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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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Mawaddah Association presents: The Ten Promised Paradise.

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'Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him.

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Love for the Companions and the Prophet's kin is an established Sunnah,

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With which I shall meet my Lord when He resurrects me.

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Love for the Companions and the Prophet's kin.

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Historians unanimously agree that 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him,

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Participated in all the military expeditions except Tabuk,

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And had noble stances before the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, on the battlefields.

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During the Battle of Badr, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) set out

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Alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and Abu Lubabah the Ansari,

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Sharing a single camel and taking turns riding it.

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'Ali and Abu Lubabah said to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him):

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"We will walk on your behalf, O Messenger of Allah."

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The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, replied:

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"Neither of you is stronger than I am, nor am I in any less need of the reward than you two."

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When the Muslims reached Badr

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And both armies took their positions,

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Three horsemen from Quraysh stepped forward:

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'Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, his brother Shaybah,

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And his son Al-Walid ibn 'Utbah,

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Demanding a duel.

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Three young men from the Ansar went out to face them,

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So 'Utbah asked, "Who are you?"

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They answered, "We are from the Ansar."

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He said, "We have no need of you;

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We only want our own cousins."

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

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"Stand, O Hamzah! Stand, O 'Ali!

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Stand, O 'Ubaydah ibn al-Harith!"

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They rose swiftly,

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Charging out like fierce lions,

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And clashed with the knights of disbelief

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To send them to their doom.

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As for Hamzah, he lunged toward 'Utbah

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And gave him a taste of the cup of death.

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As for 'Ali, he clashed with Shaybah

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And made him drink from the very same cup as his brother.

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As for 'Ubaydah,

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He and Al-Walid exchanged two strikes,

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Each wounding the other.

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Thereupon, Hamzah and 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) rushed

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Toward Al-Walid and slew him,

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Then carried 'Ubaydah ibn al-Harith

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Back to the Muslim camp.

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Concerning these two groups

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Of duelists, Allah revealed His words:

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On the day of Uhud,

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The battle turned against the Muslims,

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And a rumor spread that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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Had been killed. A surge of protective zeal

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Overcame the soul of 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).

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He went searching among the slain

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For the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him,

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But could not find him.

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He said, "By Allah, the Messenger of Allah

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Would never flee, nor do I see him among the slain.

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Rather, I think Allah has become angry with us

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For what we did,

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And has taken up His Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

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There is nothing better for me now than to fight

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Until I am killed."

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So he broke the scabbard of his sword

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And charged into the enemy.

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The Muslims parted ways for him,

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And he looked, and there was the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

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In their midst.

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When the Battle of Uhud came to an end

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And the disbelievers of Quraysh withdrew from the battlefield,

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While the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

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Remained there,

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He sent 'Ali ibn Abi Talib

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After the polytheists

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To confirm their departure,

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Telling him:

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"Track the enemy

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And see what they are doing and what they intend:

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If they lead their horses aside

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And mount their camels,

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Then they are heading for Mecca;

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But if they ride the horses and drive the camels,

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Then they intend to attack Medina.

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By the One in Whose hand my soul is,

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If they intend to march on it,

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I will surely march out against them there

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And fight them to the finish."

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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) set out in pursuit of them

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And saw that they had led the horses aside and mounted the camels,

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Heading toward Mecca.

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Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) ordered

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'Ali ibn Abi Talib

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To bring him some water.

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He brought him water from Mount Uhud,

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But when the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

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Wanted to drink, he noticed an unpleasant odor

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And could not stomach it,

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So he washed his face with it, saying:

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"Fierce is Allah's wrath against whoever bloodied the face of Allah's Messenger."

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Then Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), arrived

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And began washing the blood from her father's face,

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While 'Ali poured the water over it.

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When Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) saw

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That the water only caused the blood to flow more profusely,

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She took a piece of straw mat,

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Burned it until it turned to ashes,

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And applied it to the wound,

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Whereupon the bleeding stopped.

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During the Battle of the Trench,

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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him,

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Preoccupied with repelling the polytheists

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Until the 'Asr prayer had passed them by.

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The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

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"They distracted us from the middle prayer,

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The 'Asr prayer.

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May Allah fill their homes and their graves with fire!"

