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The ten promised Paradise | Episode (16) | Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him (Part 2)
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Mawaddah Association
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Presents: The Ten Promised Paradise
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'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him).
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Loving the Companions and the Prophet's kin is a Sunnah
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By which I shall meet my Lord as long as I live.
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Loving the Companions and the Prophet's kin.
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'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived
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At the Prophet's city of Medina,
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“Whoso migrateth for the cause of Allah will find much refuge and abundance in the earth, and whoso forsaketh his home, a fugitive unto Allah and His messenger, and death overtaketh him, his reward is then incumbent on Allah. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.” (4:100)
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Leaving behind his hometown of Mecca,
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In which he had been raised,
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Along with all the memories amidst which he grew up.
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He reached Medina
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When he was just over twenty years of age.
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The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) established brotherhood
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Between him and Sahl ibn Hunayf,
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The Awsi Ansarite
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(May Allah be pleased with them both).
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Sahl proved to be for 'Ali
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The finest brother and companion.
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However, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
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Remained closely attached to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him),
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Traveling with him wherever he went,
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Halting with him wherever he settled,
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And transmitting to us a great wealth of his traditions and Sunnah.
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Indeed, 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) once related to us
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That he went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
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Until they reached Harrah al-Suqya,
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Which belonged to Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him).
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said,
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"Bring me water for ablution."
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When he had performed ablution,
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He stood up, faced the Qiblah,
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Said the Takbir, and then supplicated:
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"O Allah, Abraham was Your servant and Your intimate friend,
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And he prayed for blessings upon the people of Mecca.
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I am Your servant and Your Messenger,
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And I pray to You for the people of Medina,
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That You bless them in their Mudd and their Sa',
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Twice as much as You blessed the people of Mecca—
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A blessing compounded twofold."
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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) also relates to us
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That he went out one day to a funeral at Baqi' al-Gharqad
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Alongside the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
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The Prophet sat down, and the Companions gathered around him.
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) held a stick upon which he was leaning,
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And he bowed his head down as though deeply sorrowful,
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Scratching the ground with the tip of his stick.
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Then he said:
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“And not one of you could have held Us off from him.” (69:47)
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"There is no soul created
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Except that its place in Paradise or Hellfire has already been written,
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And except that it has been decreed as wretched or blessed."
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Thereupon a man asked,
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"O Messenger of Allah,
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Shall we not then rely upon what is written for us and abandon good deeds?
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For whoever among us is destined for happiness
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Will inevitably proceed to the deeds of the people of happiness,
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And whoever is destined for wretchedness
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Will inevitably proceed to the deeds of the people of wretchedness."
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied:
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"Strive and work, for everyone is facilitated toward that for which he was created.
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As for the people of happiness,
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They are facilitated to perform the deeds of the people of happiness;
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And as for the people of wretchedness,
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They are facilitated to perform the deeds of the people of wretchedness."
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Then he recited: ◁ As for he who gives and fears Allah and believes in the best reward, We will ease him toward ease. ▷
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The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) continually
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Guided 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him),
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Offering him sincere advice,
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Nurturing him, and bestowing great attention upon him.
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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) rejoiced greatly in this—
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And how could he not,
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When he was the one raised in the Prophet's household,
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In his home (peace be upon him) back in Mecca,
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Growing up right before his eyes,
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A relationship that continued seamlessly in Medina.
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade him
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From reciting the Qur'an while bowing
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Or prostrating during prayer.
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He also said to him on another occasion:
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"O 'Ali, do not follow a glance with another glance!
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For the first glance is forgiven for you,
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But the second is against you."
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) also taught him
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Certain words,
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Instructing him, whenever distress or hardship befell him,
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To utter them.
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They are:
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"There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous;
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Glorified and Exalted is He;
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Blessed be Allah, Lord of the Magnificent Throne;
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Praise be to Allah, Lord of all the worlds."
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The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also taught him
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A supplication in which he said:
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"O Allah, suffice me with Your lawful means against Your unlawful,
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And enrich me by Your grace above all besides You."
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He said to him:
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"Even if you had a debt as vast as a mountain,
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Allah would discharge it on your behalf."
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When the people began asking the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) excessive questions
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To the point of burdening him,
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Allah Almighty willed to ease the hardship upon His Prophet (peace be upon him).
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So He commanded them to offer a charity prior to holding a private consultation with him,
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Revealing a verse in His Book regarding this matter.
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Thereupon, the people refrained from asking questions,
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And no one acted upon that verse
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Except 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him).
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This was because it was abrogated just an hour or so later.
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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
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"Indeed, in the Book of Allah there is a verse
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That no one acted upon before me,
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Nor will anyone act upon after me."
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He meant the verse regarding private consultation with the Prophet (peace be upon him).
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Then the verse was abrogated,
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So no one else ever acted upon it.
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A silk robe was once presented as a gift to the Prophet (peace be upon him),
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So he sent it to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him).
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'Ali put it on,
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But the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to him:
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"I did not send it to you for you to wear it,
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But rather to divide it into veils among the Fatimahs."
