The Life & Thought of Imam Ali (AS) | Sheikh Aous Asfar

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[0:00]Allah subhana states in the Holy Quran Allah subhana tala mentions in

[0:12]this verse that there are people specifically referring to that there are

[0:19]people in this world who do what who give their lives and

[0:22]sacrifice to please Allah subhana tala now this verse was revealed about

[0:32]when he slept in the bed of prophet Muhammad to protect the

[0:39]holy prophet sallallahu alaih wasallam from the quites who wanted to assassinate

[0:44]him this is a very important event so important that Allah revealed

[0:50]this verse about they say is not mentioned in the Quran Subhan

[0:58]allahim he says there isn't a single verse in the Holy Quran

[1:07]that starts with oh you who believe except that Ali is that

[1:16]Ali is at the top of the list he is the prince

[1:18]of all of the Believers today we want to understand the thought

[1:30]of am we want to understand also a little of the history

[1:36]to understand the thought of a good way to do so is

[1:42]to look at the first sermon that's mentioned in and if you

[1:44]don't have that book pick it up the path of eloquence or

[1:49]the peak of eloquence in the very first sermon the IM in

[1:54]the first paragraph he describes Allah in a manner that tells us

[2:01]that is telling us that Allah is unlimited he says all gratitude

[2:08]is to Allah whom whoever thanks him will never be able to

[2:13]thank him sufficiently which means what which means no matter how many

[2:16]times you say thank you it's never enough and that can only

[2:23]be the case if what if he is unlimited and if one

[2:28]was to count the blessings that Allah has bestowed upon us that

[2:32]also we would never be able to count them even if we

[2:37]were expert accountants why because Allah's blessings are unlimited which means he

[2:41]is unlimited notice Subhan Allah and he also mentions that even the

[2:49]greatest of thinkers if they were to delve into the depths of

[2:55]their thought and try to figure out what Allah subhah wa ta'ala

[2:57]is they would never be able to why because because they are

[3:02]limited and Allah is unlimited and whomever tries to fulfill Allah's right

[3:10]upon them no matter how hard they try they will never be

[3:17]able to why because again he is unlimited after that he tells

[3:26]me that he has no characteristic not a single characteristic can contain

[3:32]him or describe him fully why because he is unlimited Subhan Allah

[3:37]after that we jump towards the second paragraph what does he say

[3:44]he says the first of religion is to know him so for

[3:47]those who say well how how can I know Allah you well

[3:52]there is a certain percentage that you can know of Allah and

[3:56]the Imam says this he says the first of religion is to

[4:00]know Allah because how can you follow a religion and you don't

[4:03]know you know who its master and its creator is does that

[4:08]make sense you'd have to know who its Master is right so

[4:10]then after that we may ask we say well what's the best

[4:14]way then to know Allah and the Imam answers he says the

[4:18]best way to know Allah is to prove his existence yes that's

[4:25]the best way to know Allah and after that he says well

[4:28]the best way to prove Allah's existence is to have to prove

[4:35]that he is unlimited and to act accordingly how he says look

[4:38]the best way to haveed is to have full dedication to Allah

[4:44]subhana tala to dedicate every faculty that Allah has given you every

[4:49]Sense and Sensibility every limb everything has to be dedicated to Allah

[4:54]and in sincerity to Allah subhana tala following his ethical system following

[5:00]his rules as they are taught to us in the Holy Quran

[5:05]and in theith of the holy prophet sallallah alai Alam and the

[5:10]holy imams you see so now that I understand this I say

[5:17]okay Subhan Allah focused so much on that's why I need to

[5:28]understand he was brought to this earth to teach me about just

[5:32]like the prophet sallallahu alai so that is why we spent so

[5:37]much time learning the information that I'm giving you in this very

[5:42]first series that we give in the knowledge Seeker series and if

[5:45]you're interested in signing up for those courses go to knowledge Seekers

[5:51]14 on Instagram hit us up and we'll we'll inshallah hook you

[5:53]up and get you registered for the course okay next we need

[5:57]to look at the life of the Imam and I can't go

[6:01]over his his entire life in this small period of time we

[6:03]do cover that also in the history coursework for knowledge Seekers if

[6:06]you're interested again knowledge Seekers 14 on Instagram soam muham what we

[6:19]will cover is that was the only one who was born in

[6:22]the Kaa no one before him no one after that at age

[6:32]five was raised by Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi Ali wasam he would

