Hearing this the man asked Imam ‘Ali, "Then what kind of destiny was it that we had?" basically some people came and prayed with imam ali during someone else caliphate or something and they were surprised and were saying this is exactly how the prophet used to pray. He (s) stated, "'Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn".
When did it make you lose your intelligence and reasoning? You have been shown, if you only care to see; you have been advised if you care to take advantage of advice; you have been told if you care to listen to good counsels.157. Already a member? To render relief to the distressed and to help the oppressed make amends for great sins.24.
He took no prisoners from among them nor any spoils, and did what the Prophet (s) did in the Ibn Abi l-Hadid says, "He was an exemplar of geniality and cheerfulness, to the extent that his enemies criticized his geniality as a flaw in his character." No faithful Muslim will ever be your enemy and no hypocrite will ever be your friend. Ali enjoys a very high status in the eyes of Allah. If you keep them in mind your actions will not bring any harm to you: The greatest wealth is Wisdom; the greatest poverty is stupidity; the worst unsociableness is that of vanity and self-glorification; and the best nobility of descent exhibits itself in politeness and in refinement of manner. I wonder at the mentality of a miser, fearing poverty he takes to stinginess and thus hastily pushes himself head- long into a state of want and destitution, he madly desires plenty and ease, but throws it away without understanding. ( Life's journey is going on though men may not feel it ).65.
Now tell me, Zirar! Whoever persuades people to obey the orders of Allah provides strength to the believers; whoever dissuades them from vices and sins humiliates the unbelievers; whoever struggles on all occasions discharges all his obligations and whoever detests the vicious only for the sake of Allah, then Allah will take revenge on his enemies and will be pleased with Him on the Day of Judgment.31.
It was then that the magnificent lantern of language, its deep ocean and precise philosopher, namely Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (as), stood up and delivered a lengthy sermon which included praise of Allah Almighty, prayers and salutations unto His Prophet, Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib (peace and blessings of Allah be with him and his progeny). According to Under the governance of first three caliphs, which lasted 25 years, Imam 'Ali (a) did not alienate himself from the affairs of the Muslim community. And someone who quarrels is unable to be God-wary." 23 BH/600 - d. 40/661) is the first Imam of all the branches of the Shi'a, a companion, a narrator, and a scribe of the Qur'an.He is the fourth caliph of the Rightly Guided Caliphs in Sunni Islam.
Hadith n. 88. Based on evidence from the Qur'an, hadith, and history, the Shi'a believe that 'Ali (a) was the direct designated After the Prophet's (s) demise, a group of people pledged Ali (a) is considered as the father of many Islamic sciences including Ali b. Abi Talib (a) has always had a high status in the eyes of the Shia.
Hearts of people are like wild beasts.
Tongue is a beast, if it is let loose, it devours.62. A Divine rule can be established only by a man, who, where justice and equity are required, neither feels deficient nor weak and who is not greedy and avaricious.110.
Imam Muhammad Baqir says that Imam ‘Ali once said: "There were two things in this world which softened the Wrath of Allah and prevented its descent upon man: One has been taken away from you; hold the other steadfastly. Hadith of Imam Ali (r.a.) In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
One who takes lessons from the events of life, gets vision, one who acquires vision becomes wise and one who attains wisdom achieves knowledge.197. How do you feel his separation?' Those are the fortunate people who adopt piety as the principle of their lives and are fully attentive to their welfare for the Hereafter. Often inordinate desire to secure a single gain acts as a hindrance for the quest of many profitable pursuits.171. Imam ‘Ali asked the reason of their strange actions. A man hypocritically started praising Imam ‘Ali, though he had no faith in him and Imam ‘Ali hearing these praises from him said "I am less than what you tell about me but more than what you think about me".84. I swear by Allah that they are very few in number but their worth and their ranks before Allah are very high.
So whoever is eager for Paradise will ignore temptations; whoever fears the fire of Hell will abstain from sins; whoever practises piety will easily bear the difficulties of life and whoever anticipates death will hasten towards good deeds.Conviction has also four aspects to guard oneself against infatuations of sin; to search for explanation of truth through knowledge; to gain lessons from instructive things and to follow the precedent of the past people, Because whoever wants to guard himself against vices and sins will have to search for the true causes of infatuation and the true ways of combating them out and to find those true ways one has to search them with the help of knowledge, whoever gets fully acquainted with various branches of knowledge will take lessons from life and whoever tries to take lessons from life is actually engaged in the study of the causes of rise and fall of previous civilizations.Justice also has four aspects depth of understanding, profoundeness of knowledge, fairness of judgement and dearness of mind; because whoever tries his best to under- stand a problem will have to study it, whoever has the practice of studying the subject he is to deal with, will develop a clear mind and will always come to correct decisions, whoever tries to achieve all this will have to develop ample patience and forbearance and whoever has done this has done justice to the cause of religion and has led a life of good repute and fame.Jihad is divided into four branches: to persuade people to be obedient to Allah; to prohibit them from sin and vice; to struggle (in the cause of Allah) sincerely and firmly on all occasions and to detest the vicious.
Only he who has the power to punish can pardon.53. The Almighty Lord grants Paradise to his creatures on account of their piety and noble thoughts".43. They feel happy in the company and association of things which frighten the ignorant and uneducated.