الإمام علي بن أبي طالب “عليه السلام” في كتاب الفصول المهمة في معرفة الأئمة لأبن الصباغ المالكي “ت:855ه – 1452م”

Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, may God bless him and grant him peace, in the book “The Important Chapters in the Knowledge of the Imams” by Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki (d. 855 AH - 1452 AD)

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most
merciful
Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds. We praise Him, we seek His help, we seek His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in God Almighty from the evils of ourselves and from the bad deeds of our deeds. Whoever God Almighty guides, none can misguide him, and whoever He leads astray, there is no guide for him. Prayers and peace be upon the Master of creation and the Seal of the Messengers, our intercessor on the Day of Judgment, Abi Al-Qasim Muhammad and the God of the Good. The pure, and the dragonfly of religion.
But after:-
Commander of the Faithful, Ali bin Abi Talib, may God bless him and grant him peace, is one of the shining figures of Islam, and one of his lofty figures in his leadership toward Islam, in jihad for the sake of God, in redemption for the sake of protecting God’s religion, in obedience to God Almighty, and to His Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, and in moral character. With the good morals of Islam, and in exploring knowledge in its various branches, until it was the door to the city of overflowing prophetic knowledge, just as the greatness of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, may God bless him and grant him peace, is not hidden from anyone.
The study of the biography of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, may God bless him and grant him peace, is one of the studies that has been emphasized by specialist researchers for a long time, and which has had an impact on studies of Islamic history. The Commander of the Faithful, may God bless him and grant him peace, is a shining sun from which the heart of every human being benefits according to his circumstance and capacity, and what the authors have written about him. Without exception, it is a definition of the ray, but as for the soul of the sun, no one has reached it, nor will it, except those who are in his rank, or higher than him.
What inspired us and made us more determined in choosing the topic, the study of Imam Ali, may God bless him and grant him peace, in the book The Important Chapters in the Knowledge of the Imams by Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki, is that this topic of ours is still early in studies and has not been addressed by the pens of researchers specialized in history, despite the investigator Sami al-Ghurairi’s study of the same book, but he did not specialize in The biography of Imam Ali, may God bless him and grant him peace, only, and the topic raised for us some of the contradictions found in the narrations mentioned by the author, even though he relied in narrations on the main books, and among the problems that we encountered in this study are:

The controversy and contradiction in some of the narrations that were mentioned, as well as the lack of scrutiny in the history of some historical events and the places they occurred, and the lengthiness that was found in the pages of the book at times, and at other times the brevity in some of the narrations, this was mentioned in the book, as well as the lack of impartiality of the author in mentioning some of the narrations that were specific to Imam Ali, may God bless him and grant him peace, took away the right of the Commander of the Faithful, may God bless him and grant him peace, despite his objectivity that was necessary for him in writing the book, he took on a non-neutral character.