its about The Great Leader of Islam Hazrat Imam Ali a.s.

1. The Prophet
(P.B.U.H) said,
“Ali (A.S) is from me and I
am from him, and he is the
protector of every true
believer after me.”

2. HAZTAR IMAM
ALI (A.S)
.

3. BRIEF DETAILS:
• The First Imam
• NAME: ALI(a.s)
• TITLE: Al- Murtadha (One with whom God is
pleased)
• WILADAT: 13th Rajab, 23 years before Hijrat
• MOTHER: Bibi Fatimah binte Asad
• FATHER: Abu Talib ibne Abdul Muttalib

4. BIRTH AND
CHILDHOOD
 Imam Ali was born in the Holy Ka‟bah in
600AD.
 Fatima Binte Asad stayed in the Ka‟bah
for 3 days and on the fourth day she
stepped out with Imam Ali(a.s).
 “The Holy Prophet(P.B.U.H) brought me
up in his own arms and fed me from his
own plate. I followed him wherever he
went like a baby camel following its

5. MARRIAGED
• Under Divine instruction, the Apostle of Allah
married his beloved daughter Fatimah(s.a) to
'Ali(a.s) though others vainly tried for her hand.
Among their children, Imam Hasan(a.s), Imam
Hussain(a.s), Zaynab and Umm Kulthum(s.a) have
left their marks on the history of the world. After the
death of Hadrat Fatimah(s.a), 'Ali(Aa.s) married
Ummu 'I-Banin. „Hazrat Abbas was born out of this
wedlock and was so handsome that he was fondly
called Qamar Banu Hashim. He personified loyalty
and bravery and proved it in the battlefield at
KARBALA'.

6. HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS LIFE:
 The first Muslim:
Imam(a.s) was the first man to accept
islam. From his childhood, imam
accompanied the prophet whenever he
went to the cave of hira and worshipped
only Allah_(SWT)

7. Cont: HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS
LIFE
 ZUL ASHIRA:
At Dawate Zul Ashira when the Prophet
asked who would help and support him
in the mission of Islam, it was only Imam
who stood up. It was here that the
Prophet first declared him as his
successor.

8. Cont: HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS
LIFE
 THE NIGHT OF HIJRAT:
 On the night of Hijrat, imam Ali
agreed to sleep in the Prophets
bed knowing that he might be killed
instead.
 “And among men there is one who
sells his soul seeking the pleasure of
Allah_(SWT) and truly
Allah_(SWT) is affectionate to his

9. Cont: HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS
LIFE
 RESPONSIBILITY IN MAKKAH:
After hijrat it was Imam Ali(a.s) that the
prophet trusted to give back all the
amaanat to the Makkans. Imam was
also given the responsibility of bringing
the family of the Prophet to Madinah
safely.

10. Cont: HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS
LIFE
 ROLE IN BATTLES:
 In all the battles imam was always in
the forefront.
 Badr - fought and killed more
enemies than anyone else.
 Uhud - protected the Prophet alone
while the others ran away
in fear.
Khandaq - killed Amr ibne Abde
Waas, the strongest enemy

11. Cont: HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS
LIFE
 BREAKING IDOLS
After the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet
went towards the ka‟bah to remove all the
idols around it. It was imam who the
prophet asked to stand on his shoulders
and break the idols that were on top and
could not be reached.

12. Cont: HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS
LIFE
 CARRYING THE STAND IN KHAYBAR
Prophet was commanded to give the
standard to Imam Ali(a.s) who approached
it and killed Marhab-the giant jewish
warrior.
Carried the gate that could not be picked by
more than 40 men after the battle!!

13. Cont: HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS
LIFE
 GHADEER
At a place called Ghadeer Khum, the
Prophet gave a speech in which he
summarized the entire mission. At the end
of it he said, “ O people, for whomever I am
the master, this Ali is also his master.”

14. NAHJUL BALAGHA
 Imam had many excellent qualities and
amongst them was his eloquence.
 Many years after his death, a man called
Syed Razi put together all the hadith, letters
and sermons in a book that was called
NAHJUL BALAGHA meaning the Peak of
eloquence.

15.  “ Question me before you lose me.
Question me, for I have the knowledge
of those who came earlier and those
who will come later. I could give
judgements to the people of the Tawrat
from their Tawrat, to the people of the
Injil from their injil, to the people of the
Zabur from their Zabur and the people
of Furqan (qur‟an) by their furqaan. By
Alla_, I know the Qur‟an and its
interpretation better than anyone who
claims knowledge of it.“ IMAM ALI (A.S)

16. PLOT TO KILL IMAM:
 The Kharjites (Battle of Nahrawan) were
the people who had deserted the Holy
Imam (A) because they thought he had
been too lenient with Muawiya at Siffin.
 After their defeat they went to Makka,
where they plotted the assassination of the
Holy Imam (A), Muawiya and Amr al-Aas.

17. 3 MURDERERS:
 Abdur Rahman ibne Muljam agreed to kill
the Holy Imam (A),
 Burak bin Abdallah Tymi to kill Muawiya
 Amr binBakr Tymi to kill Amr al-Aas.

18. 19th RAMADHAN
 The morning of Friday the 19th of Mahe
Ramadhan was fixed for the execution.
.
 The man sent to Egypt - killed before
he reached Amr al-Aas.
 Burak - reached Damascus and
actually struck at Muawiya but missed,
and was killed before he could do him
any harm.
 Man sent to kill the Holy Imam (A)
reached Kufa safely and stationed
himself in the mosque of Kufa.

19. Cont: 19th RAMADHAN
 Imam (A) went to the mosque of Kufa
and began to wake up all the people
sleeping there.

 Ibne Muljam was lying on his stomach
so as to hide the sword, and the Holy
Imam (A) woke him up as well, telling
him not to sleep on his stomach as that
was the way of Shaitan.

20. THE STRIKE
 Imam (A) led the prayer and Ibne Muljam,
pretending to pray, stood behind him.
 When the Holy Imam (A) was in the state of
prostration, Ibne Muljam dealt a heavy
stroke with his sword on the Holy Imam's
(A) head.

21. CAPTURE OF IBNE MULJAM
 The murderer was caught and brought to
the Imam (A).
 When Imam (A) Saw that the ropes tied to
him were cutting his flesh; he requested
that Ibne Muljam should be treated more
humanely.
 Touched by these words the murderer
started to weep.

22. WORDS OF ADVICE
 During his last hours, Asbagh bin
Nabata, one of his companions, visited
him and asked him for some words of
advice.
 The Holy Imam (A) replied, "O Asbagh,
what can be greater counsel than the
fact that yesterday I was your
companion, today I am your guest and

23. LAST WORDS
 "Remain steadfast in piety and resign
yourself to the Will of Allah. Never aspire to
anything which is beyond your reach.
Always be truthful and merciful towards the
orphans. Help the poor and needy and try
to live in the world in a way which may help
it to become better."

24. HIS BURIAL
 The coffin was carried from his house by
his sons from the back and was moving
itself from the front
 He also requested his sons that he should
be buried secretly, because he feared his
enemies might desecrate his grave

25. THE GRAVE
 The coffin stopped at Najaf which is about
four miles from Kufa. Here they found a
grave already prepared with a message in it
saying: "This grave has been dug by
Prophet Nuh (A) for the Commander of the
Faithful, Ali (A)."