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Ali's oration

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1. Birth of Ali

>> Parentage

>> Ancestry of Ali and the Holy Prophet

>> Date of birth

>> Birth of Ali

>> The Name

2. Years of childhood

>> The Holy Prophet and Ali

>> Life in the desert

>> Induction of Ali as a member of the family of the Holy Prophet

>> The Umayyads versus the Hashimites

3. Ward of the Holy Prophet

>> Biographical study

>> The house of the Holy Prophet

>> Education of Ali

>> Trade journeys

>> Ali and the Kaaba

>> Ali and the Holy Prophet

4. Conversion to Islam

>> Turning point in history

>> The call to prophethood

>> Converts to Islam

>> Early years of Islam

>> Invitation to Banu Hashim

5. Battle Between the truth and falsehood

>> The crisis

>> The Muslim Community

>> The Quraish in action

>> Migration to Abyssinia

6. Social Boycott Of Banu Hashim

>> The miracles of the Holy Quran

>> Maneuvers of the Quraish

>> Social boycott of Banu Hashim

>> Consequences of the social boycott

>> Ali

7. Year Of Sorrow

>> The Holy Prophet and the Quraish

>> Bequest of Abu Talib

>> Death of Abu Talib

>> Death of Khadija

8. Farewell to Makkah

>> Turning point

>> The Quraish plot to assassinate the Holy Prophet

>> Frustration of the Quraish plot

>> Analysis of the events during the period 620-622 C.E.