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They then performed the 'Asr prayer

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Between the Maghrib and 'Isha prayers.

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'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) was also

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Among those honored to give the Pledge of Ridwan,

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Pledging allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

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Beneath the tree,

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Concerning which Allah sent down His revelation.

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When the peace treaty was being concluded between the Prophet (peace be upon him)

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And the people of Mecca,

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The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) summoned 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)

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To write the terms of the treaty.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to him:

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"Write: In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful."

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But Suhayl ibn 'Amr,

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The chief negotiator for the people of Mecca, said:

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"As for 'the Entirely Merciful,'

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By Allah, I do not know what it means;

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Rather, write: In Your name, O Allah."

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The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to 'Ali:

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"Write: In Your name, O Allah."

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Then he said:

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"This is what Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, has agreed upon with Suhayl ibn 'Amr."

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Suhayl objected:

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"By Allah, if we had known that you were the Messenger of Allah,

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We would not have barred you from the House nor fought you;

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Rather, write: Muhammad ibn 'Abdillah."

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

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"By Allah, I am truly the Messenger of Allah, even if you reject me."

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Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to 'Ali:

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"Erase it."

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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) replied:

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"By Allah, he is the Messenger of Allah despite your disdain,

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And by Allah, I will not erase it."

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So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to 'Ali, "Show me where it is,"

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And the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) erased it with his own noble hand.

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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) also took part in the Battle of Khaybar alongside the Prophet (peace be upon him),

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Where he had a celebrated feat

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Envied by everyone present on that day.

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Each day, the Prophet (peace be upon him) had been handing the banner to one of the heroes among the Companions

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Over the course of several days,

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Yet some of Khaybar's fortresses remained unconquered.

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On one of the nights of this great campaign,

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to his companions:

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"Tomorrow I will surely give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love;

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He will not return until victory is granted through him."

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Many of the Companions hoped that they would be that man,

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So much so that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said:

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"I never desired leadership except on that day."

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The men spent their night wondering who would receive this honor,

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And in the morning, they went to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),

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Each of them hoping it would be given to him.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) asked:

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"Where is 'Ali ibn Abi Talib?"

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It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, he is sick with an ailment in his eyes."

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So they sent for him,

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And Muhammad ibn Maslamah brought him, leading him by the hand.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) spat lightly into his eyes

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And prayed for him,

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And he was instantly healed as though he had never suffered any pain.

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He then handed him the banner and said to him:

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"Advance steadily until you enter their territory,

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Then invite them to Islam,

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And inform them of their obligations regarding Allah's rights within it.

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For by Allah, that Allah should guide a single man through you

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Is better for you than possessing red camels."

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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) advanced toward the Jewish fortresses,

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And Marhab stepped forward to meet them—

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One of the Jewish champions

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And their fiercest warrior of all—

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Demanding a duel,

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Chanting his battle verses:

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"Khaybar well knows that I am Marhab,

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Fully armed, a battle-tested champion,

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When wars advance ablaze with flames."

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'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) marched out against him,

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Reciting in return:

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"I am the one whose mother named him Haydarah,

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Like a fierce lion of the forest, terrifying to behold,

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Repaying them fully in bountiful measure."

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The two heroic knights clashed,

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Locking in fierce single combat

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And trading terrifying blows,

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While both armies

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watching closely to see the outcome of this duel.

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Thereupon, 'Ali

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struck Marhab's head, cleaving it in two,

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and Marhab was slain.

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The Muslims proclaimed the takbir,

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the Jewish forces were routed,

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and victory was achieved at his hands.

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When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, resolved

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to conquer Makkah,

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he prayed to Allah Almighty to conceal their plans from its people,

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so that no fighting would take place among them.

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Then an unforeseen incident occurred:

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Hatib Ibn Abi Balta'ah, may Allah be pleased with him, sent a letter to Quraysh

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informing them of the departure of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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and his march toward them,

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dispatching the letter with a woman.

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Divine revelation descended upon the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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informing him of what Hatib had done.

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So the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, sent

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for 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib,

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al-Zubayr Ibn al-'Awwam,

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and Abu Marthad, may Allah be pleased with them,

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and instructed them: "Go until you reach Rawdat Khakh,

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for there is a woman there carrying a letter from Hatib Ibn Abi Balta'ah to the polytheists;

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bring it to me."

