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Ali: A Man for all People and all Generations - Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi

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Channel: Jaffari Community Centre · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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- Two miracles of the Prophet: The Quran and Ali (A.S) 
- Quran is a universal book, and Ali is a universal personality (his life and words are applicable to every person)
- Mikha'il Na'ima, a lebanese writer, wrote about Imam Ali as the voice of human justice.
- "Ali was born in the Arabian land, but he was not confined to the Arabs. Although Islam brought forth the foundation of his blessings, he does not belong to Muslims only. If he had been for the muslims only, how could his noble life captivate the life of a christian writer in lebanon in 1956...." 
- The Ambiya were sent to maintain peace and justice. 
- Imam Ali says that government is not an end. It is a means to implement justice in society. Based on Sura Nisa, verse 58.
- "Allah orders you to convey your trust to the owners. And when you rule among the people, your rule should be based on justice."
- Imam Ali was sititng on the floor, stitching his sandal. Abdullah bin Abbas asked him why he's doing this, there are more important things he can do. Imam Ali replied "Oh Abdullah bin Abbas, what is the value of this sandal." "It has no value." "What is it worth?" "Less than a dirham." "Oh Abdullah, this pair of sandals that you say has no value is more valuable to me than rulership if I am not able to enforce Haq and get rid of the Batil."
- "Imam Ali is the voice of human justice" George Jordaan
- "When someone came to bribe Imam Ali, he said "By Allah, if I am given the kingdom of the seven heavens and whatever is beneath it with one condition that I should disobey the command of allah by a small ant and pull away a grain of barley from its mouth, By Allah I would never do it. To me, your dunya has less of a value compared to the leaf that is in the mouth of a locust." 
- The goal does not justify the means. 
- After Saqifa, Abu Sufyan came to Ali saying that the leadership was Ali's right. He said "if you agree, I can fill the streets of Medina with horseman and fighters for your cause." Imam Ali refused. The goal has to be legitimate, and the means to that goal has to be legitimate. 
- We've moved far away from the teachings of Ali. None of these teachings and values are enforced. 
- Imam Ali gave a document to Malik-e-Ashtar: "Make it a second nature in your heart to have mercy for your subjects, and love them and to be kind to them. Do not be like that animal that is waiting to ambush. Because people are of two kinds: either they are your brothers in kind or they are like you in humanity."
- When we look at the situation in Syria and Egypt, we still need Ali today now all over the world. 
- Story of a Christian man who stole Imam Ali's armor, and had eventually embraced Islam after observing the kindness and fairness of Ali during the incident

"Quran is the message, and Ali (A.S) is the embodiment of that message."
"Ali is a universal personality, not bound by time or space." 
"Let humanity reach a certain level of understanding. Based on that pure conscious, they will realize that Ali belongs to everyone."

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19th Night Laylatul Qadr - Shahadat of Imam Ali (a.s.
Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi
Date: July 27th, 2013

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