[5] Martyrdom of Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws ...

[5] Martyrdom of Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws : A companion of the Rasool Allah -saww narrates: On the day that Amir ul-Momineen -asws Ali -asws was martyred, the place shook as people wept and cried, and they were frightened as they were on the day of the Holy Prophet -saww ’s Shahadat (passing away). In another hadith: Once, ‘Amir, ‘Abd Allah ibn Jiza’a, Al-’Azdi and the narrator were in the presence of Abu Abd Allah -asws (our 6 th Imam).

The narrator has said that Amir said to the Imam -asws the following: ‘May Allah -azwj Keep my soul in service for your -asws cause, people think Amir ul-Momineen -asws Ali -asws was buried in al-Rahba (an open space near the mosque of Kufa).’ The Imam -asws said, ‘No, he -asws was not buried there.’ He then asked, ‘Where is he -asws buried?’ The Imam -asws said, ‘After his -asws death, Imam al-Hassan -asws carried him to a place, behind Kufa which is near Al-Najaf, toward the right of al-Ghari and the left of al-Hira.

He -asws buried him -asws among the small dunes of white sands.’ Later on, I went to the place and I thought of one area as being his -asws gravesite. I then returned and informed the Imam -asws about it. The Imam -asws said, ‘You, may Allah -azwj grant you blessings, you found it (the gravesite) three times. [6] Imam Al-Hassan -asws said: Imam Ali -asws was the standard bearer of the Rasool Allah -saww , with angel Jibra’il -as on his right and angel Micha’il -as on his -asws left.

He -asws would not turn back until Allah -azwj Granted him -asws victory. By Allah -azwj , he -asws died during a night in which the executor of the will of Musa (Moses) Yusha’ ibn Nun had passed away, the night in which Jesus -as , son of Mary -as , was taken to heaven and the night in which the Holy Quran was revealed.

[7] Imam Abu Abd Allah ( Imam Jafar e Sadiq -asws ) said: ‘When Amir ul-Momineen -asws was washed for burial, (A Divine Caller) Called from the side of the house, ‘If you lift up the front of the coffin then you do not need to lift up the back of the coffin and if you lift up the back then you do not need to lift up the front side (as Jibrail -as and Mikhail -as will lift from the other side,).

[8] Bequest (Will) of Ali Amir ul-Momineen -asws : ‘When Amir Al-Momineen -asws was struck, the visitors encircled him -asws and it was said to him -asws , ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws ! Bequeath!’ He -asws said: ‘Double the pillow for me -asws ’.