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Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying

Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying. By A.S. Hashim. MD. Supplication بـســـم الله الرحمن الرحيم. In the Name of God, Lord of Mercy and Lord of Grace. Nahjul Balaaghah. Nahjul Balaaghah, a highly valued book, consists of: 254 sermons, 48 letters, and 212 sayings of Imam Ali

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Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying

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  1. Nahjul Balaaghahabout Death and Dying By A.S. Hashim. MD

  2. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying Supplicationبـســـم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the Name of God, Lord of Mercy and Lord of Grace

  3. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying Nahjul Balaaghah • Nahjul Balaaghah, a highly valued book, consists of: • 254 sermons, • 48 letters, and • 212 sayings of Imam Ali • Nahjul Balaaghah is unique to Imam Ali • None of the Sahaaba was ever able to produce anything like it: • neither in substance • nor in literary eloquence. • No wonder Ali was referred to as: • Sayyid al-Bulaghaa' (Pinnacle of Literary Expression) and • Sayyid al-Fu'qahaa, (Pinnacle of the Jurisprudents)

  4. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying References about Death and Dying • Nahjul Balaaghah contains 23 references about death and Dying, some of which appear here • The quotes appear in various sermons, • said at variable occasions and • about different subjects. • The Arabic quotes are from the book of Nahjul Balaaghah, by Dr. Subhi Al-Salih, and so is the numbering of the sermons and pages, 1st Edition, Beirut 1967. • The Number of the sermons may differ by a factor of 1 in other volumes of Nahjul Balaaghah • The references are quotes by Abd al-Zahra' al-Husayni in vols. I & IV of his work (see Al-Islam.org, internet)

  5. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying Time Element • The majority of Ali's sayings and speeches were stated: • During his Khilaafah when in Kufa, • At Different Places • At Different Occasions • Often at Khutba of Jumu’ah

  6. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 64, Page 95 Ali: about Death #1 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 105, 154, 155, 246; • Sibt, Tadhkirah, 145. • Nasr, Siffin, * 7

  7. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 64, Ali: about Death #1

  8. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 85, Page 116 Ali: about Death #2 • See next slide please Other sources: • Abu Nu`aym, Hilyah, I, 77; • al-Wasiti, `Uyun al-hikam; • Sibt, Tadhkirah, 131; • Ibn Talhah, Matalib, I, 140

  9. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 85, Ali: about Death #2

  10. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 91, Page 134 Ali: about Death #3 • See next slide please Other sources: • Mas`adah ibn Sadaqah, author of Khutab Amir al-Mu'minin; • Ibn `Abd Rabbih, al-`Iqd, II, 406; • al-Saduq, al-Tawhid, 34; • al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, bab al-mala'ikah; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, discusses its unusual (gharib) phrases in several places; • Ibn Tawus, Faraj al-mahmum, 56.

  11. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 91, Ali: about Death #3

  12. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 109, Page 160 Ali: about Death #4 • See next slide please Other sources: • Ibn `Abd Rabbih, al-`Iqd, IV, 76; • al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, bab al-mala'ikah; • al-'Amidi, Ghurar

  13. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 109, Ali: about Death #4

  14. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 113, Page 168 Ali: about Death #5 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, at the beginning; • al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 86, 189.

  15. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 113, Ali: about Death #5

  16. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 156, Page 219 Ali: about Death #6 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Tusi, Talkhis al-Shafi, I, 326; • al-Hilli, Mukhtasar Basa'ir al-darajat, 195; • al-Tabarsi, al-'Ihtijaj, I, 326; • al-Muttaqi, Kanz, VIII, 215; • al-Majlisi, Bihar, bab al-fitan wa al-mihan, 448.

  17. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 156, Ali: about Death #6

  18. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 188, Page 278 Ali: about Death #7 • See next slide please Other sources: • Abu Mansur al-Tha`alibi, al-'I`jaz wa al-'Ijaz, 31

  19. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 188, Ali: about Death #7

  20. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 230, Page 351 Ali: about Death #8 • See next slide please Other sources: • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, I, 355, II, 61, 103, III, 174; • al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 112, 148, 213.

  21. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 230, Ali: about Death #8

  22. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 235, Page 355 Ali: about Death #9 • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Mufid, al-'Amali, 60; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, III, 143 (t.y.b); • Muhammad ibn Habib, al-'Amali, 112; • Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad, hadith 228; • Ibn Hisham, al-Sirat al-Nabawiyyah, IV, 213; • al-Baladhuri, Ansab, I, 571; • Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn al-Sari ibn Sahl al-Nahwi, al-'Amali; • For (3) & (4) see `Abd al-Zahra', III, 182.

  23. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Sermon 235, Ali: about Death #9

  24. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying In Ali’s Will: Letter 31, Ali: about Death #10

  25. Nahjul Balaaghah about Death and Dying Be in Allah’s Care Thank you and May God Bless you. Dr. A.S. Hashim

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