Day 1
The son of Abu Talib, son of Abd al-Muttalib, son of Hashim, and of Fatima bint Asad (al-Irshad of al-Shaykh al-Mufid); the first child of B…
Day 2
He was the first man to believe in the Prophet, at the age of ten, and prayed with him in the hills around Mecca (al-Ghadir of al-Amini; Tar…
Day 3
When the Prophet joined the Emigrants and the Helpers in brotherhood, he took Ali as his own brother and told him: You are my brother in thi…
Day 4
At the Battle of the Trench in 5 AH he answered the challenge of Amr ibn Abd Wadd, who had crossed the trench, and killed him (al-Sira al-Na…
Day 5
The Prophet sent him to proclaim the opening verses of Surat al-Bara'a to the polytheists at Mina, under the command that only the Prophet o…
Day 6
The Prophet said: Ali is with the truth, and the truth is with Ali (al-Kafi 1:294; Kifayat al-Athar); hadiths with this meaning are also rec…
Day 7
In the council of six he refused a condition to follow the conduct of the first two caliphs, saying he would act by the Book of God and the …
Day 8
He gave his own food to the needy, the orphan and the captive (76:8), and the verse of those who give their wealth by night and day, secretl…