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On the 13th of the month of Rajab, twenty-three years before the migration of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) a child was born in the family of Abu Talib, the light of whom kindled the whole World. Kunaab Mecci narrates about his birth: "We and Abbas (Ibne Abdul Mutalib) were sitting together when suddenly we saw Fatima bint-e-Asad moving towards the Kaabah in the condition having delivery pain and saying "Oh God I have faith in you and the Prophet (i.e., Abraham) who by your command laid the foundation of this house. O God! I swear you by the same Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) and swear you by the child in my womb make this birth comfortable and easy for me."
This was the time when all of us saw with our own eyes that the wall of Kaabah broke apart and Fatima bint-e-Asad entered into the Kaabah. Then the wall again united.
We ran terrified and trembling to our houses to send our women into the Kaabah for the help and assistance of Fatima bint-e-Asad. We did our best but the door did not open. This event surprised all the people of Makkah.
The women of Makkah were anxiously counting moments to meet Fatima bint-e-Asad till the time she came out of the Kaabah along with a beautiful baby, saying, "God has chosen me from among the ladies of Makkah and He made me His guest in His house and gave me meals and fruits of the heaven to eat.
The ladies who were surrounding her in the form of a circle and escorting her to her home asked her, "What name have you given to this child?"
Fatima bint-e-Asad said: "When I was in the Kaabah, I heard a hidden voice call," Name this child "ALI".
Yes! We are talking about Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (AS) the pious man whose childhood and infancy period lasted in such a pure and chaste way that he himself stated in Nahjul Balagha, "The Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) used to pick me in his lap and embrace me and chew the food and put it into my mouth."
The beautiful sayings of Imam Ali (a.s)
- If you expect someone to do more than he is able to do, then expect him to fail you by as much as you have exceeded his capacity.
- There is no successful outcome in treating people unjustly.
- If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
- When some blessings come to you, do not drive them away through thanklessness.
- Overlook and forgive the weaknesses of the generous people because if they fall down, Allah will help them.
- The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it.
- A virtuous person is better then virtue and a vicious person is worse than vice.
- Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.
- The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.
- One who says unpleasant things about others, will himself quickly become a target of their scandal.
- Recommended prayers cannot attain the pleasures of Allah for you when obligatory prayers are left unattended.
- A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
- The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.
- Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.
- Your yesterday is gone, and your tomorrow is doubtful. Therefore value today and act as thou you will not have tomorrow.
- Be a friend to the oppressed and an enemy to the oppressor
- Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person when his stomach is full.
- Hearts of people are like wild beasts. They attach themselves to those who love and train them.
- The most vicious person is he who looks for other people's defects while he overlooks his own faults.
- Having the Greatness of the Creator in your mind would make you realize the insignificance of the creatures in your view.
- One who knows but does not act is like an archer without a string to his bow.
- How many a fleeting desire that lasts but an hour brings about enduring sorrow.
- Know that this Qur`an is a source of advice that never deceives, and a guide that never leads astray, and an informer that never lies.
- If you can do without something, then leave it, and only take what you need instead.
- People resemble the people of their time more than they do their fathers
- Do not stop giving advice to your family, for surely you are responsible for them.
- Every container becomes tightly packed with what is put in it, except for the container of knowledge, for surely it expands.
- Do not force your children to behave like you, for surely they have been created for a time which is different to your time.
- Search out sustenance. It is guaranteed to one who looks for it.
- Do not give up hope if the answer to your request is slow in coming, for surely what you receive depends on the strength of your request.
- Anger begins with madness and ends with regret.
- If you hear words that hurt you, then bow your head before them and they will miss you.
- Whoever makes his secret intentions righteous, God will make his outer conduct righteous.
- Do not pay attention to the one who is speaking, but pay attention to what he is saying.
- The sin that makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.
- Every breath you take is a step forward towards death.
- The tongue is such a ferocious beast that if let loose, it will act ravenously.
- Wealth converts every foreign country into your native place, and poverty turns your native place into a strange land.
- He who sells his next life for his present life in this world, loses both of them.
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