکم وألسنتکم في سبيل الله.

💎 ٩- وعليکم بالتواصل والتباذل، وإياکم والتدابر والتقاطع.

💎 ١٠- لا تترکوا الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنکر فيولي عليکم أشرارکم، ثم تدعون فلا يستجاب لکم.

💎 ١١- ثم قال: يا بني عبدالمطلب، لا ألفينکم تخوضون دماء المسلمين خوضاً، تقولون: قتل أميرالمؤمنين. ألا لا تقتلن بي إلا قاتلي. انظروا إذا أنا مت من ضربته هذه، فاضربوه ضربةً بضربة، ولا يمثلوا بالرجل، فإني سمعت رسول الله صلي الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: (إياکم والمثلة ولو بالکلب العقور).
{نهج البلاغه،نامه 47}
‏@AbodeofWisdom

💠⚜The Last Will of the master of the believers Imam Ali (peace be with him) to his sons Imam Hasan and Imam Husain (peace be with them) after the attempt on his life by a poisonous sword stab from Ibn Muljem(May God curse him):⚜💠

💎 1- 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 reward from God (eternal blessing and life after death). Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.

💎 2- I advise 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, (Prophet Mohammad peace be upon him), said: "Reconciliation of your issues (disputes and differences) is more worthy than all prayers and all fasting."

💎 3- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful concerning orphans. Attend to their nutrition and do not forget their interests in the middle of yours.

💎 4- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your relations with your neighbors. Your Prophet very often recommended them to you, so much so that we thought he would give them a share in inheritance.

💎 5- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, carefully remain attached to the Quran. Nobody from others should surpass you in being intent on it, or more sincere in implementing it.

💎 6- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your prayers. It is the pillar of your religion.

💎 7- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of His House; do not abandon it as long as you live. If you should do that you would abandon your dignity.

💎 8- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, Persist in hardships in the cause of Allah, with your money, your souls, and your tongue.

💎 9- You have to maintain relationships and communication and exchange of opinion among yourselves. Stay away from cutting off of each other and breakups.

💎 10- Do not desist from performing and promoting good deeds and do not withhold refraining against evil deeds and bad ones. Should you do that, the worst among you would become your leaders, if so happens, you would do pray from God but you won't be answered and responded by God.

💎 11- O sons of Abd-ul Mottaleb! Do not shed the blood of Muslim under the revenge (believing) The master of believers has been assassinated. No one should be condemned except only the assassin should be punished to death. If I die of this stab of his, kill him with one similar stroke. Do not mutilate him I have heard the Prophet, peace be with him, say: "mutilate not even a rabid dog."
Nahjul Balagha; Letter 47.

⚜💠⚜ من وصيةٍ له عليه السلام للحسن والحسين عليهما السلام لما ضربه ابن ملجم لعنة الله عليه ⚜💠⚜

💎 ١- أوصيکما بتقوي الله، وألا تبغيا الدنيا وإن بغتکما، ولا تأسفا علي شيء منها زوي عنکما، و قولا بالحق، و اعملا للأجر، و کونا للظالم خصماً، و للمظلوم عوناً.

💎 ٢- أوصيکما، و جميع ولدي و أهلي و من بلغه کتابي، بتقوي الله، ونظم أمرکم، وصلاح ذات بينکم، فإني سمعت جدکما صلي الله عليه و آله وسلم يقول: "صلاح ذات البين أفضل من عامة الصلاة الصيام".

💎 ٣- و، الله الله في الأيتام، فلا تغبوا أفواههم، ولا يضيعوا بحضرتکم.

💎 ٤- و، الله الله في جيرانکم، فإنهم وصية نبيکم، ما زال يوصي بهم حتي ظننا أنه سيورثهم.

💎 ٥- و، الله الله في القرآن، لا يسبقکم بالعمل به غيرکم.

💎 ٦- و، الله الله في الصلاة، فإنها عمود دينکم.

💎 ٧- و، الله الله في بيت ربکم، لا تخلوه ما بقيتم، فإنه إن ترک لم تناظروا.