9. Early Days in Madina

>> Life in Madina

>> Brotherhood between the emigrants and the Muslims of Madina

>> Implications of the pairing of the Holy Prophet and Ali

>> Masjid-i-Nabwi

10. Battle of Badr

>> Background

>> The Quraish caravan

>> The battle ground of Badr

>> The battle

>> Significance of the baffle of Badr

11. Marriage of Ali

>> Fatima

>> Preparation for the marriage

>> The Marriage Khutba

>> Ideal marriage

12. The Bani Qainuqa

>> The Jews in Madina

>> Animosity of the Jews

>> Ali and the Jews

>> Bani Qainuqa

13. The Battle of Uhud

>> Extension of the Battle of Badr

>> The Holy Prophet's preparation for the battle

>> The battlefield

>> The Duel

>> The battle

>> Assessment of the Battle of Uhud

14. Banu Nadeer

>> Banu Nadeer

>> The tragedy of Bir Maunah

>> The Holy Prophet's visit to Banu Nadeer

>> Expedition against Banu Nadeer

15. Battle of the Ditch

>> Background

>> Defense of Madina

>> The Ditch

>> The battle

>> Flight of the Quraish

16. Campaign Against Banu Mustaliq

>> Banu Mustaliq

>> Ayesha and her necklace

>> The Revelation

>> Bitterness between Ayesha and Ali

17. Banu Quraizah

>> The Jews settlements in Madina

>> Banu Quraizah

>> Operations against Banu Quraizah

>> End of Banu Quraizah

18. Operations Against Banu Sa'ad

>> Conspiracy of the Jews

>> Ali's operations

>> Some points about the operations

19. Treaty of Hudaibiya

>> Journey to Makkah

>> The Pledge

>> The treaty

>> Muslim reaction to the treaty

20. Battle of Khyber

>> The Khyber

>> The battle

>> Victor of Khyber

>> Conquest of Fidak

>> Consequences of the Battle of Khyber

21. Conquest of Makkah

>> Banu Khuza'ah

>> The Hudaibiya pact

>> March to Makkah

>> Destruction of the idols

>> Address to the people

>> Banu Jazima

22. The Battle of Hunain

>> Tribes of Hawazin and Thaqueef

>> The pass of Hunain

>> The Battle of Hunain

>> Confrontation at Autas

23. The Siege of Taif

>> The siege of Taif

>> Operations of Ali

>> Conversion of the people of Taif to Islam

>> Return to Madina

24. Campaign Against Banu Tai

>> Hatim Tai

>> Adi

>> Flight of Adi

25. Christians Of Najran

>> Christians tribes

>> Christians of Najran

>> The Christian deputation

>> Dispute with the Christians

>> The Mubahila

26. Banu Zabada

>> Umar b Madi kurb

>> Action against Banu Zabada

27. Expedition To Tabuk

>> Wars between the Byzantines and the Persians

>> Expedition to Tabuk

>> Ali as Governor of Madina

>> The Tabuk campaign

>> Holy Prophet's address at Tabuk

>> Return from Tabuk

28. The Declaration of Discharge

>> Abu Bakr as Amirul Hajj

>> The Revelation

>> Ali

>> Declaration of Discharge

>> Importance of the Declaration

>> Ali's claim to the caliphate

29. Banu Ramla

>> Banu Ramla

>> Campaigns against Banu Ramla

>> Expedition under Ali

30. Mission to Yemen

>> Khalid b Walid's mission to Yemen

>> The mission of Ali

>> Strategy of Ali

31. The Farewell Pilgrimage

>> The pilgrimage

>> The Caravan

>> Dhul Hulaifa

>> Makkah and Mina

>> Farewell address

>> The Revelation

>> Reaction of the Companions

32. Khum Ghadir

>> The Revelation

>> Address of the Holy Prophet

>> The Controversy

33. Death of the Holy Prophet

>> Illness of the Holy Prophet

>> The Holy Prophet's address

>> And Allah rewarded the thankful

34. The Caliphate of Abu Bakr

>> Election of Abu Bakr as the Caliph

>> Ali's reaction to the election of Abu Bakr

>> Offer of allegiance to Ali by 1bn Abbas and Abu Sufyan

>> Property of Fidak

>> Activities of Ali during the caliphate of Abu Bakr

35. Fatima Zahra

>> Death of Fatima

>> Ali's grief at the death of Fatima

>> Married life of Ali and Fatima

>> Fatima Zahra-assessment

36. Ali's Oration on the Death of Abu Bakr

>> Ali's oration

37. The Caliphate of Umar

>> Nomination of Umar as the Caliph

>> Battle of Yermuk

>> Conquest of Jerusalem

>> Ornaments of Ka'aba

>> The Hijri era

>> Counsels of Ali in judicial matters

>> Claim to property

>> Ali's observations on the death of Umar

38. Ali During the Caliphate of Othman

>> Election of Othman as the Caliph

>> Activities of Ali during the caliphate of Othman

>> Abu Dhar Ghifari

>> The Revolt

>> Inquiry into complaints

>> Assassination of Othman

39. Election of Ali as the Caliph

>> Anarchy

>> No candidate for election

>> Election of Ali

>> The Dissidents

>> Address of Ali

>> Helplessness of Ali

40. The Caliphate Issue

>> The Controversy

>> Right to succeed

>> Will of the Holy Prophet

>> Will of Allah

>> Islamic Concept of office

>> Relationship of Ali with his predecessors

>> Nature of the issue

41. Vengeance for the Blood of Othman

>> Cry for vengeance for the blood of Othman

>> Nature of the crime of the assassination of Othman

>> Purpose of the cry for vengeance

>> Alterior motive

42. Deposition of Provincial Governors

>> Proposal to depose the provincial governors

>> Mughira b Shuaba

>> Abdullah b Abbas

>> Orders for the deposition of Governors

>> Defection of Syria and Kufa

43. Defiance of Muawiyah

>> Challenge for Ali

>> Proclamation of Jihad

44. Defection of Talha and Zubair

>> Talha and Zubair

>> Talha and Zubair's oath of allegiance to Ali

>> Defection of Talha and Zubair

>> Ali's letter to Talha and Zubair

>> Ali's address about the defection of Talha and Zubair

45. Ayesha

>> Ayesha and Ali

>> Ayesha in Makkah

>> The call to war

>> The plan of war

46. Ayesha's March to Basra

>> The Proclamation

>> The Army

>> Ayesha's address to the troops

>> The Day of tears

>> Desertions from the army of the confederates

>> Ayesha at Hau'ab

>> Destination-Basra

47. Battle for Basra

>> Delegation from Basra

>> Othman b Hanif prepares for war.

