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Imam Ali (a.s): The Imam of Who? (2) - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Imam Ali (a.s): The Imam of Who? (2) 2023-03-29 463 Views Imam Ali , The Commander of faithful In continuation of the discussions on the leadership of Imam Ali, we shall focus on other relevant aspects of the topic here. Contents 2.

Imam ul-Mosallin (The Leader of those who pray): His Salat: Prophetic Salat His Punctuality to the Times of Salat His Presence of Heart in Salat His Extra Attention to the Night Prayer His Abundance in Salat 2. Imam ul-Mosallin (The Leader of those who pray): As mentioned in the previous paragraph Imam Ali was the first who prayed with the Messenger of God.

Similarly, the history of Islam has not presented anyone after the Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.a) worshipping the Almighty God more or better than Imam Ali (a.s). Ibn Abil-Hadid asserted: “Imam Ali (a.s) was the most worshipping of all Muslims. He prayed to God and fasted for His sake more than anyone else. In fact, people learned the Night Prayer from him.” (1) His Salat: Prophetic Salat Al-Bokhari narrated: Motraf ibn Abdullah said: “Omran ibn Hosayn and I prayed behind Ali ibn Abi Talib.

When he was going for prostration he was reciting ‘Allahu-Akbar’ and when he was sitting up from prostration he was also reciting ‘Allahu-Akbar’. When we finished the prayer, Omran grabbed my hand and either said to me: ‘His prayer reminded me of the Prophet`s prayer, or he may have said: ‘He offered a Prophetic prayer.”(2) His Punctuality to the Times of Salat The Muslim daily prayers have set and fixed times.

Muslims are bound to observe the time of each prayer and offer them at their first possible times. The Almighty God says in the Quran: “The prayer is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours.” (3) Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Every time Imam Ali used to stand up for Salat, the colour of his face would change so much that it would be obvious. Imam Ali (a.s) was asked about the reason behind it.

He answered: “The time of ‘the Trust that God offered to the heavens and the earth and the mountains and they declined to bear it and were afraid of it, but man bore it has arrived and I am not sure if I would appropriately deliver the Trust or not?” (4) In the middle of the hardship of the battle of Seffin as Imam Ali (a.s) was fighting he was glancing at the sun in the sky too. Ibn Abbas; one of the commanders of his army, noticed and asked what the Imam was looking at in the sky.