💎 ٨- و، الله الله في الجهاد بأموالکم وأنفسکم وألسنتکم في سبيل الله.

💎 ٩- وعليکم بالتواصل والتباذل، وإياکم والتدابر والتقاطع.

💎 ١٠- لا تترکوا الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنکر فيولي عليکم أشرارکم، ثم تدعون فلا يستجاب لکم.

💎 ١١- ثم قال: يا بني عبدالمطلب، لا ألفينکم تخوضون دماء المسلمين خوضاً، تقولون: قتل أميرالمؤمنين. ألا لا تقتلن بي إلا قاتلي. انظروا إذا أنا مت من ضربته هذه، فاضربوه ضربةً بضربة، ولا يمثلوا بالرجل، فإني سمعت رسول الله صلي الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: (إياکم والمثلة ولو بالکلب العقور).
{نهج البلاغه،نامه 47}
‏@AbodeofWisdom

Imam Al-Husein peace be with him wanted to liberate the people who were enslaved by the rulers, and therefore the revolution of Imam Al-Husein peace be with himwas launched based on this humanitarian aspect in order to achieve freedom for the entire mankind.

The dimensions of Imam Al-Husein's revolution:

As we read through the narration of Imam Al-Husein peace be with him, we see that when he went out to the battle to fight those who came to fight him, and when he saw his opponents invading the tents of the women, he addressed them saying: "O You the followers of Abu Sifyan, if you do not follow a religion, and if you do not fear the Judgment day, be free in your lives and return to your origins if you were Arabs."

Imam Al-Husein peace be with him raised two issues here. The first is that he laid emphasis to the freedom of man when he said: If you do not abide by religious values and you do not believe in a creed, at least be free. The free man is the one who does not sell himself or his position or opinion in return for money or positions. Do not be slaves, because you are fighting to obey those who enslave you.

The second issue he raised is that Imam peace be with him tried to provoke in them the feelings of Arabism which Islam approved: "Be Arabs", not in terms of the narrow nationalism, but on the basis of the values the Arabs lived, which Islam adopted some of them and eliminated others. This discourse is not addressed to the followers of Abu Sufyan in particular, but to every human being.

On the humanitarian level, we also read his speech when he was asked to give legitimacy to Yazid. He said: "The illegitimate, son of the illegitimate, has settled between two: between unsheathing [the sword] and humiliation, and how impossible is humiliation from us." So it is about being honored in all your life. Imam As-Sadiq peace be with him was quoted as saying upon interpreting the following Quranic verse: "God has the glory and His Prophet and the believers." (63:08) Imam As-Sadiq peace be with him said: "God has allowed the believer to run all his affairs, but he did not authorize him to humiliate himself." Glory is based on power: "The power is wholly Allah's". (02:165). So, to be honorable is to be strong and defending you humanity and freedom.

Then he said: "Do not you see that no one abides by the right and everyone embarks on the wrong?" He is talking about the righteousness which people should abide by, and righteousness is the concept that exists in all the issues of human beings, which ascend his position at the individual, political and social levels.

Therefore, we have to present Ashoura to the entire world in its humanitarian aspect, rather than restricting it to a sectarian aspect because Imam Al-Husein peace be with him is the imam of all Muslims and he obtained his Imamate from Prophet Muhammad (p.) with whom Al-Husein peace be with him lived his early childhood. He also lived with his mother, Sayyeda Az-Zahra and his father Ali peace be with him. So, he enjoyed all the elements and characters of spiritual faith these figures enjoyed. Prophet Muhammad (p.) said: "Husein is from me, and I am from Husein", which reveals the spiritual integration between the Prophet (p.) and Al-Husein peace be with him.

The values of reform in the revolution of Imam Al-Husein peace be with him:

Imam Al-Husein peace be with him said: "I revolted neither for wickedness nor for fame. Verily I rose only to seek for reform in the nation of my grandfather; the messenger of Allah." He did not speak about a certain family or region, but about the entire nation, because he was shouldering the responsibility of the whole nation through his Imamate. "I want to enjoin good and forbid wrong and evil", he said. So, he noticed the deviant situation of the nation, because the rule prevailing at that time damaged the humanitarian aspect of the people who used to love Imam Al-Husein peace be with him and his family, but at the same time, they were fighting to earn money or obtain a certain position in the authority, such as Omar Bin

💠⚜The Last Will of the master of the believers Imam Ali (peace be with him) to his sons Imam Hasan and Imam Husain (peace be with them) after the attempt on his life by a poisonous sword stab from Ibn Muljem(May God curse him):⚜💠

💎 1- 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 reward from God (eternal blessing and life after death). Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.

💎 2- I advise 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, (Prophet Mohammad peace be upon him), said: "Reconciliation of your issues (disputes and differences) is more worthy than all prayers and all fasting."

💎 3- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful concerning orphans. Attend to their nutrition and do not forget their interests in the middle of yours.

💎 4- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your relations with your neighbors. Your Prophet very often recommended them to you, so much so that we thought he would give them a share in inheritance.

💎 5- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, carefully remain attached to the Quran. Nobody from others should surpass you in being intent on it, or more sincere in implementing it.

💎 6- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your prayers. It is the pillar of your religion.

💎 7- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of His House; do not abandon it as long as you live. If you should do that you would abandon your dignity.

💎 8- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, Persist in hardships in the cause of Allah, with your money, your souls, and your tongue.

💎 9- You have to maintain relationships and communication and exchange of opinion among yourselves. Stay away from cutting off of each other and breakups.

💎 10- Do not desist from performing and promoting good deeds and do not withhold refraining against evil deeds and bad ones. Should you do that, the worst among you would become your leaders, if so happens, you would do pray from God but you won't be answered and responded by God.

💎 11- O sons of Abd-ul Mottaleb! Do not shed the blood of Muslim under the revenge (believing) The master of believers has been assassinated. No one should be condemned except only the assassin should be punished to death. If I die of this stab of his, kill him with one similar stroke. Do not mutilate him I have heard the Prophet, peace be with him, say: "mutilate not even a rabid dog."
Nahjul Balagha; Letter 47.

⚜💠⚜ من وصيةٍ له عليه السلام للحسن والحسين عليهما السلام لما ضربه ابن ملجم لعنة الله عليه ⚜💠⚜

💎 ١- أوصيکما بتقوي الله، وألا تبغيا الدنيا وإن بغتکما، ولا تأسفا علي شيء منها زوي عنکما، و قولا بالحق، و اعملا للأجر، و کونا للظالم خصماً، و للمظلوم عوناً.

💎 ٢- أوصيکما، و جميع ولدي و أهلي و من بلغه کتابي، بتقوي الله، ونظم أمرکم، وصلاح ذات بينکم، فإني سمعت جدکما صلي الله عليه و آله وسلم يقول: "صلاح ذات البين أفضل من عامة الصلاة الصيام".

💎 ٣- و، الله الله في الأيتام، فلا تغبوا أفواههم، ولا يضيعوا بحضرتکم.

💎 ٤- و، الله الله في جيرانکم، فإنهم وصية نبيکم، ما زال يوصي بهم حتي ظننا أنه سيورثهم.

💎 ٥- و، الله الله في القرآن، لا يسبقکم بالعمل به غيرکم.

💎 ٦- و، الله الله في الصلاة، فإنها عمود دينکم.

💎 ٧- و، الله الله في بيت ربکم، لا تخلوه ما بقيتم، فإنه إن ترک لم تناظروا.

💎 ٨- و، الله الله في الجهاد بأموالکم وأنفسکم وألسنتکم في سبيل الله.

💎 ٩- وعليکم بالتواصل والتباذل، وإياکم والتدابر والتقاطع.

💎 ١٠- لا تترکوا الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنکر فيولي عليکم أشرارکم، ثم تدعون فلا يستجاب لکم.

