Who was ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib?
Raised in the Prophet's ﷺ house, married to Fāṭimah, the door of the city of knowledge. His courage at Khaybar, his eloquence, and the fitna he inherited.
5 passages from 4 books in the library
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 4 books by Ibn Battuta and Imam al-Ghazali — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
14th century · Tangier, Morocco
The Riḥlah — a 30-year, 75,000-mile journey across three continents, and the most important travel account of the pre-modern world.
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"Sheikh Ali al-Haidari was brought before them, and it was confirmed that he had given his turban to the rebel and prayed for him, so they judged him to be executed."
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"After their deaths, Hajib Khawaja Amir Ali Tabrizi told Chief Judge Kamal al-Din that young one did not deserve to be killed."
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
Reviving the inner life of Islam through the Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn — one of the most influential works ever written in any religious tradition.
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"Ali rose saying tighten your waist for death for death will indeed meet you do not be troubled by death if it lands in your valley"
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
Reviving the inner life of Islam through the Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn — one of the most influential works ever written in any religious tradition.
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"This hadith was narrated by Ahmad from Muad and in the authentic collections from Sahal Ibn Saad that he said this to Ali"
14th century · Tangier, Morocco
The Riḥlah — a 30-year, 75,000-mile journey across three continents, and the most important travel account of the pre-modern world.
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"I was accompanied from the city of Saray to Khwarazm by a nobleman from Karbala named Ali ibn Mansur, who was a merchant."
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