ALI THE MIRACLE OF MOHAMMAD(S)
BY
YAQUB HASAN RIZVI
THE LAST HAJJ
When Ali (A.S.)
was still in Yemen the Prophet (S.A.W) decided to go for Haj. This was the last
Haj of the Prophet
(S.A.W). He had not performed any Haj after coming to Madina. As the news
spread Muslims from every corner of the Arabian Peninsular decided to accompany
him. The Prophet (S.A.W) wrote to Ali (A.S.) to finish his task soon and join
him at Mecca to
perform the Haj together. The Prophet (S.A.W) also took with him his daughter
Fatema (S.A.) and all his wives. Sixty six camels were also taken to be
sacrificed at Kaaba. The Prophet (S.A.W) reached Mecca on Sunday the fourth of
Zilhajj 10th
year after his migration from Mecca.
When Ali (A.S.)
came from Yemen he pitched his tents outside Mecca and leaving his men and
material there came to the Prophet (S.A.W) to present
the accounts of his mission. The person whom Ali (A.S.) had appointed to guard
the property distributed the new costumes Ali (A.S.) had brought from Yemen to
the
soldiers so that they may enter Mecca in new costumes. When Ali (A.S.) returned
and saw the soldiers all dressed he
made them remove them and fired the officer for mistrust saying the real owner
of those costumes was only the Prophet (S.A.W) and no one else and without his
permission no one could touch it. To Ali (A.S.) this was a misappropriation
from Baitul Mal (the treasury of the Muslims). The soldiers did not like Ali
(A.S.)’s attitude and complained to the Prophet (S.A.W) about it. The Prophet
(S.A.W) said, "Do not grumble about Ali (A.S.). I swear by Allah that he
is more intensely in the way of Allah than that any one should complain about
it."
After Ali
(A.S.)’s arrival the Prophet (S.A.W) addressed the huge Muslim gathering from
the top of Jabalul Arafat, (the mount of Arafat) and then taught them the rites
of pilgrimage and Hajj. He then sacrificed some of the camels himself he had
brought from Madina and asked Ali (A.S.)
to sacrifice
the remaining ones on his behalf. Ali (A.S.) too had brought thirty four camels
from Yemen which he sacrificed with the camels of the Prophet (S.A.W).
The Prophet
(S.A.W) left Mecca on fourteenth of Zilhajj for Madina and behind him the large
multitude of his
followers walked. As the caravan reached Johfa, a place thirteen miles from
Mecca it suddenly
stopped.
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