💎 ١١- ثم قال: يا بني عبدالمطلب، لا ألفينکم تخوضون دماء المسلمين خوضاً، تقولون: قتل أميرالمؤمنين. ألا لا تقتلن بي إلا قاتلي. انظروا إذا أنا مت من ضربته هذه، فاضربوه ضربةً بضربة، ولا يمثلوا بالرجل، فإني سمعت رسول الله صلي الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: (إياکم والمثلة ولو بالکلب العقور).
{نهج البلاغه،نامه 47}
‏@AbodeofWisdom

💠⚜The Last Will of the master of the believers Imam Ali (peace be with him) to his sons Imam Hasan and Imam Husain (peace be with them) after the attempt on his life by a poisonous sword stab from Ibn Muljem(May God curse him):⚜💠

💎 1- 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 reward from God (eternal blessing and life after death). Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.

💎 2- I advise 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, (Prophet Mohammad peace be upon him), said: "Reconciliation of your issues (disputes and differences) is more worthy than all prayers and all fasting."

💎 3- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful concerning orphans. Attend to their nutrition and do not forget their interests in the middle of yours.

💎 4- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your relations with your neighbors. Your Prophet very often recommended them to you, so much so that we thought he would give them a share in inheritance.

💎 5- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, carefully remain attached to the Quran. Nobody from others should surpass you in being intent on it, or more sincere in implementing it.

💎 6- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your prayers. It is the pillar of your religion.

💎 7- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of His House; do not abandon it as long as you live. If you should do that you would abandon your dignity.

💎 8- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, Persist in hardships in the cause of Allah, with your money, your souls, and your tongue.

💎 9- You have to maintain relationships and communication and exchange of opinion among yourselves. Stay away from cutting off of each other and breakups.

💎 10- Do not desist from performing and promoting good deeds and do not withhold refraining against evil deeds and bad ones. Should you do that, the worst among you would become your leaders, if so happens, you would do pray from God but you won't be answered and responded by God.

💎 11- O sons of Abd-ul Mottaleb! Do not shed the blood of Muslim under the revenge (believing) The master of believers has been assassinated. No one should be condemned except only the assassin should be punished to death. If I die of this stab of his, kill him with one similar stroke. Do not mutilate him I have heard the Prophet, peace be with him, say: "mutilate not even a rabid dog."
Nahjul Balagha; Letter 47.

⚜💠⚜ من وصيةٍ له عليه السلام للحسن والحسين عليهما السلام لما ضربه ابن ملجم لعنة الله عليه ⚜💠⚜

💎 ١- أوصيکما بتقوي الله، وألا تبغيا الدنيا وإن بغتکما، ولا تأسفا علي شيء منها زوي عنکما، و قولا بالحق، و اعملا للأجر، و کونا للظالم خصماً، و للمظلوم عوناً.

💎 ٢- أوصيکما، و جميع ولدي و أهلي و من بلغه کتابي، بتقوي الله، ونظم أمرکم، وصلاح ذات بينکم، فإني سمعت جدکما صلي الله عليه و آله وسلم يقول: "صلاح ذات البين أفضل من عامة الصلاة الصيام".

💎 ٣- و، الله الله في الأيتام، فلا تغبوا أفواههم، ولا يضيعوا بحضرتکم.

💎 ٤- و، الله الله في جيرانکم، فإنهم وصية نبيکم، ما زال يوصي بهم حتي ظننا أنه سيورثهم.

💎 ٥- و، الله الله في القرآن، لا يسبقکم بالعمل به غيرکم.

💎 ٦- و، الله الله في الصلاة، فإنها عمود دينکم.

💎 ٧- و، الله الله في بيت ربکم، لا تخلوه ما بقيتم، فإنه إن ترک لم تناظروا.

💎 ٨- و، الله الله في الجهاد بأموالکم وأنفسکم وألسنتکم في سبيل الله.

💎 ٩- وعليکم بالتواصل والتباذل، وإياکم والتدابر والتقاطع.

💎 ١٠- لا تترکوا الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنکر فيولي عليکم أشرارکم، ثم تدعون فلا يستجاب لکم.

