Masjid Ali Murtada (R.A)

Masjid, The mosque serves as a place where people can come together for salat (prayer) as well as a center for information, education, and dispute settlement. The Imam leads the prayer. They have developed significantly from the open-air spaces that were the Quba Mosque and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi

in the 7th century

Who was Imam Ali Murtada رضي الله عنه, This masjid was established and didicaetd to the great personality of Ali ibn Abi Talib رضي الله عنه Born 13th Rajab, 598. Was the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad

, who ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661. Sayedna Ali رضي الله عنهthe fourth of the Rashidun (rightly guided Caliphs). Being from the members of the Ahl al-Bayt, the household of Prophet

. Imam Ali رضي الله عنه was the only person born in the Kaaba sanctuary in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. He saw the Blessed face of the Holy Prophet

from birth. His father was Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib رضي الله عنه and his mother was Fatima bint Asad(R.A) but he was raised in the household of Holy Prophet

, who himself was raised by Abu Talib رضي الله عنه. Imam Ali رضي الله عنه was among the first to accept his message, dedicating his life to the cause of Islam. Imam Ali رضي الله عنه migrated to Medina shortly after the Holy Prophet

. There Prophet

told Imam Ali رضي الله عنه that he had been ordered by God to give his daughter, Fatimah (A.S) in marriage. For the ten years that Prophet

led the community in Medina, MOwla Ali رضي الله عنهlt was extremely active in his service, leading parties of warriors on battles, and carrying messages and orders. Syedina Ali رضي الله عنهwas a man with extensive knowledge of sciences. Numerous range of disciplines from theology and exegesis to calligraphy and numerology, from law and mysticism to Arabic grammar and Rhetoric regarded as having been first adumbrated by Imam Ali رضي الله عنه In Masjid Kufa he would freqyently give lectures and statement on different sciences. Once he was asked which animals would give birth and which hatched eggs. He resposned by saying that animals with ear outside gave birth and those animals having their ear inside hatched eggs. He would also constantly tell people if they had any questions regarding any matter, weather its refering to the sciences of the heavens or sciences of this world to say him. He would say that he knows both sciences. Imam Ali رضي الله عنه was attacked while praying in Kufa Masjid, Leaving this world a few days later. He is known for his courage, knowledge, belief, honesty, unbending devotion to Islam, deep loyalty to Holy Prophet

, equal treatment of all Muslims and generosity in forgiving his defeated enemies, and therefore is central to mystical traditions in Islam. Imam Ali رضي الله عنه retains his stature as an authority on Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic jurisprudence and religious thought.