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Ali played a pivotal role during the formative years of Islam and is recognized as the fourth Rashidun caliph (r. 656–661) in Sunni Islam and the first imam in Shia Islam. Perhaps the most controversial such verse is 5:55, also known as the verse of walaya, which gave Ali the same spiritual authority as Muhammad, according to the Shia.
Nahj al-balagha is an eleventh-century collection of more than two-hundred sermons, nearly eighty letters, and almost five-hundred sayings, all attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was the fourth Rashidun caliph (r.
Ghurar al-ḥikam wa durar al-kalim (Arabic: غرر الحکم و درر الکلم, lit. 'exalted aphorisms and pearls of speech') is a large collection of aphorisms attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 661), the fourth Rashidun caliph (r. 656–661), the first Shia imam, and the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Mus'haf of Ali, a Tafseer of the Quran by Imam Ali; Al-Jafr by Imam Ali; Nahj al-Balaghah, a collection of sermons, letters and quotes attributed to Ali; Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim compilation of over ten thousand short sayings of Imam Ali; Al-Sahifa al-Alawiya (Book of Supplications ) by Imam Ali, translated by William Chittick. [1]
Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabic: عَلِيُّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب, romanized: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib; c. 600–661 CE) was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from 656 CE to 661, as well as the first Shia imam.
Muhammad's statement at the Ghadir Khumm, "He whose mawla I am, Ali is his mawla," is known as the hadith of the walaya in Shia Islam. [2] Delivered to a large crowd of pilgrims, [1] shortly after the Farewell Pilgrimage and shortly before his death in 632 CE, the attribution of this statement to Muhammad is rarely contested, even though its interpretation is a source of controversy.
Khasais of Amir Al Mu'minin (Arabic: خصائص أمير المؤمنين) (Characters of the commander of the faithful) or Khasais Ali (Arabic: خصائص علي) [1] is a book on virtues and moral characters of the fourth Rashidun caliph and Imam Ali, who was the cousin, son-in-law, and the close companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Imamate and guardianship of Ali ibn Abi Talib or Imamate and Wilayah of Ali ibn Abi Talib refers to the spiritual position of Ali (1st Shia Imam and 4th Caliph of Islam) and his role in teaching the religion truth and establishing Islamic Sharia after Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam.