With the dawn of these stars...

With the dawn of these stars, new horizons have been found: for Muhammad, the meaning of life, for Islam, the proof of be­lief and for humanity, the witness of all things! The Continuation of Muhammad The third year of the migration, one year and a few months after the marriage, Hassan is horn. Medina celebrates the end of its waiting for its messenger.

The Prophet, who for the first time during these sixteen long and drawn out years of difficulties, full of torture, hatred, ugliness, treachery, where news of the torture of his friends and death of his beloveds reach him, now tastes the new and sweet news of the birth of Hassan which soothes his tired spirit. Full of happiness, he enters Fatima's house; he holds the first fruit of the union of Ali and Fatima in his arms.

He recites the 'call to prayer' into the baby's ear and fi­nally distributes silver to the poor people of Mecca to the amount of hair on the baby's head. A year passes. Husayn is born. Now the Prophet has two sons. Fate desired that his two sons, Qasem and Abdullah should not remain because the sons of the Prophet should be through Fatima . As the Prophet said, 'The generation of each Prophet was from his own body but mine is from Ali.' And Ali as well.

He should not remain apart from the generations which begin with Muhammad. Isn't it true in meaning that Ali is the continuation of Muhammad in spirit, his inheritor? It is Muhammad's progeny who should have continued. These two spirits join to produce the suc­cessive generations. In the mission of Muhammad, Ali is present and in the succession of Ali, Muhammad is present.

Now the presence of both of them can be seen in the pure faces of these two children and Muhammad sees three faces in these two: Ali, Fatima and his own. Fate decrees that these two should take the pace of his sons. These two are the fruits of the union of Ali and Fatima. Fatima, the mother of her father, all of the Com­panions know and repeat 'his smallest and most beloved daughter'. And Ali? His guardian, his brother and from Fatima, his most beloved sons.

The roots which join Ali and Muhammad to each other are incapable of being counted. Both stemmed from Abdul Muttalib. The mother of Ali looked after Muhammad from the time he was eight years old. And his father, Abu Talib, was as Muhammad's father. Muhammad grew up in Ali's house from the age of eight to twenty five and Ali grew up in Muhammad's house from early childhood until the age of twenty five.