ENGLISH BOOKS
Allama Murtaza Mutahhari - Polarization Around the Character of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib’(A.S) (PDF)
Nahj al-Balagha (Sermons, Letters, Sayings of Imam Ali)
URDU BOOKS
Al Wali (A.S) (PDF)

Ali (A.S) Ali (A.S) - Volume I (PDF)
Ali (A.S) Ali (A.S) - Volume II (PDF)

Ali (A.S) Khalifa-e-Rasool (PBUH) (PDF)
Sher e Khuda (A.S) Ke Mojezaat
Seerat-e-Imam Ali (as)
Nafs-e-Rasool
ARTICLES
1 The Life of Imam Ali (a) by Shaykh al Mufid
1 Event of Ghadir Khumm
1 Imam Ali (A.S.) and the Caliphate
1 Imam Ali’s Biography
1 Quran, Imam Ali (a.s) and Shi’a
1 The Last Will of Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a)

Ziarat-e-Ameenallah
To be recited at his shrine
Ziarat-e-Mutlaqah
To be recited on Sunday
To be recited on 17 Rabiul Awwal
To be recited at Eid-e-Ghadeer (1)
To be recited at Eid-e-Ghadeer (2)
To be recited at Shab-e-Besat
Wida / farewell ziarat
Salwat recited when visiting Madina
Salwat on Imam Ali (as)
Dua after Ziarat of Imam Ali (as)

BIOGRAPHY
Name: Ali ibne Abi Talib (as)

Father: Abu Talib bin Abdul Muttalib bin Hashim. 

Mother: Fatimah bint Asad bin Hashim bin Abd Munaf. 

Kunniyat (Patronymic): Abul Hasan and Husayn, Abu Turab 

Laqab (Title): Al-Wasi, Amir al-Mu’minin 

Birth: He was born in the Ka’ba , in thirty ‘Am al-Fil (the year of the elephant). 

Martyrdom: He was martyred by the Khwariji named Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam at Kufa during the month of Ramadhan in the fortieth year of Hijrah and is buried in Najaf on the outskirts of Kufa.

ادامه »

The Life of the Commander of the Faithful Ali Ibn Abu Talib (as)
(This part gives) an account of the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, the first of the Imams of the believers, of the rulers (wulat) of the Muslims and of God’s (appointed) successors in religion after the Apostle of God, the truthful one and the trusted one, Muhammad Ibn Abd Allah, the seal of the Prophets, blessings on him and his pure family.

(He was) the brother of the Apostle of God and his paternal cousin, and his helper (wazir) in his affair, his son-in- law (being married) to his daughter, Fatima the chaste, mistress of the women of the universe. (The full name of) the Commander of the faithful is ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib Ibn Abd al Muttalib Ibn Hashim Ibn Abd Manaf. (He was) the Lord of the testamentary trustees of authority (wasiyyin), the best of blessing and peace be on him. His kunya was Abu al-Hasan.

He was born in the Sacred House (i.e. the Kaba) in Mecca on Friday, the thirteenth day of the month of Rajab, thirty years after the Year of the Elephant (c.570). Nobody before or after him has ever been born in the House of God, the Most High. (It was a mark) of him being honored by God, the Most High, may His name be exalted, and of his position being dignified in its greatness.

His mother was Fatima, daughter of Asad Ibn Hashim Ibn Abd Manaf, may God be pleased with her. She was like a mother to the Apostle of God, may God bless him and his family, and he (the Apostle) was brought up under her care.

ادامه »

By: Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini
Source:
Principles of Shi�ite Creed
He was called Muḥammad and was distinguished with the epithet Bāqir al-�Ulūm, literally, explorer of sciences. His father was Imām Sajjad (A.S.) and his mother was Fāṭimah, the daughter of Imām Ḥasan (A.S.), therefore, he was directly related to Imām �Alī ibn Abīṭālib through both of his parents.
He was born on Rajab 1, 57 Hijrah in Madinah and attained the position of leadership at thirty nine in 95 Hijrah. Since toward the end of his life, the Banī Umayyah regime had declined and was on the verge of disintegration, he managed to utilize the opportunity to explain Islamic laws and teachings to people and train innumerable students and scholars. The contemporary scholars and jurists honored him and drew benefits from him.
�Abdullāh ibn �Atā has said, �I never saw scholars and scientists honor and venerate anyone as much as they did Imām Muḥammad Baqir (A.S.). For example, whenever Ḥakam ibn Utaybah, who was one of most prominent scholars of the time, met Imām (A.S.), he behaved so respectfully, as if an elementary pupil behaves toward his teacher.�
Imām aṣ-Ṣādiq (A.S.) has said, �My father, Imām Bāqir (A.S.), was always praying to God and on occasions when I walked with him, I noticed that he prayed as he walked. He was constantly worshipping God, during meals, at services with people, and he used to urge us to recite Holy Qur�an.�
Imām aṣ-Ṣādiq (A.S.) has also observed, �Whenever my father, Imām Bāqir (A.S.) instructed his servants to do something, he went to supervise them and if he saw they had difficulty performing that, he tried to help them.�
Imām Bāqir (A.S.) was martyred on Dhū�l-Ḥijjah 7, 114 Hijrah by the Umayyad ruler of the time when he was fifty seven years old and was buried at Baqī� cemetery in Madinah.

ادامه »