>> The battle

>> The truce

48. Ayesha's Occupation of Basra

>> Emissary to Madina

>> War in Basra

>> Hakim b Jabala

>> Administration of Basra

49. Ali's March to Rabda

>> Ali's plan of action

>> Ali at Rabda

>> Banu Tai

>> Letters to Othman b Hanif, Governor of Basra

>> Need for reinforcements

50. Ali's Missions to Kufa

>> Abu Musa Ashari

>> Muhammad b Jafar and Muhammad b Abn Bakr's mission to Kufa

>> The mission of Ibn Abbas

>> Mission of Imam Hasan

>> Pro-Ali Government in Kufa

51. Ali's March to Basra

>> Welcome to the men from Kufa

>> The army of Ali

>> Camp at Dhulkan

>> On the way to Basra

>> Camp at Basra

52. Peace Parleys

>> Ali's quest for peace

>> Ali's mission to Ayesha

>> The issues

>> Vengeance for the blood of Othman

>> Promoting the cause of Islam

>> Reaction of Ayesha

53. The Battle of the Camel

>> Negotiations for peace

>> The Regicides

>> The Battle

>> End of the battle

54. Ali's Occupation of Basra

>> Burial of the dead

>> Treatment of the people of Basra

>> Occupation of Basra

>> Ayesha

>> Consequences of Ali's victory in the battle of the Camel

55. Kufa, the New Capital

>> Kufa, the new capital

>> Characteristics of Kufa and its people

>> Ali at Kufa

56. Qais Bin Saad Ansari

>> Importance of Egypt

>> Qais bin Sa'ad

>> Affairs of Egypt

>> Intrigues of Muawiyah

>> Deposition of Qais

>> Qais and Ali

57. Muawiyah

>> Muawiyah's early life

>> Character of Muawiyah

>> Conflict between Ali and Muawiyah

>> Strategy of Muawiyah

58. Amr Bin Al-Aas

>> Amr b Al-Aas, pre-lslamic period

>> Conversion to Islam

>> Amr's opposition to Othman

>> Caliphate of Ali

>> Muawiyah and 'Amr b Al-Aas

59. In Quest of Peace with Muawiyah

>> The task before Ali

>> Envoy to Syria

>> Muawiyah's envoy

60. Letters of Ali Addressed to Muawiyah

>> Letters of Ali

>> Finality of the election of the Caliph

>> Criticism of Muawiyah

>> Delivery of the murderers of Othman

>> Challenge to Muawiyah

>> Partition of the Muslim state

>> Ali and his predecessors

61. Ali's March to Syria

>> Ali's army

>> March through the desert

>> Miracle of the well

>> Onward to Siffin

62. The Battle for Water

>> Muawiyah's command of water supply

>> Negotiation for access to water supply

>> Battle for water

63. Months of Suspense

>> The Armies

>> Overtures for peace

64. The Battle of Siffin

>> Hostilities on a limited scale

>> The main battle

>> The main battle

>> The ruse of the Syrians

>> The revolt in Ali army

65. Arbitration Agreement

>> Significance of the display of the leaves of the Holy Quran

>> Ash'as b Qais

>> Causes of the helplessness of Ali

>> Arbitration Deed

>> The Umpires

66. The Kharijites

>> The Return March

>> The Khawarij

>> Ali and the Kharijites

67. Testament of Ali

>> Testament of Ali

>> The Hereafter

>> Virtue and faith

>> Protection of God

>> The elders

>> Your own way

>> Tests of God

>> Resignation to the Will of God

>> Allah is One

>> Picture of the world

>> Balance between yourself and the people

>> Self adulation

>> The journey to the Hereafter

>> Access to God

>> Preparations for death

>> Temptations of the world

>> Counsels to follow

>> Speech and silence

>> Man and God

>> Company

>> The fate

>> The times

>> Sustenance

>> Patience and faith

>> Words of counsel

>> Conclusion

68. The Arbitration

>> Meeting of the Umpires

>> Arbitration Proceedings

>> Announcement

>> Ali's letter to Abu Musa

69. The Battle of Nahrawan

>> Ali's reaction to the Arbitration decision

>> The Kharijites

>> The Battle of Nahrawan

70. Ali's loss Egypt

>> Muhammad b Abu Bakr

>> Malik Ashtar

>> The fall of Egypt

>> Helplessness of Ali

71. Trouble in Basra

>> Strategy of Muawiyah

>> Trouble in Basra

>> Death of al Hadrami

>> Abdullah b Abbas

72. Revolt of Khurrit Bin Rashid

>> Khurrit b Rashid

>> Flight of Khurrit

>> The Battle of Ahwaz

73. Raids of Muawiyah

>> Raids on Iraq

>> Expedition to Hijaz

>> Basr's expedition to Yemen

>> Ali's counter attack

>> Consequences of the raids of Muawiyah

74. Martyrdom of Ali-661 C.E.

>> The Kharijite plot

>> Muawiyah and his assassin

>> 'Amr b Al-A'as and his assassin

>> Assassination of Ali

>> Will of Ali

>> Hasan's oration on the death of Ali

>> His burial

>> Fate of the assassin of Ali

>> Elegy on the death of Ali

75. Life of Ali, General Review

>> The Biographer and his hero

>> Biography and History

>> Greatness of Ali

>> Periods in the life of Ali

>> Causes for the non success of Ali from the worldly point of view

