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14ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لمّا سُئلَ عن صِفَةِ النَّبيِّ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) وهُو مُحْتَبٍ بحَمائلِ سَيفِهِ في مَسجِدِ الكُوفَةِ ـ: كانَ رسولُ اللّهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) أبيَضَ اللَّونِ مُشرَباً حُمرَةً، أدعَجَ العَينِ، سَبطَ الشَّعرِ، كَثَّ اللِّحيَةِ، سَهلَ الخَدِّ، ذا وَفرَةٍ، دَقيقَ المَسرُبَةِ، كأنّ عُنقَهُ إبريقُ فِضَّةٍ، لَهُ شَعرٌ مِن لَبَّتِهِ إلى سُرَّتِهِ يَجري كالقَضيبِ، لَيسَ في بَطنِهِ ولا صَدرِهِ شَعرٌ غَيرُهُ، شَثْنُ الكَفِّ والقَدَمِ، إذا مَشى كأنّما يَنحَدِرُ مِن صَبَبٍ، وإذا قامَ كأنّما يَنقَلِعُ مِن صَخرٍ، إذا التَفَتَ التَفَتَ جَميعا، كأنَّ عَرَقَهُ في وَجهِهِ اللُّؤلؤُ، ولَريحُ عَرَقِهِ أطيَبُ مِن المِسكِ الأذفَرِ، لَيسَ بالقَصيرِ ولا بالطَّويلِ، ولا بالعاجِزِ ولا اللَّئيمِ، لَم أرَ قَبلَهُ ولا بَعدَهُ مِثلَهُ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) . |
| 14– Imam Ali (AS), when asked about the characteristics of the Prophet (SAWA) while he was sitting with his legs tucked under his sword-belt in the mosque of Kufa, said, ‘The messenger of Allah (SAWA) had white skin tinted with redness, with large black eyes, abundant lank hair, a thick beard, flat hairy cheeks, fine hair on his chest. His neck was [white] like a silver pitcher, he had hair from the top of his chest to his belly flowing like a sword, and he did not have any other hair on his stomach or chest. He had thick hands and feet, when he walked he walked fast and when he stood up it was like he had been erected from a rock. When he turned he would turn his whole body. The perspiration on in his face was like pearls, and the scent of his perspiration was more fragrant than strong musk. He was neither short nor tall, nor was he frail, nor avaricious. I have never seen someone like him (SAWA) before him or after him.’[al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, v. 1, p. 410] |
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15ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ... حتّى بَعَثَ اللّهُ محمّداً (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) شَهيداً وبَشيراً ونَذيراً، خَيرَ البَريَّةِ طِفلاً، وأنجَبَها كَهلاً، وأطهَرَ المُطَهَّرينَشِيمَةً، وأجوَدَ المُستَمطَرينَ دِيمَةً . |
| 15– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘…until Allah sent Muhammad (SAWA) as a witness, a warner and a bringer of glad tidings. He was the best of people as a child, and the most noble of them when old. He was the purest of the pure in character and the most generous of all givers of all time.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 108] |
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16ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا عَرَضَ لَهُ أمرانِ إلّا أخَذَ بأشَدِّهِما . |
| 16– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘No sooner was he confronted with two tasks than he took the hardest of them.’[Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 1, p. 61, no. 55] |
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17ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما بَرَأ اللّهُ نَسمَةً خَيراً مِن محمّدٍ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ). |
| 17– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Allah did not create a human being better than Muhammad (SAWA).’[al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 440, no. 2] |
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18ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): طَبيبٌ دَوّارٌ بطِبِّهِ، قد أحكَمَ مَراهِمَهُ، وأحمى (أمضى) مَواسِمَهُ، يَضَعُ ذلكَ حَيثُ الحاجَةُ إلَيهِ، مِن قُلوبٍ عُميٍ، وآذانٍ صُمٍّ، وألسِنَةٍ بُكمٍ، مُتَتبِّعٌ بدَوائهِ مَواضِعَ الغَفلَةِ ومَواطِنَ الحَيرَةِ، لَم يَستَضيئوا بأضواءِ الحِكمَةِ، ولَم يَقدَحوا بزِنادِ العُلومِ الثّاقِبَةِ، فهُم في ذلكَ كالأنعامِ السّائمَةِ، والصُّخورِ القاسِيَةِ. |
| 18– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The Prophet (SAWA) was like a roaming physician who has set ready his ointments and heated his instruments. He used them wherever the need arose for curing blind hearts, deaf ears, and dumb tongues. He followed with his medicines the spots of negligence and the places of perplexity. They [the people] did not take the light from the lights of his wisdom nor did they produce flame from the flint of his sparkling knowledge. So in this matter, they are like grazing cattle and hard stones.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 108] |
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19ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّما أنا عَبدٌ مِن عَبيدِ محمّدٍ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) |
| 19– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘I am but a servant from among the servants of Muhammad (SAWA).’[al-Tawhid, p. 174, no. 3] |
