Hazrat Ali radi Allaho anho

Nobility and Excellence of Hazrat Ali radi Allaho anho.

Hazrat Ali r.a is one of those very few blessed people who accepted Islam right in the beginning. Rasoolullah sallallaho alaihe wasallam received the first revelation on Monday and Hazrat Ali accepted Islam the next day, he was then ten years old. He was the prophet's cousin and grew up in the care of Rasoolullah as Abu Talib was going through financial hardship. He remained by the prophet's side throughout his life participating in all the expeditions including Badr and Khaybar. During the expedition of Tabook , the prophet himself left him behind and when Hazrat Ali said to the prophet that he was being left behind amongst women and children, the prophet replied ," You are to me like Haroon a.h was to Moosa a.h except that there is no prophet after me."
The prophet sallallaho alaihe wasallam gave his youngest and most beloved daughter Fatimah r.a in marriage to him. Allah blessed them with two sons , Hasan and Husain and two daughters , Zainab and Umme kulthoom. Hazrat Ali r.a was amongst those Rasoolullah loved the most and said ,"Only a momin loves him and only a munafiq hates him." Different sahaabah had different specialities and were given special titles by the prophet. Ali r.a was referred to by the prophet as "AQDHAA-HUM" , meaning the one to pass the best judgements hence throughout the khilaafah of the first three khulafaa, they kept him and he remained by their side, fully involved in all the decision making and passing judgement in disputes. Hazrat Umar included him in the six-man committe to decide on the next khalifah. After the martyrdom of Hazrat Uthmaan , he was unanimously accepted as "Ameerul-momineen " and is one of the Khulafae Raashideen, ( rightly guided khukafaa). He faced a very difficult period of rule during which mischief-makers and hypocrites gained an upperhand in many situations leading to two major battles known as battle of Jamal and Siffeen in which almost a hundred thousand people were killed. When He r.a tried to make peace and negotiate with Ameer Muaawiyyah r.a , some of his own supporters turned against him, they became known as the Khwaarij, who later conspired to assasinate him along with Ameer Muaawiyyah and Amr ibn-ul- 'Aas radi Allaho anhum. Hazrat Ali feared a lot of unrest and bloodshed, not wanting this to take place in Madinah , he moved his Capital to Kufah in Iraq where he was eventually martyred by a khwariji Abdul Rahman ibn Muljim in Ramadhan 40 A.h.