[6:36]be with the prophet at all times the prophet would feed him

[6:41]the prophet would put him to sleep the prophet would raise him

[6:43]he would gain the ethical system of the holy prophet he would

[6:48]walk in the footsteps of the holy prophet he would be with

[6:50]him when he would be in and he would be there even

[6:54]when the Revelation was revealed when he was 9 years old the

[6:58]prophet would notice that he Ali noticed J and heard J and

[7:07]he said I swear by Allah You Hear What I Hear and

[7:09]you see what I see except that you are not a prophet

[7:16]at age 12 between 9 and 12 he was actively preaching and

[7:20]bringing people to Islam during the secret period of preaching that Allah

[7:25]had commanded the prophet to do by age 12 Allah had revealed

[7:33]the verse of verse 214 in which Allah subhana said he commanded

[7:38]the holy prophet to bring the heads of the tribes who were

[7:41]his relatives and to announce to them that he is the prophet

[7:45]of Allah and that there is no God but Allah and over

[7:49]a span of three days the prophet would command to make a

[7:52]feast and on the third day he would ask who will be

[7:56]my successor after me three times and only Ali would respond raising

[7:59]his hand and he would bring him up raise his right hand

[8:04]and say of whomsoever I am the master then this Ali is

[8:08]his master the Muslims would be distressed during this time period from

[8:23]age 12 to age TW to age 23 the Imam was by

[8:28]the side of the prophet as he went through with all of

[8:31]the Muslims that had come to Islam the hardships that they endured

[8:36]that's covered in the coursework on the prophet's life if you're interested

[8:42]in year zero of Hijra before or in order for the Hijra

[8:50]to start would lie in the bed of the Prophet to protect

[8:54]him from the Assassins that wanted to kill him to give him

[8:57]enough time a head start start to be able to go to

[9:03]Medina and he would later follow him to Medina and Allah subhana

[9:08]wa ta'ala in an event that would be documented in the Holy

[9:14]Quran he would make Imam Ali the brother of the holy prophet

[9:17]sallallahu alaihi and this would be a public announcement it occurred in

[9:20]Mecca and it occurred in Medina as well and the days would

[9:27]pass by in the in the first year of he would marry

[9:32]Z in the second year we would have the Battle of B

[9:36]and he would be the first with the prophet in the third

[9:40]year the Battle of he would be the only one with the

[9:42]prophet when others left his side and ran away and that year

[9:49]on the third after Hijra Imam Hassan would be born in the

[9:56]fourth after Hijra Imam Hussein would be born on the fifth you'd

[10:01]have the Battle of on the sixth the birth of and the

[10:08]battle of the only person to remove the door of was according

[10:13]to 40 men had to lift that door and it was only

[10:18]Ali who was strong enough and brave enough to save to face

[10:24]mhab and to kill him fast forward to the ninth year after

[10:33]Hijra well first the Hadith of menah on the eth after Hijra

[10:38]what would happen Allah subhana tala would command the holy prophet to

[10:43]tell to stay where to stay in Medina to take care of

[10:48]the women and children and he would say to him please let

[10:50]me come with you he'd say is it not enough for you

[10:54]that you are to me as Aaron was to Moses except that

[10:59]there is no Prophet after me this is in and in and

[11:03]in um Ma you can find that all there and then what

[11:10]do we find the verse of purification was revealed then chapter 5

[11:16]verse chapter 33:33 and the verse of the announcement that am is

[11:21]the master after Allah and Prophet Muhammad right in the event where

[11:25]he put his hand up so that the poor person would take

[11:30]his ring and Allah would end and seal the religion with the

[11:39]announcement of the of and Allah would reveal chapter 3: 67 or

[11:45]57 and chapter 3 verse or chapter 5 verse on chapter 5

[11:52]verse 5 67 and chapter 5:3 telling the prophet to announce the

[11:57]of and then to to do it in and if he didn't

[12:02]then the message is not complete and he does so in finally

[12:11]after years the well that year the in the 11th year the

[12:15]prophet would die and then s would happen they'd usurp Thea from

[12:21]Amir and in the year 35 Amir would then become the fourth

[12:24]Khalifa but they wouldn't let him rest Battle of Jamal bya against

[12:27]him Battle of s mu against him that was in the year

[12:33]35 then the year 36 then the year 37 the kites fight

[12:35]against the IM many of them are killed and IB mulim wants

[12:41]to seek Vengeance so he goes on the same night such as

[12:46]this with a sword that is laced with poison and as the

[12:49]Imam is in his prayer in his prayer he raises his head

[12:56]from sujud and Strikes him on his head and the IM would

[13:00]be martyred 3 days later on this very night

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