>> Opposition of the Quraish

76. Ali, The Man

>> Physical appearance

>> Wives and children of Ali

77. Distinctions of Ali

>> Man of many distinctions

>> His birth

>> His relationship with the Holy Prophet

>> His valor

>> His knowledge

>> His spiritual attainments

>> His Appellations

78. Ali in the Holy Quran

>> References to Ali in the Holy Quran

>> Verse 33, Sura 33

>> Verse 61, Sura 3

>> Verse 23, Sura 42

>> Verse 21, Sura 45

>> Verse 17, Sura 11

>> Verse 4, Sura 66

>> Verse 18, Sura 32

>> Verse 54, Sura 25

>> Verse 36, Sura 24

>> Verse 55, Sura 5

>> Verse 12, Sura 58

>> Verse 181, Sura 7

>> Verse 57, Sura 43

>> Verse 29, Sura 48

>> Verse 43, Sura 13

>> Verse 64, Sura 8

79. Ali, The Father of Sufism

>> Father of Sufism

>> The Holy Prophet and Sufism

>> Gnosis of God

>> Prayers to God

>> Communion with God

>> Doctrine of preference

>> Fasting

>> Zakat

>> Pilgrimage

>> Jihad

>> Repentance

>> Detachment

>> Patience

80. Ali, The Gate of Knowledge

>> The learning of Ali

>> His concept of Knowledge

>> Superiority of knowledge over wealth

81. Ali The Poet

>> Ali as a poet

>> Ali's Dewan

>> Samples of the poetry of Ali

82. Ali, The Generous

>> Ali's generosity

>> Preference for the supplicant to one's own Deeds

>> God accepted Ali's charity

>> Manifold return for chartiy

>> A legend of the generosity of Ali

>> He gave his gold ring to the beggar

>> He undertook to pay the debt of a dead Muslim

>> He paid for the dates

83. Administrative Instructions of Ali

>> Administrative instructions

>> Instructions to Malik Ashtar

>> Instructions to Abdullah b Abbas

>> Letter to Ziyad b Abiya

>> Instructions to the Collectors of Zakat

84. Judgements of Ali

>> Ali as a Judge

>> The story of loaves

>> Dispute about a child

>> Dispute about the custody of money

>> How Ali detected the murder

>> The Cow and the Ass

>> Mad woman accused of adultery

>> Child born in six months after marriage

>> Share in the property of a deceased husband for a divorced wife

>> The man who stole his coat of mail

85. Ali's Conduct of Wars

>> Ali's instructions for the conduct of war

>> Instructions to his son Muhammad Hanifa

>> Instructions to the Generals of the border forces

>> Treatment for the rebels

>> Instruction to the army

>> Strategy for crisis

>> Prayers of Ali

86. Social and Ethical Thought of Ali

>> Thought of Ali

>> Friends of Allah

>> Momins and hypocrites

>> Faqih

>> Justice and mercy

>> The world and the Hereafter

>> Momin and an infidel

>> Proximity to the ruler

>> Haste

>> Faith and faithlessness

>> Philosophy

>> Forgiveness

>> Secret of success

>> Kinds of patience

>> Wealth and poverty

>> Faith

>> Momin

>> Perfection

>> Heresy

>> Seven things of the devil

>> Generosity

>> Tauhid

>> Justice

>> Broadmindedness

>> Wealth and health

>> Two types of subsistence

>> Truth and falsehood

>> Things that are the best

>> Things to which nothing is better

>> Success and failure

>> Person doomed to ignominy

>> Three friends

>> Three foes

>> Two types of men

>> Greetings and favor

>> Humiliation

>> Two hungry persons

>> Miser

>> Offshoots of patience

>> Miserliness, patience, piety and cowardice

>> The greatest and the vilest

>> Companies to be avoided

>> Two things to be afraid of

>> The worst enemies

>> Things that are worse

87. Political Thought of Ali

>> Ali as political thinker

>> State and Government

>> Caplih

>> The people

>> Taxation

>> Functionaries of the State

>> Foreign policy

88. Ali's concept of God

>> Ali's concept of God

>> When did God exist

>> Protection of God

>> Counsels of All with reference to God

>> Ali's prayer to God

89. Ali on the Life of the World

>> Life in this world, and Life in the world Hereafter

>> Evil of the world

>> The World and the Hereafter

>> Transitory character of the World

90. Anecdotes of Ali

>> He decried flattery

>> He denounced praise

>> He would carry his own burden

>> He did not want the people to follow in his retinue

>> He prayed for patience to bear suffering

>> His complaint against his people

>> He rode on a mule instead of a horse

>> He would never turn his back to the enemy

>> He would not seek a concession

>> He preferred his slave to himself

>> He had no ambition for the caliphate

>> He freed the slave who did not respond to his call

>> He saw God with inward eyes

>> He lost consciousness while praying

>> He would not pay the enemy in its own coin

