Modern Spiritual Wisdom

Ali ibn Abi Talib spent his childhood, youth and middle age in the blessed company of Prophet Mohammad. He was pure in his childhood, purer in his youth and the purest in middle age.

Ali ibn Abi Talib never uttered a single word of infidelity nor committed a single act of polytheism. His scared being was not stained with the filth of sins even in the era of ignorance.

Both the intellectual and practical aspects of the personality of Ali ibn Abi Talib were exemplary and the mirror image of the disposition of Prophet Mohammad. The height of the sanctity of his morals can be determined by the saying of the Holy Prophet, "Looking at the countenance of Ali is worship."

Ali ibn Abi Talib was an unfathomed ocean of knowledge. He had a great command in finding solutions to problems based on the Quran and Sunna. He resolved very complicated problems during the reigns of his predecessor Caliphs. He was the Chief Justice of the judicial system established by Umar ibn Khattab.

What could be a better example of Ali ibn Abi Talib's courage and bravery than the night of the Prophet's migration? Knowing that the enemies had surrounded the house and were thirsty for the Prophet's blood, Ali still chose to sleep in the Prophet's bed. Fully aware of the imminent danger, he understood that the enemies, in their rage upon not finding the Holy Prophet, might kill him instead.