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The three rode off on their horses

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until they intercepted the woman right where the Prophet, peace be upon him, had told them.

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They said to her:

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"Where is the letter in your possession?"

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She replied: "I have no letter with me."

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So they made her camel kneel,

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searched her luggage,

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but found nothing.

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Al-Zubayr and Abu Marthad said:

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"We do not see any letter with her."

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'Ali said to them:

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"You well know that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has not lied!"

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Then 'Ali swore an oath, saying:

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"By Allah, you will either produce the letter,

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or we will strip you of your clothes!"

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At that point, she told them: "Turn away,"

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took it out from between the braids of her hair, and handed it over to them.

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They brought it to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, asked Hatib:

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"What prompted you to do what you did?"

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Hatib offered his apology,

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and the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, accepted his excuse,

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saying: "He has spoken the truth; do not say anything of him except good."

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During the Battle of Hunayn,

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when the people were exposed and routed,

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having fallen into the ambush laid for them by the people of al-Ta'if,

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the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, moved toward the right

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and proclaimed:

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"To me, O people!

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Come to me!

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I am the Messenger of Allah!

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I am Muhammad Ibn 'Abdillah!"

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In those critical moments, none remained with him

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save a small band of the Companions and his household,

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among whom was 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him.

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They fought fiercely against the polytheists and resisted,

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and the Muslims rallied around them

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until Allah decreed for them a manifest victory.

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During the fighting,

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there was at the forefront of Hawazin

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a man of massive build

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riding a red camel,

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bearing a black banner in his hand.

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Whenever he caught up with someone ahead of him, he impaled him with it,

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and if anyone bypassed him,

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he thrust it back at him, stabbing him in the back,

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inflicting heavy casualties among the people.

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So 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib and a man from the Ansar lay in wait for him,

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both intending to strike him down.

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'Ali came upon him from behind

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and slashed the hock of the camel,

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causing it to collapse onto its haunches.

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Then the Ansari leapt at the man

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and struck him a blow that severed his foot along with half his shin,

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leaving him sprawled on the ground, covered in his own blood.

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The battle raged on

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until the polytheists suffered defeat.

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'Ali did not participate in the expedition of Tabuk alongside the Muslims,

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the reason being

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that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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left him behind in charge of his household in Madinah.

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'Ali said: "O Messenger of Allah,

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are you leaving me behind with the women and children?"

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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, replied:

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"Are you not pleased to hold the same station to me as Aaron did to Moses,

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except that there will be no prophet after me?"

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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had written

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a letter to the people of Najran,

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inviting them therein to Islam,

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or to pay the jizyah, or to face war.

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The people of Najran were deeply alarmed by this,

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and they dispatched a delegation to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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consisting of sixty men.

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When the delegation arrived in Madinah,

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they began disputing with the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, concerning 'Isa, peace be upon him,

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while the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, recited the Qur'an to them

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and refuted their falsehood with clear proof.

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When they were overcome by argument,

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they challenged the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to a mutual imprecation (mubahalah),

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and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, agreed,

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and Allah Almighty revealed verses concerning it.

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When the appointed day arrived,

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the Christians came in their crowds,

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and the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came forth

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accompanied by 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn,

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and said:

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"O Allah, these are my household."

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When al-'Aqib, the chief of the Christians, saw them,

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he said to those with him: "Do not enter into mutual imprecation with him,

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for if you do,

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this valley will blaze with fire upon you!

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Muhammad is indeed a messenger sent by Allah,

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and you know that he has brought you the decisive truth concerning 'Isa."

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So they abandoned the mubahalah

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and returned to their land

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after agreeing to pay the jizyah to the Muslims.

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In the next episode, by Allah's leave,

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we will explore the stances of 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him,

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during the final days of the Beloved, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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and during the eras of the Rightly Guided Caliphs who preceded him,

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if Allah wills.

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May they dwell in the Gardens of Eternity,

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their honor ever increased:

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Talhah,

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Ibn 'Awf,

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al-Zubayr,

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along with

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Abu 'Ubaydah,

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the two Sa'ds,

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and the Caliphs.