💎 ١١- ثم قال: يا بني عبدالمطلب، لا ألفينکم تخوضون دماء المسلمين خوضاً، تقولون: قتل أميرالمؤمنين. ألا لا تقتلن بي إلا قاتلي. انظروا إذا أنا مت من ضربته هذه، فاضربوه ضربةً بضربة، ولا يمثلوا بالرجل، فإني سمعت رسول الله صلي الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: (إياکم والمثلة ولو بالکلب العقور).
{نهج البلاغه،نامه 47}
‏@AbodeofWisdom

💠⚜The Last Will of the master of the believers Imam Ali (peace be with him) to his sons Imam Hasan and Imam Husain (peace be with them) after the attempt on his life by a poisonous sword stab from Ibn Muljem(May God curse him):⚜💠

💎 1- 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 reward from God (eternal blessing and life after death). Oppose the oppressor and support the oppressed.

💎 2- I advise 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, (Prophet Mohammad peace be upon him), said: "Reconciliation of your issues (disputes and differences) is more worthy than all prayers and all fasting."

💎 3- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful concerning orphans. Attend to their nutrition and do not forget their interests in the middle of yours.

💎 4- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your relations with your neighbors. Your Prophet very often recommended them to you, so much so that we thought he would give them a share in inheritance.

💎 5- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, carefully remain attached to the Quran. Nobody from others should surpass you in being intent on it, or more sincere in implementing it.

💎 6- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of your prayers. It is the pillar of your religion.

💎 7- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, be careful of His House; do not abandon it as long as you live. If you should do that you would abandon your dignity.

💎 8- For the sake of God, for the sake of God, Persist in hardships in the cause of Allah, with your money, your souls, and your tongue.

💎 9- You have to maintain relationships and communication and exchange of opinion among yourselves. Stay away from cutting off of each other and breakups.

💎 10- Do not desist from performing and promoting good deeds and do not withhold refraining against evil deeds and bad ones. Should you do that, the worst among you would become your leaders, if so happens, you would do pray from God but you won't be answered and responded by God.

💎 11- O sons of Abd-ul Mottaleb! Do not shed the blood of Muslim under the revenge (believing) The master of believers has been assassinated. No one should be condemned except only the assassin should be punished to death. If I die of this stab of his, kill him with one similar stroke. Do not mutilate him I have heard the Prophet, peace be with him, say: "mutilate not even a rabid dog."
Nahjul Balagha; Letter 47.

⚜💠⚜ من وصيةٍ له عليه السلام للحسن والحسين عليهما السلام لما ضربه ابن ملجم لعنة الله عليه ⚜💠⚜

💎 ١- أوصيکما بتقوي الله، وألا تبغيا الدنيا وإن بغتکما، ولا تأسفا علي شيء منها زوي عنکما، و قولا بالحق، و اعملا للأجر، و کونا للظالم خصماً، و للمظلوم عوناً.

💎 ٢- أوصيکما، و جميع ولدي و أهلي و من بلغه کتابي، بتقوي الله، ونظم أمرکم، وصلاح ذات بينکم، فإني سمعت جدکما صلي الله عليه و آله وسلم يقول: "صلاح ذات البين أفضل من عامة الصلاة الصيام".

💎 ٣- و، الله الله في الأيتام، فلا تغبوا أفواههم، ولا يضيعوا بحضرتکم.

💎 ٤- و، الله الله في جيرانکم، فإنهم وصية نبيکم، ما زال يوصي بهم حتي ظننا أنه سيورثهم.

💎 ٥- و، الله الله في القرآن، لا يسبقکم بالعمل به غيرکم.

💎 ٦- و، الله الله في الصلاة، فإنها عمود دينکم.

💎 ٧- و، الله الله في بيت ربکم، لا تخلوه ما بقيتم، فإنه إن ترک لم تناظروا.

💎 ٨- و، الله الله في الجهاد بأموالکم وأنفسکم وألسنتکم في سبيل الله.

💎 ٩- وعليکم بالتواصل والتباذل، وإياکم والتدابر والتقاطع.

