REWARD FOR 18TH DAY OF FASTING
Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustafā (salla llāhu ʿalayhi wa-alehe wa-sallam) said:
"...On the eighteenth day, the Almighty Allāh would order Jibraeel, Mikaeel, Israfeel and the people of heaven to repent for the Ummah of Muhammad (salla llāhu ʿalayhi wa-alehe wa-sallam) till the next year. And Allāh would give you the reward of the people of Badr on the Day of Judgment..."
[Reference: Sawaabul A’amaal, page 105]
It is narrated from Jabir b. Samurah that he said:
The Prophet (salla llāhu ʿalayhi wa-alehe wa-sallam) informed ‘Alī (alayhi salām):
Who is the most wretched of all from the first and the last? Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (alayhi salām) replied:
Allāh and His Messenger know better. The Prophet (salla llāhu ʿalayhi wa-alehe wa-sallam) said: Your killer, O ‘Alī.
[Ahle Sunnah References: Musnad-e-Ahmed vol. 1 p. 130; Khasaais-o-Aale Abi Talib (a.s.) by Imam Nesaai p. 39; Al-Manaaqib of Ibn Maghaazeli p. 204]
Laylatul Qadr
The night of 19 Ramadhan 40 A.H. marked the beginning of one of the greatest losses to humanity.
A man who had given everything to others, who had been oppressed but never thought of revenge, who forgave his enemies, who helped the weak and fathered the orphans was preparing to meet his Lord. .....When it was dawn, Imām Ali (alayhi salām) proceeded to the mosque slowly. ..Imām (alayhi salām) arrived at the Kufa mosque and prostrated himself before Almighty Allāh (Subhanahu wa-ta'ala) . At that time, Ibne Muljim (May the curse of Allāh befall him) dealt such a blow on his head, everything in this world became heartbroken except the face of Ali (alayhi salām) who cried out:
“By the Lord of the Kabah, I have been successful!”