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Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety. 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 Balaaghahabout Piety By A.S. Hashim. MD
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety Supplicationبـســـم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the Name of God, Lord of Mercy and Lord of Grace
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety 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)
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety References about Piety • Nahjul Balaaghah contains 9 references about Piety (Taq’wa) • 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)
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety 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
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 76, Page 103 Ali: about the Pious Man • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 151; • al-Karajiki, Kanz, 162; • Ibn Talhah, Matalib, I, 59; • Ibn Shakir, `Uyun al-hikam; • al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 231; • al-Husari, Zahr, I, 42; • al-'Amidi, Ghurar; • Sibt, Tadhkirah, 145.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 76, Ali: about the Pious Man
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 83, Page 109 Ali: Sermon called al-Gharra' • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 146; • al-Quda`i, Dustur, 59, • al-'Amidi, Ghurar; • al-Wasiti, `Uyun al-hikam; • Abu Nu`aym, Hilyah, I, 77; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, I, 132 (b.d.d), II, 287 (`a.a.z).
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 83, Ali: Sermon called al-Gharra'
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 83, Page 107 Ali: Enjoining people to Piety • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 146; • al-Quda`i, Dustur, 59, • al-'Amidi, Ghurar; • al-Wasiti, `Uyun al-hikam; • Abu Nu`aym, Hilyah, I, 77; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, I, 132 (b.d.d), II, 287 (`a.a.z).
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 83, Ali: Enjoining people to Piety
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 83, Page 111 Ali: Taq’wa for Day of Judgment • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 146; • al-Quda`i, Dustur, 59, • al-'Amidi, Ghurar; • al-Wasiti, `Uyun al-hikam; • Abu Nu`aym, Hilyah, I, 77; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, I, 132 (b.d.d), II, 287 (`a.a.z).
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 83, Ali: Taq’wa for Day of Judgment
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 114, Page 169 Ali: Enjoining people to Piety • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Yamani, al-Taraz, II, 335; • al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 156; • al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, II, at the beginning of each part; • al-Qadi al-Quda`i, Dustur, 33; • al-'Amidi, Ghurar; • al-Tusi, al-'Amali, II, 107.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 114, Ali: Enjoining people to Piety
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 132, Page 190 Ali: counseling about Taq’wa • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 282; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, II, 210 (w.f.z), V, 239 (h.b.1).
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 132, Ali: counseling about Taq’wa
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 157, Page 221 Ali: Urging people towards Piety • See next slide please • Other sources: • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, II, 510 (sh.w.l); • al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 97; • al-Wasiti, `Uyun al-hikam, see Bihar, vol. XVII, 113.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 157, Ali: Urging people towards Piety
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 161, Page 230 Ali: Drawing lessons from this world • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Majlisi, Bihar, XVIII, 222.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 161, Ali: Drawing lessons from this world
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 191, Page 284 Ali: Taq’wa and the Account • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 87, 180, 245; • Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh, see `Abd al-Zahra', III, 28.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 191, Ali: Taq’wa and the Account
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 195, Page 309 Ali: about Piety • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Majlisi, Bihar, vol. 74, 314.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 195, Ali: about Piety
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 190, Page 281 Ali: Urging toward Piety • See next slide please • Other sources: • Ibn Nubatah (d. 374/984) narrated this khutbah, see Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Sharh, III, 220; • al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 20, 108.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 190, Ali: Urging toward Piety
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 230, Page 351 Ali: About Piety • See next slide please • Other sources: • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, I, 355, II, 61, 103, III, 174; • al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 112, 148, 213.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 230, Ali: Urging about Piety
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 198, Page 312 Ali: Urging to Piety • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 126; • al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, II, 49; • al-Qali, al-'Amali, 171; • Abu Talib al-Makki, Qut, I, 382; • Abu Nu`aym, Hilyah, I, 74, 75; • al-Saduq, al-Khisal, I, 108.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 198, Ali: Urging to Piety
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 183, Page 266 Ali: Urges to Piety • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 53; • Ibn al-'Athir, al-Nihayah, V, 299; • al-Bahrani, Tafsir al-burhan, I, 9, from a source other than Nahj.
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety In Sermon 183, Ali: Ali: Urges to Piety
Nahjul Balaaghah about Piety Be in Allah’s Care Thank you and May God Bless you. Dr. A.S. Hashim