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By "the Fatimahs," he meant:
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Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, 'Ali's wife;
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Fatimah bint Asad, 'Ali's mother;
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And Fatimah bint Hamzah, his cousin's daughter
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(May Allah be pleased with them all).
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Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet (peace be upon him),
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Had reached eighteen years of age,
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And many of the Companions aspired to marry her,
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Seeking the honor of becoming related to the Prophet (peace be upon him).
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Abu Bakr and then 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) proposed to her,
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But the Prophet (peace be upon him) excused himself to them
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On account of her young age relative to them.
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Then a group of the Ansar came to 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)
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And said to him, "You should seek Fatimah!
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Propose to her from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)."
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So 'Ali came to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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And greeted him with peace.
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) returned his greeting
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And asked, "What brings the son of Abu Talib?"
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He replied, "O Messenger of Allah,
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I come concerning Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)."
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The Prophet said, "Welcome and well met!"
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And he said nothing more to him than that.
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So 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) went out to that group of the Ansar
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Who were waiting for him,
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And they asked, "What happened?"
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He said, "I do not know,
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Except that he said to me, 'Welcome and well met!'"
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They said, "Either one of those words from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) would have been sufficient for you!
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He granted you welcome and he granted you ease!"
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His proposal to her took place in the first year of the Hijrah.
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Later, the Prophet (peace be upon him) asked 'Ali,
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"Do you have anything to offer as a bridal gift (mahr) for Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her)?"
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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) replied,
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"No, O Messenger of Allah."
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He said, "Then where is your Hutamiyyah armor?"
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'Ali said, "I still have it."
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said,
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"Give it to me."
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So 'Ali gave it to him as her bridal gift.
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Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) equipped his daughter Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her)
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With a woolen velvet sheet,
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A waterskin, and a leather pillow
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Stuffed with palm fibers.
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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
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"Fatimah was brought to me on our wedding night,
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And we had nothing beneath us but a ram's skin."
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When 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) wished to consummate the marriage with Fatimah—
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Which took place after the Battle of Badr—
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to him:
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"O 'Ali, a wedding must have a feast (walimah)."
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At that time, 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) possessed nothing.
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So Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said,
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"I will provide a ram."
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And a group of the Ansar gathered several measures of corn for him,
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So he hosted a wedding feast for the people.
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Jabir ibn 'Abdillah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said:
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"We attended the wedding feast of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib
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And Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),
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And we never saw a finer wedding feast than that!
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prepared raisins and dates for us,
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And we ate."
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When the night of consummation arrived,
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) instructed 'Ali:
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"Do not do anything until you meet me."
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Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) called for water,
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Performed ablution with it,
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Then poured it over 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said:
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"O Allah, bless them both, shower Your blessings upon them,
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And bless their offspring."
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So Allah blessed them both
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And granted them al-Hasan and al-Husayn,
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The two leaders of the youth of Paradise.
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Thus 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) lived on
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In a pleasant, wholesome life
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With a contented wife—
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Were it not for the modest hardship and tight means that occasionally troubled them.
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One day,
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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) returned home exhausted
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after working as a hired laborer in the garden of a Jewish man,
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drawing water for him from the well,
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receiving a date for every bucket drawn.
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He met Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her),
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whose hands had blistered from grinding flour with the hand-mill,
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and he said to her,
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"I have heard that some captives were brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
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Go to your father and ask him to give us a servant."
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So she went to the Prophet (peace be upon him),
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but did not find him,
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so she mentioned the matter to 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her).
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When the Prophet (peace be upon him) returned,
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'A'ishah informed him of his daughter Fatimah's need.
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) came to them
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while they had already retired to bed.
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He sat between them and said,
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"Shall I not direct you both to something better for you than a servant?"
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They replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah."
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He said,
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"When you retire to bed,
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glorify Allah thirty-three times,
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praise Him thirty-three times,
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and magnify Him thirty-four times,
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for that is better for you than a servant."
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'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said,
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"I have never abandoned it since I heard it from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)."
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He was asked,
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"Not even on the night of Siffin?"
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He replied,
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"Not even on the night of Siffin."
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There was no agnomen dearer to 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)
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than *Abu Turab* (Father of Dust),
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and he was overjoyed whenever he was called by it.
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The origin of this agnomen was that
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the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
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came to Fatimah's house,
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but did not find 'Ali at home.
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He asked,
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"Where is your cousin?"
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She replied,
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"There was an disagreement between us,
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and he left in anger
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and did not take his mid-day rest here."
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said
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to one of the Companions,
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"Go and see where he is."
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The man returned and said,
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"O Messenger of Allah,
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he is sleeping in the mosque."
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So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) went to him
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and found him lying down;
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his cloak had fallen off his side,
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and dust had covered his flank.
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) began
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wiping it off him, saying,
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"Get up, O Abu Turab!
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Get up, O Abu Turab!"
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In the next episode,
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we will learn about the life of
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'Ali Ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
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in battles and his heroic deeds therein,
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Allah willing.
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To the Chosen One,
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the best companions—
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two ranks of them
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in the Paradise of Eternity;
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two ranks
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whose honor He increased:
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they are Talhah,
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and Ibn 'Awf,
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and 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.