>> He preferred his men to himself

>> Two wrongs cannot make a right

>> He was dispirited because he had no guest

>> He wore dress of coarse cloth

>> He wanted to travel light

>> He would not break open the lock of the shop of God

>> He was not afraid of death

>> He did not care for the booty

>> He would not own the treasure in the land that he had purchased

>> He undertook to clear the debt of a dead Muslim

>> He would not accept the allegiance from whom he had released

>> He did not believe in the prognostication of the astrologer

>> He would take no precaution to protect himself

>> People stood in the way of his right

>> Spacious house

>> Renunciation, not the way of Islam

>> Hosting dinner

>> He could still wield the sword

91. Similes of Ali

>> Similes of Ali

>> The world

>> Falsehood

>> The unbelievers

>> The people who did not respond to his call

>> The tree and the fruit

>> The people of Basra

>> People of the age of ignorance

>> The people of Kufa

>> Mughira b Shu'aba

>> The people who run after the world

>> The people who are not deceived by the world

>> Ali's complaint against the Umayyads

>> Falsehood of Muawiyah

>> Shedding of Sins through prayer

>> Cleanliness and prayers

>> Crumbs after the meals

>> The people who did not respond to his call

>> Heart of the people

>> Ignorant persons

>> Ashas b Qais

>> Patience and faith

>> Disease and sins

>> Death of the virtuous

>> Days of life

>> Devotion to the world

>> Seekers of the world

>> Virtue of silence

>> Thirsty camels on a water pond

>> The caliphate of Umar

>> Umayyad use of the Baitul Mal

>> Withholdiog the milk of the she camel from its young one

>> Handle of the grinding stone

>> The simile of a sinner

>> Drops of rain

>> The summer clouds

>> Goat and the lion

>> Taking the thorn out of the foot with a thorn

>> Solution of the salt in water

>> Bull with crooked horns

>> Shaking of Plants

>> Pregnant women separated from the child

>> Household of the Holy Prophet

>> Foaming waves of the Holy Prophet

92. Sayings of Ali

>> His Sayings

93. Assessment of Ali by Eminent Muslims

>> Abdullah b Masud

>> Abu Saeed Khudri

>> Imam Hanbal

>> Ibn Athir

>> Darema

>> Ibn Nadim

>> Umar b Abdul Aziz

>> Masudi

>> Shah Wali Ullah

>> Syed Amir Ali

>> Ata Mohyuddin

>> Allama Iqbal

94. Assessment of Ali by Western Scholars

>> Philip Hitti

>> Sir William Muir

>> Charles Mills

>> Professor Nicholson

>> John J. Pool

>> Edward Gibbon

>> Thomas Carlyle

>> Dr. Heary Stubbe

>> Major Price

>> J. J. Saunders

When Abu Bakr died in 634 C.E., Ali delivered an oration which was not only a faithful summing up of the character and personality of Abu Bakr, but was also a masterpiece of oratory. The speech has been preserved, and quoted hereunder in full Mercy of God on you O Abu Bakr! You were an affectionate Companion and friend of the Prophet of Allah, a source of joy to him, and who knew his secrets, and enjoyed the privilege of being consulted by him. You were the first person to embrace Islam. You had the purest faith, and your belief in Islam was unshakable. Of all, you feared Allah most, and you were the source of the greatest advantage to his faith. You had been with the Prophet more than any one else, and your love for Islam was superior to others. A blessing to the Companions, you were the best of associates, master of many virtues, excelling others in accomplishments, and superior to all in position. You resembled the Holy Prophet more than any other person in the uprightness of character and conduct and in kindness and excellence. Your rank was noble, and your position sublime and you enjoyed the greatest confidence of the Prophet. May God reward you for your services to Islam and the Prophet. For the Prophet you were like his very sight and hearing. You corroborated the truth of his message at a time when everybody belied him; and so you were called "As-Sadiq' (the veracious) by Allah in His revelations. He says, 'The one who came with the Truth and the one who corroborated the truth. The One who came with the Truth was Muhammad, and the one who corroborated the Truth was Abu Bakr. You supported him when others had deserted, and you remained firm in helping him in misfortunes when others had withdrawn their support. In the days of hardship you were his best companion; you were the second of the two, and his companion in the Cave. You were the person on whom God conferred tranquillity of mind. You were the only companion of the Prophet in his