Companion of Imam Ali (a.s) HAZRAT AMMAR BIN YASIR The people in Makkah lived in ignorance and darkness. The strong persecuted the weak and deprived them of their rights. No one supported the weak. Yasirs Family Ammar belonged to Yemens tribes, but how did he come to Makkah? Yasir, Ammars father, and his two brothers al-Harith and Malik looked for their missing brother everywhere. But they did not find him. Therefore, they decided to go to Makkah to look for him. They did not find him there, too. Al-Harith and Malik wanted to come back to Yemen, but Yasir decided to stay in Makkah to live near Allahs Holy House. Ammar was with Truth Ammar was sixty years old. However, he was more eager than the young men to strive for Allah. Ammar deeply believed in Allah. He loved the Apostle of humanity, our Master Muhammad [s]. The Prophet [s] also loved his old friend, Ammar. He praised him on several occasions: Ammar is with truth and truth is with Ammar. Truth is always with him. Ammar is full of faith. Blessed is Ammar, the unjust group will kill you. Your last food in this world will be a cup of yoghurt. Days, months and years passed. Ammar was always with our Master Muhammad [s] he was always striving for Allah against the enemies of Islam and humanity. In 11 A.H., our Master Muhammad [s] passed away. On that occasion, all Muslims became sad. Ammar wept over his old friend, Allahs Apostle. He remembered the days of his youth in Makkah and the days of Jihad. Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed loyal to his Islam. He was always striving for the religion and saying the word of truth. He was not afraid of anyone but Allah. Ammar loved Ali bin Abu Talib because he heard our Master Muhammad [s] always saying: Ali, no one loves you but a believer and no one hates you but a hypocrite. Ali, you are in the same position with respect to me as Harun was to Musa except there is no Prophet after me. On the farewell pilgrimage, Ammar saw our Master Muhammad [s] taking both arms of Ali and raising them high, he said: Whoever, I am the master of, this man, Ali is his master. Allah, befriend whoever befriends him, be hostile to whoever opposes him. Support whoever supports him and desert whoever deserts him. For this reason, Ammar thought that Ali bin Abu Talib would be the Caliph after our Master Muhammad [s]. Anyhow, Abu Bakr al-Sidiq became the Caliph after the Prophet. But some companions opposed his Caliphate. Ammar opposed his Caliphate too. And he stood by Ali bin Abu Talib and Fatima al-Zahra, our Master Muhammads daughter. After a short while, Fatima al-Zahra, the mistress of the women of the world, died. The Muslims revolted for justice. They were angry at persecution. Imam Ali [a] was the symbol of justice. The Imam did not sadden the Muslims. On the first day, he dismissed all the bad rulers Uthman had appointed. Then he appointed good rulers. The Imam dismissed Muawiyah from Sham. But Muawiyah was always planning to control Sham first. Then he planned to control the Muslim lands in general. So, he rebelled and announced that he would get revenge on Uthmans killers. For this reason, the Battle of Siffeen took place on the borders between Syria and Iraq. Imam Alis army included many companions of Allahs Apostle [s]. Ammar bin Yasir, Malik al-Ashter, Abdullah bin Abbas, and others were among them. Muawiyahs army included the enemies of Islam such as Marwan bin Al-Hakam, Amru bin al-Ass, bin Abi-Maayad, and those who escaped from Alis Justice to Muawiyahs world. The Muslims in both armies were always repeating our Master Muhammad [s] tradition: Ammar, the unjust group will kill you. Ammar was in Imam Alis Army. He was over ninety years old. Nevertheless, he fought as bravely as the believing young man did. He looked at the sky and said: Allah, if I know that you are pleased with throwing myself into the Euphrates, Ill do! Allah, I know that you are pleased to see me striving those corrupt people! Ammar was with truth, and truth was always with him. So, he said: By Allah, if they (Muawiyahs Army) defeat and chase us to the Hajar date-palms, Ill say that were right and theyre wrong. Ammars martyrdom sounded at both fronts. Imam Alis Army was in high spirits, but Muawiyahs Army was in low spirits. At that night, the Imams Army launched a wide attack against Muawiyahs Army. The Imams Army was about to win victory. But Amru bin al-Ass created a new trick. He ordered the army of Sham to raise the Koran. They were demanding the Imams Army to turn to Allahs Book. The fights stopped. Both armies withdrew from the Valley of Siffeen. The martyrs bodies stayed on the battlefield. The body of Ammar, aged ninety six, stayed there too. Nowadays, when the Muslims visit that area, they can see the big shrine of that great companion, who spent all his life in striving for Islam. When Ammar became a martyr, the Muslims knew the right front during that bitter war.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:51:14 +0000
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