علي وما أدراك ما علي

I've been trying to write something for well over an hour now. Then I remembered who I was really trying to write about.

However I will say this, if everybody knew something about the real life of imaam 3ali Ibn Abi 6aalib سلام الله عليه as opposed to the nonesense being taught in schools and university courses, then the world would be a very different place.

Let's not get into the historical events, because mentioning some and leaving others would defy the exact same reason people should learn about him.

I refer you as an example to sayid 3ali Il Sistaany in Iraq and his directions. How he is the only one who can take credit for the 'peace' in Iraq. If you thought it was because of the military presence and/or if you think the bombings/killings and kidnapping was something significant: then trust me, you would NOT imagine the situation without sayid 3ali Il Sistaany.

I say the world would be a different place if more people knew about imaam 3ali's life, because of the fact that there has been no one who has kept a sound mind in unimaginable situations as he did.

Yes, I am talking about what has happened after the death of Il Rasool صلى الله عليه واله, as one very small example (as there have been many more significant turning points in Islamic history, all because of il imaam 3ali). But to no reason other than not hurting someone's feelings, I will not say more.

In one of my comments, I told mbh to look forward to this post. But because now I know اني مو قد اتكلم عن الامام علي I refer everyone to look up what imaam 3ali did during the three days after he was struck while praying, in respect to his prisoner 3abdilra7maan Ibn Muljam. Human rights you say? There you have it.

ما نقول في رجلٍ أخفت أعداؤه فضائله صداً
وأخفت أولياؤه فضائله خوفاً

- الشافعي