Perhaps nothing is easier than to sing the praises of...

Perhaps nothing is easier than to sing the praises of freedom and liberty but Ali is the only statesman in the whole world who paid his tributes to them, not in rhetoric, but in palpable deeds. No ruler in world history ever gave more freedom to his subjects – friends and foes alike – than Ali! The freedom which he gave to his subjects first cost him victory in the battle of Siffin, and then cost him his own life.

But it appears that in his opinion, their freedom was a most precious entity, and he did not begrudge the price he had to pay to preserve it. Ali's reign was a new dispensation for the human race, and a new hope for humanity. Never again, in their history, the Muslims and the non-Muslims were ever to enjoy such freedom and liberty as they did during the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib! Ali and his Legacy Ali had contempt for wealth and…