migration to Madina, and you were his Caliph among his followers, and in the religion of Allah. You discharged the functions of the Khilafat in a most excellent manner at a moment when the people had taken to apostasy, and exhibited much firmness in enforcing the commands of Allah as had never been exhibited by the Khalifa of any other prophet. You rose to the occasion when your colleagues showed lassitude, and you became bold when they exhibited weakness. You were strong when they were weak. You retained your adherence to the ways of the Prophet when others had deviated from them. You were his true Caliph with no dispute or difference, although this gave offense to hypocrites, and umbrage to the infidels. You stuck to the commands of Allah when others showed cowardice. You remained firm when others went astray. You had the lowest voice, and the highest distinction. Your conversation was most salutary, and your reasoning was forceful. Your silence was longest in duration, and your speech was most eloquent. You were bravest among men, You were well informed about matters. Your action was most dignified. You were the leader of the believers. You came towards the faith when others were away from it. Indeed you acted 1ike a kind father to the believers, and your filial affection made them your children. You bore the heavy burden which they could not, and you preferred to do what they had omitted. You preserved that what they had lost. You taught them what they knew not. You took the risk when they were helpless. You did not lose patience, when they were inpatient. You redressed the grievances of those who asked for justice. They turned to you for guidance, and you guided them to success. They got through you what they had never dreamt of. For the infidels you were a source of terrible punishment and great fear. For the believers you were all kindness, affection and protection. You fed in the atmosphere of piety, you attained its noble reward, and won in superiority. Your argument was never weak and your judgment was never faulty. You were never guilty of cowardice, and your heart was never crooked or misdirected. You were like a rock which stands firm in the face of hard blows of dashing winds and waves. You were as the Prophet of Allah has said, the most generous of men in friendship and in giving money. Again as he said, you were weak in body, but strong in enforcing the commands of Allah. You were humble in your manners, but dignified in the estimation of God. You were great in the eyes of men, and you commanded respect with them. No one could even as much as wink at you, nor could any one taunt you. You were kind to all and partial to none. The weak and the humble were strong with you as you made secure their rights. The strong were weak and humble with you as you made them surrender the rights of others. No matter those who were near you, and those who were far from you were all equal. Those who obeyed and feared Allah were nearest to you. Your dignity lay in righteousness, truth and benevolence. Your word was imperative and definite. Your command was mild and cautious. Your judgment was fair and wise. You extirpated evil and made way for the Truth clear. You solved difficulties. You extinguished the fires of evil and discord. You brought moderation to the Faith, strength to belief, firmness to Islam and the Muslims, and triumph to the command of Allah. You were a source of grief to the infidels. Because of your extraordinary qualities, you have created difficulties for your successors who would have to work hard to maintain the standards set by you. Evidently, you attained a high position in doing good. You are far above mourning and lamentation. Mourning for you is great in the Heaven. Your death has broken the back bone of the people, and we recite the verse 'From God you came, and to God you have returned'. We submit to what has been ordained by Allah, and are ready to obey His commands. By Allah never shall the Muslims suffer after the death of the Prophet, a calamity greater than your death. You were a source of honor, protection and support to the Faith and for the believers you were a stronghold and a place of refuge. For the hypocrites you were all strictness and terror. May Allah take you near to your Prophet, and may He not deprive us of the fruits of your efforts and may we not be misled after you. We recite once again 'From God you came and to God you have returned'. May your soul rest in peace!"

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