“When Ali (as) was born, his mother Fatima Bint Asad named him after her father, Asad. Abu Talib did not agree with her and said: “O Fatima! Let us go to the Qubais hills, and invoke Allah (some reporters say that he said they should go to the Masjidu’l-Haram). He may tell us the name of this child.”
It was night when they reached the Abu Qubais hills (or the Masjidu’l-Haram) and began their invocations. Abu Talib prayed: “O Creator of this dark night and bright moon, let us know Your will regarding this child’s name.”
At that time a voice came from the sky. When Abu Talib raised his head, he saw a tablet like a green jewel, with four lines written on it. He took the tablet and clasped it to his chest. When he read it, he found these verses written on it: “I have conferred a special honor on you both by giving you a pure, distinguished son. He has been given the name ‘Ali’ from the side of Allah. It is derived from ‘Ali’ (The Exalted).”
Ganji Shafi’i writes in Kifayatu’t-Talib that a voice came in reply to the verses of Abu Talib reciting these two couplets: “O people of the exalted Prophet’s House! I have distinguished you with a pure child. Verily, he has been named ‘Ali’ from the side of Allah Almighty. This name is derived from Allah’s own Name, Al-Ali.”
Abu Talib was immensely pleased and fell down in prostration before Allah. As a token of thanksgiving
for this great event, he sacrificed ten camels. He hung the tablet in the Masjidu’l-Haram. The Bani Hashim used to take pride in it before the Quraish. The tablet remained hanging there until it disappeared in the time of war between Abdullah Ibn Zubair and Hajjaj.”
The book Peshawar Nights uses the following sources- Mir Seyyed Ali Hamadani Faqih Shafi’i, in his Mawaddatu’l-Qurba, Mawadda VIII, from the report of Abbas Ibn Abdu’l-Muttalib, which Sulayman Balkhi Hanafi also quotes in his Yanabiu’l-Mawadda, chapter 56, and Muhammad Bin Yusuf Ganji Shafi’i in his Kifayatu’t-Talib)
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Joshua Charbonneau is an American Muslim. He was born in 1982 in Sumter, South Carolina. He is of French Canadian and American descent. He was born into a Christian family, and later chose to revert to Shi’a Islam at the age of 17, having studied both faiths. After reverting to Islam he chose the name Mateen which in Arabic means strong, firm and unshakable. His first language is English and he also learned Quranic Arabic.
At age 26 he moved to Washington, DC area and has been an active part of the Muslim community. He took part in a documentary by Al-Anwar Hussain TV entitled Journey of the Spirit where he narrated his incredible story on how he became a Shia Muslim.
Since March of 2013 he has been studying Howza (Islamic Seminary) classes in America and Najaf al-Ashraf under esteemed scholars such as Sheikh Mustafa Akhound, Sheikh Mirza Abbas Shamsuddin, Sheikh Saed Kulayni, Sheikh Mohammad Baghernejad, Sayed Ibn Abbas Naqvi, Sheikh Mohammad Jafar Danesh, Sayed Baqir Imrani, Sayed Raad al-Alawi and Sayed Muhammad Baqir Shirazi.
Sheikh Mateen has also written, compiled and published some very in-depth books entitled The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers (Shia) throughout History, Christians who defended and died for Prophet Muhammad and his Family (English, Spanish, French), Mystery of the Shia, a Study Guide for Logic and an extensive book of narrations entitled Prophetic Gems, A Commentary to the Faith of Shia Islam (Aqaed Imamiyya) of Allama Muzaffar (4 volumes) and Recalling the Sacrifices of Karbala. These titles are available at Amazon.
In 2014 he founded a nonprofit organization to send free books to prisoners entitled 2nd Chance Books, which was filmed about in a documentary by Ahlul Bayt TV entitled Faith Behind Bars.
He received his turban from the hand of Sheikh Ahmad al-Haeri on the martyrdom of Muslim ibn Aqil (ra) / Day of Arafat in 2016 and also from Marja’ Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad Taqi Modarresi in the Holy city of Karbala on the birth anniversary of Imam Sajjad (as) in 2018.
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