💎 ١٠- لا تترکوا الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنکر فيولي عليکم أشرارکم، ثم تدعون فلا يستجاب لکم.

💎 ١١- ثم قال: يا بني عبدالمطلب، لا ألفينکم تخوضون دماء المسلمين خوضاً، تقولون: قتل أميرالمؤمنين. ألا لا تقتلن بي إلا قاتلي. انظروا إذا أنا مت من ضربته هذه، فاضربوه ضربةً بضربة، ولا يمثلوا بالرجل، فإني سمعت رسول الله صلي الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: (إياکم والمثلة ولو بالکلب العقور).
{نهج البلاغه،نامه 47}
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PROPHET'S HISTORIC GHADIR SERMON

PART IV

O people! Prefer him (' Ali) over all others! There is no knowledge except that Allah has divulged it to me, and all the knowledge I have learned I have divulged to Imam al-Muttaqin (leader of the righteous), and there is no knowledge (that I know) except that I divulged it to' Ali, and he is al-Imam al-Mubin (the evident Imam) whom Allah mentions in Surat ya-Sin: "... and everything We have computed is in (the knowledge of) an evident Imam" (Qur'an, 36:12).

O people! Do not abandon him, nor should you flee away from him, nor should you be too arrogant to accept his authority, for he is the one who guides to righteousness and who acts according to it. He defeats falsehood and prohibits others from acting according to it, accepting no blame from anyone while seeking to please Allah. He is the first to believe in Allah and in His Messenger; none preceded him as such. And he is the one who offered his life as a sacrifice for the Messenger of Allah and who was in the company of the Messenger of Allah while no other man was. He is the first of all people to offer prayers and the first to worship Allah with me. I ordered him, on behalf of Allah, to sleep in my bed, and he did, offering his life as a sacrifice for my sake.

O people! Prefer him (over all others), for Allah has preferred him, and accept him, for Allah has appointed him (as your leader).

O people! He is an Imam appointed by Allah, and Allah shall never accept the repentance of anyone who denies his authority, nor shall He forgive him; this is a must decree from Allah never to do so to anyone who opposes him, and that He shall torment him with a most painful torment for all time to come, for eternity; so, beware lest you should oppose him and thus enter the fire the fuel of which is the people and the stones prepared for the unbelievers.

O people! By Allah! All past prophets and messengers conveyed the glad tiding of my advent, and I, by Allah, am the seal of the prophets and of the messengers and the argument against all beings in the heavens and on earth. Anyone who doubts this commits apostasy similar to that of the early jahiliyya, and anyone who doubts anything of what I have just said doubts everything which has been revealed to me, and anyone who doubts any of the Imams doubts all of them, and anyone who doubts us shall be lodged in the fire.

O people! Allah, the most Exalted and the Almighty, has bestowed this virtue upon me out of His kindness towards' Ali and as a boon to' Ali and there is no god but He; to Him all praise belongs in all times, for eternity, and in all circumstances.

O people! Prefer' Ali (over all others), for he is the very best of all people after me, be they males or females, so long as Allah sends down His sustenance, so long as there are beings. Cursed and again cursed, condemned and again condemned, is anyone who does not accept this statement of mine and who does not agree to it. Gabriel himself has informed me of the same on behalf of Allah Almighty Who he said (in Gabriel's words): " Anyone who antagonizes' Ali and refuses to accept his wilayat shall incur My curse upon him and My wrath." "... and let every soul consider what it has sent forth for the morrow, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah" (Qur'an, 59:18), "And do not make your oaths a means of deceit between you lest a foot should slip after its stability" (Qur'an, 16:94), " Allah is fully aware of all what you do" (Qur'an, 58: 13).

O people! He (' Ali) is janb-Allah mentioned in the Book of Allah, the Sublime One: The Almighty, forewarning his (' Ali's) adversaries, says, "Lest a soul should say: O woe unto me for what I fell short of my duty to Allah, and most surely I was of those who laughed to scorn" (Qur'an, 39:56).

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