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===Second Tradition=== | ===Second Tradition=== | ||
Katwari<ref>Katwari, p.113</ref> says: "The first person titled as 'Abu Turab' was [['Ali b. Abi Talib]] (a). When [[the Prophet (s)]] saw him laying on the ground and saw the dust on his clothing and body, he gently and kindly said to him: 'Get up, O Abu Turab!' and 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (a) liked this title the most. After this incident and because of the Prophet (s), it became a special feature for him, because the dust (earth) told him the news of the past and the future to the [[Day of Resurrection]]."<ref>Amini, ''Volume 6'', pp. 327-328</ref> | Katwari<ref>Katwari, p.113</ref> says: "The first person titled as 'Abu Turab' was [['Ali b. Abi Talib]] (a). When [[the Prophet (s)]] saw him laying on the ground and saw the dust on his clothing and body, he gently and kindly said to him: 'Get up, O' Abu Turab!' and 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (a) liked this title the most. After this incident and because of the Prophet (s), it became a special feature for him, because the dust (earth) told him the news of the past and the future to the [[Day of Resurrection]]."<ref>Amini, ''Volume 6'', pp. 327-328</ref> | ||
===Third Tradition=== | ===Third Tradition=== | ||
In a different | In a different ''(hadith)'', it is said: "In the middle of the month of [[Jumada al-Ula]] 2 A.H. (November 623), the Prophet (s) and a group of his companions left [[Medina]] seeking the caravan of [[Quraysh]] led by [[Abu Sufyan]]. They reached a place named 'Ashira but they did not find the caravan. During their stay in 'Ashira, the Prophet (s) encountered 'Ali (a) and [['Ammar]] while they were asleep on soil and there was dust over Ali's face and head. The Prophet (s) gently and kindly woke them up and said to Ali (a): O' Abu Turab! Get up. Do you not want me to tell you who are the most vicious people on earth? One of them is Ihmir (Qadar b. Salif) who killed the she-camel of the Prophet [[Salih]] and the other is the one who hits you on the head by sword and dyes your beard with your blood.'"<ref>Ibn Athir, ''Volume 1'', p. 522; Ibn Shahrashub, ''Volume 3'', p. 133</ref> | ||
===Fourth Tradition=== | ===Fourth Tradition=== | ||
"From the time 'Ali (a) became famous as 'Abu Turab' ... Ali loved this title; because the Prophet (a) had given it to him."<ref>Balazuri, ''Volume 2'', p. 343</ref> | "From the time 'Ali (a) became famous as 'Abu Turab' ... Ali loved this title; because the Prophet (a) had given it to him."<ref>Balazuri, ''Volume 2'', p. 343</ref> | ||
According to the two last traditions, the literal meaning of "Abu Turab" | According to the two last traditions, the literal meaning of "Abu Turab" (i.e. the father of dust) may not be an exact meaning of "Abu Turab" as a title but rather the term "dusty person" would convey the meaning better. | ||
==During Umayyad Period== | ==During the Umayyad Period== | ||
[[Umayyad]] Caliphs issued that every speaker in any Muslim city should curse 'Ali (a). In this period, the title "Abu Turab" was used as a | [[Umayyad]] Caliphs issued that every speaker in any Muslim city should curse 'Ali (a). In this period, the title "Abu Turab" was used as a derogatory title for Imam Ali (a). | ||
It has been narrated that a person came to [[Sahl b. Sa'd]] and said | It has been narrated that a person came to [[Sahl b. Sa'd]] and said, "The governor of Medina is planning to force you to curse 'Ali (a) publicly on pulpit." He said, "How should I curse him?" He replied, "By calling him Abu Turab." Sahl said, "By God! The Prophet (s) gave him this title … by God, Abu Turab was Ali's best name [title]."<ref>Amin, ''Volume 2'', p. 101</ref> | ||
It has also been narrated from [[Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju'fi]] that "I complained about Umayyad and their supporters to [[Imam Sajjad]] (a) and said: 'They are killing us wherever we go. They are uprooting us. They are cursing our master [[Amir al-Mu'minin]] (a) publicly on pulpits and minarets, in bazaars and alleys. They repudiate Imam 'Ali to the point that they gather in [[Masjid al-Nabi]] (the mosque of the Prophet (s)) and curse 'Ali (a) openly while no one prevents them doing so or expresses his disagreement with their action; and if one of us opposes them, they all attack him and say he is [[Rafidi]] (refuser (of the caliphate of the three first Caliphs)) and Abu Turabi (related to Abu Turab). They take him to their governor and claim that he praised Abu Turab and then beat him up, jailed him and finally killed him.'"<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Volume 4'', p. 10</ref> | |||
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