Khasais of Amir Al Momenin
Khasais of Amir Al Mu'minin or Khasais Ali is a book on virtues and moral characters of the fourth Rashidun caliph and Imam Ali, who was the cousin, son-in-law, and the close companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The book was written by Imam al-Nasa'i. He was concerned in the book with the place of Ali and his relation to the Muhammad.
Author
He was born in Nisa, Turkmenistan, located in Greater Khorasan in ancient times. Nesaei counted as one of the six confident narrators among Sunni in Islam religion. The book of Sunnah written by him, counted as one of the Sihah Settah among Sunni. Zahabi says that: Nisai is more skillful than other narrators like Termadhi and Moslem.Motive of writing
Nisai traveled to Damascus in the last years of his life. He thought that Ali was abused, so he wrote the Khasa'is Ali, to tell people of the virtues of Ali ibn Abi Talib and his standing with Muhammad. This angered the 'Nasibis', who asked him to write a similar book about the virtues of Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan. He refused, saying that there are no virtues reported about him. But the Nasibis said that there are narrations, so he said "Only if you mean the Hadith "May Allah not fill his belly!" a hadith in which Muhammad cursed Muawiyah. This angered the Nasibis, so they beat him unconscious. He was transferred to Mecca, where he died reportedly because of the injuries of beatings.Content
Nisai reported nearly 188 narrations on the character of Imam Ali.Translation
The book has been translated into the Persian, Indian, Azeri and Urdu languages. Some of them are as follows:- Translation to Persian by Lahouri: "Haqaeq Ladonni in explaining about the features of Alavi Characters"
- Translation by Najjar Zadegan
Publications
The book has been published by various publisher across the globe in different languages. The original book is in Arabic Language.- Khasais-e-Ali by Imam Nasai, Published by: Book corner
- Khasais-E-Ali by Imam Nasai, Published by: Darussalam