Suratul Fatiha - Hujjat Workshop

awkward words. He avoided sitting at prominentplaces in gatherings – rather sitting in a circle to avoidany distinction, so much so that visitors had difficultyidentifying who he was, visited the poor and sick – nohousework was too low or undignified for him- ate thesimplest of foods yet• When it came to bravery there was no parallal - hismost perfect student and successor – Ali (A.S.) wouldsay “ When we used to meet the enemies and battlewas at it’s peak, we would stand behind Muhammadwhen our hearts wavered – He was always closest tothe enemy” and battles – he instructed his peoplenever to start war and to fight only when they wereattacked first- if the enemy lost his orders were not tochase the fleeing soldiers – he would always try andtalk to the enemy hoping that their humanity wouldshine through and the fighting averted –• When doing dua’ – Imam Ali (A.S.) would say, “I usedwatch him do dua. He would raise his hands like aneedy person raising his hands begging for food. Tearswould stream down his cheeks and one of the dua’sImam quotes, ‘Allahumma hassin khalqi. Allahummajannini munqaratil akhlaaq’ O Allah make my natureand character good. Keep me away from that akhlaaqwhich is bad• He emancipated women – He taught that bothgenders were created for the same purpose – therecognition of their Creator and therefore therealisation of their full potential as human beings – buthave been given different tools with which to fulfiltheir common goal. Indeed, their physiological,emotional, and psychological differences are a result ofwww.qfatima.com Page 82