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==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
"Abu Turab" is an [[Arabic]] | "Abu Turab" is an [[Arabic]] term, which literally means "the father of dust". There are some [[Hadith|hadiths]] explaining why Imam Ali (a) was titled as Abu Turab. | ||
===First Tradition=== | ===First Tradition=== | ||
'Abaya b. Rib'i asked [['Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas]]: "Why did the Prophet (s) give the title "Abu Turab" to 'Ali (a)?" | 'Abaya b. Rib'i asked [['Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas]]: "Why did the Prophet (s) give the title "Abu Turab" to 'Ali (a)?" | ||
He replied: "Because he [Ali (a)] is the owner of the earth and God's representative among people. The | He replied: "Because he [Ali (a)] is the owner of the earth and God's representative among people. The earth continues to exist and remain calm because of his presence. I heard the Prophet (s) saying: 'In the [[Hereafter]], the non-believer sees the position and the reward of the followers of Ali's and says: 'I wish I were of the dusty' (so I was related to the father of dust ['Ali (a)] and was one of his [[Shi'a]]) and this is what [[Qur'an]] reads 'and the faithless will say 'I wish I were dust' (Quran 78:40).'"<ref>Al-Majlisi, ''Bihar al-anwar'', vol. 35, p. 51; Al-Saduq,'' 'Ilal al-sharayi' '', vol. 1, p. 151</ref> | ||
===Second Tradition=== | ===Second Tradition=== | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Virtues of Imam Ali (a)]] | ||
[[Category:Epithets of Imam Ali (a)]] | [[Category:Epithets of Imam Ali (a)]] | ||