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Imam Ali Al-Murtada By: M-Ali All praise is due to Allah (swt). I bear witness that there is no god worthy of Worship but He (swt)there is no God save Him (swt), the Living, the Just, the Manifest. He (swt) created the earths and heavens out of nothing. His (swt) Wisdom is unfathomable and endless, the Lord of the two Easts and the two Wests and all that are in the Heavens and the earth entreat Him (swt). Every day He (swt) exerciseth Universal Power. How shall Allah (swt) Guide a people who disbelieved after their faith and (after) they bore witness that the messenger is true and after clear proofs (of Allah’s (swt) Sovereignty) had come unto them. And Allah (swt) guideth not wrongdoing folk. 3 Aal-e-Imran : 86 Oh Allah (swt), send my sincere salutations and greetings to Muhammed (s), his AhlulBayt (as), the Imams (as) and the Mahdi’s (as), and please allow us to be devout Muslims InshaAllah. And we made them chiefs, who guide by our command, and We (swt) inspired them the doing of good deeds and the right establishment of worship and the giving of alms, and they were worshippers of Us (alone). 21 Al-Anbiya : 73 Before his passing from this world, the Seal of the Prophets- Prophet Muhammed (S) appointed Ali Bin Abi Talib (as) as his (S) successor to be the Leader of the Muslim Nation, the issue of succession was contentious, but among the Muslims there were none holding the merits and virtues Imam Ali (as). The Holy Prophet (S) would refer to him as his brother, friend and vicegerent. He (S) told Imam Ali (as), “You are in the same position with respect to me as Aaron (as) (Harun as) was to Moses (Musa as), except there is no Prophet after me.” These words [YH