Assalam u alayekum!
may peace be upon you.
Actually i am posting this stuff a bit late because the event i am going to discuss has passed a couple of days ago.
On 13th Rajab ,the Birthday of Syedna Mola Ali KaramUllah Wajhu hu (is face is a blessing of Allah) is celebrated.13th (of this lunar month) was on the day before yesterday in Pakistan.The honour which is exclusive to Syedna Ali KaramUllah Wajhu hu is that he was born inside Kaaba Sharif.Kaaba Sharif was as sacred in those days as today.The second honour exclusive to him is that Seal of Prophets Syyedna Muhammad Salla'l la ho alaye he wasallam (May Allah send His blessings upon Him) put his lips on the eyes of Syedna Ali when he was newly born (since he was'nt opening his eyes) and Syedna Ali opened his eyes and the first sight that he saw was the Holy and blessed face of Syedna Muhammad Salla'l la ho alaye hi wasallam.
From Tasawwuf's point of view,it is to be noted that the most of the spiritual orders spring from spring from Syedna Ali R.A. except Naqshbandi order.That too icludes Syedna Imam Jafar As-Saadiq whose lineage is traced back to Syeda Ali.Many renowned saints had their lineage linked to Syedna Ali.Baba Farid Ud Din,Baba Bulleh Shah,Syedna Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani,Syedna Ali Bin Usman Al Hajveri (Daata Saahib),Khawaja Muin ud din Chishti Ajmeri (Khawaja Gharib Nawaz) etc (May Allah bless them all and raise their ranks).
In fact,Wilayat e Kubra is for those whose lineage is traced back to Syedna Ali through either Syedna Imam Hassan or Syedna Imam Hussain (May Allah bless the all and send peace upon them).
In short,we cant encircle his honours and his dignified rank in such a short post.It would be like trying to put a river in a cup.His love is compulsion upon us.There are several sayings of Seal of Prophets Salla' la ho alaye hi wasallam in this regard.I have to say this with quite sorrowfully that Muslims have now been divided into three groups on this issue.One group praises Syedna Ali R.A but is blasphemous to the first three Caliphs of Islam.The second group is that which is narrow minded and defends Yazid and Khawarij (those 10,000 people who had put rebellion against Syedna Ali R.A in the name of enforcement of divine law and who had refused to accept the settlement decison between Syedna Ali R.A and Hazrat Muawiya ).This second group is particularly blasphemous to Syedna Ali and tries to refute his honoured rank and that of Syedna Imam Hussain R.A. Dr.Israr Ahmad and Dr. Zakir Naik are the resounding names of this second group.Dr.Israr made such a blasphemy some years ago and he was respondend by Ahl-as-sunnat clerics shearly .Partciularly Sheikh ul Islam proved him in a 11 hour long speech,recorded in 2 parts with more than enough references from ahadith.We have to avoid both trends.None of these two is right.We have to respect all 4 caliphs.Although majority of uslim clerics is of the view that the ranks of Syedna Abu Bakar and Syedna Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) are above Syedna Ali's rank,yet no one can force the heart.I mean there is'nt such a copulsion that who do you love the most?
On the last note,i would like to mention that it is mentioned in ahadith (sayings of Prophet Muhammad Salla'l la ho alaye hi wasallam) that sight of Ali is ibadat (i.e a noble act) and Rememberance of Ali is a noble act as well.Prophet Salla'l la ho alaye he wasallam also said that Ali is also Mola (i.e helpful to/master) of that person ,whose Mola am i.(i.e Prophet Salla'l la ho alaye hi wasallam Himself).So it is not wrong at all to seek help from Mola Ali and reciting
Nad-e-Ali i also permissible ,rather it is encouraaged by many clerics of Ahl-as-sunnat wal jamaat.We have to follow the path of ahl-as-sunnat wal jamaat.Not that of above mentioned two groups.
May Allah bless our hearts with his and his family's shear respect and love.Aamin
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