noble lineage, touching his heart, and dissipating his anxiety.

We too should invite to righteousness with wisdom. Ponder over: when, where, and what should be said, and in which style a particular person should be addressed. Learn these skills also. The renowned spiritual guide and leader of Ahl al-Sunnah, Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas Attar al-Qadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ has compiled an amazing book called Call to Righteousness. It includes: virtues of calling to righteousness, the harms of abandoning it and styles of delivery. Do read this book. اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه You will find it very helpful in developing into an excellent and effective preacher. May Allah Almighty grant us the ability to do righteous actions.

We also learn from this account about the extent of the asceticism of one of the ꜤAsharah Mubashsharah, the helper of the believers and fourth Caliph of the Muslims, Sayyidunā ꜤAlī b. Abū Ṭālib, the Lion of Allah رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ, the father of Imams Ḥasan and Ḥusayn رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا. When our pious predecessors and exemplars declared the love of the world to be disagreeable, we too should give no room for it in our hearts.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                          صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Brief introduction to Sayyidunā ꜤAlī رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ 

Dear Islamic brothers! Sayyidunā ꜤAlī رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ is the fourth Caliph of the Muslims and was born in al-Makkah al-Mukarramah. He embraced Islam at the age of ten years.^[1] His father named him Ḥaydar, whereas his mother named him ꜤAlī. The beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم granted him the title اَسَدُ اللہ, which means the Lion of Allah.^[2] He رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ is from the