🔰Imam Ali’s (‘a) Sorrows
🔻The First Sorrow
🔸Imam Ali’s first #sorrow was martyrdom. The Commander of the Faithful (‘a) was the Prophet’s (s) successor and son-in-law. When Gabriel brought revelation to the Prophet (s), #Imam_Ali (‘a) saw and heard everything. He was Fatimah’s (‘a) spouse and the father of two Imams. Ali (‘a) had all of the virtues. But, he used to cry and ask the Prophet (s), “O Prophet of God, why don’t I become a #martyr?!”
Dear Ali, you are even next to God in this world too. You are close to God when praying. Why do you like to become a martyr?
🔻The Second Sorrow
🔸His second sorrow was the sorrow he felt for people. He lengthened the “Battle of Siffin.” People asked, “O Ali, why do you do this?” He replied, “I swear, I only do this to give time to those in the enemy’s ranks to regret and join us! If we quickly fight and they are killed, they will go to Hell!” He did not even like to kill his #enemies and felt sad for them! He even counselled his children about his murderer.
🔻The Third Sorrow
🔸His third sorrow was due to his #friends. When a companion was martyred in the “Battle of Siffin,” he would cry very hard. He searched among the dead for the body of Ammar reading a poem with this meaning, “O world, you are so bad! You look and see who I love, and then, you take him away from me!”
🔻The Hardest Sorrow
🔸Among all his sorrows, the hardest was that people remained ignorant! Imam Khomeini said this was the worst agony for Ali (‘a) who used to say, “I do not like your world even a bit!” He did not like to defend himself, but preferred to be #unknown! But, people said, “Ali! You are greedy for the caliphate and governing!” Therefore, he was forced to #defend and introduce himself to the people. He defended himself to guide the people. The main oppression they brought on him was not fighting with him. It was their continuous #accusations. For example, they accused him of Uthman’s murder! This is while it has been recorded in history that he did his best for Uthman not to be killed. With all of these, it is not surprising that he used to cry into a well!
Tonight, Ali (‘a) becomes free from all accusations forever...
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN
🔻The First Sorrow
🔸Imam Ali’s first #sorrow was martyrdom. The Commander of the Faithful (‘a) was the Prophet’s (s) successor and son-in-law. When Gabriel brought revelation to the Prophet (s), #Imam_Ali (‘a) saw and heard everything. He was Fatimah’s (‘a) spouse and the father of two Imams. Ali (‘a) had all of the virtues. But, he used to cry and ask the Prophet (s), “O Prophet of God, why don’t I become a #martyr?!”
Dear Ali, you are even next to God in this world too. You are close to God when praying. Why do you like to become a martyr?
🔻The Second Sorrow
🔸His second sorrow was the sorrow he felt for people. He lengthened the “Battle of Siffin.” People asked, “O Ali, why do you do this?” He replied, “I swear, I only do this to give time to those in the enemy’s ranks to regret and join us! If we quickly fight and they are killed, they will go to Hell!” He did not even like to kill his #enemies and felt sad for them! He even counselled his children about his murderer.
🔻The Third Sorrow
🔸His third sorrow was due to his #friends. When a companion was martyred in the “Battle of Siffin,” he would cry very hard. He searched among the dead for the body of Ammar reading a poem with this meaning, “O world, you are so bad! You look and see who I love, and then, you take him away from me!”
🔻The Hardest Sorrow
🔸Among all his sorrows, the hardest was that people remained ignorant! Imam Khomeini said this was the worst agony for Ali (‘a) who used to say, “I do not like your world even a bit!” He did not like to defend himself, but preferred to be #unknown! But, people said, “Ali! You are greedy for the caliphate and governing!” Therefore, he was forced to #defend and introduce himself to the people. He defended himself to guide the people. The main oppression they brought on him was not fighting with him. It was their continuous #accusations. For example, they accused him of Uthman’s murder! This is while it has been recorded in history that he did his best for Uthman not to be killed. With all of these, it is not surprising that he used to cry into a well!
Tonight, Ali (‘a) becomes free from all accusations forever...
#AlirezaPanahian
✅ @PanahianEN