I’ve been too busy with my work, friends and my outdoor activities that I sometime neglected my younger sister at home.

InsyaAllah am going to change that.

May Allah bless you for writing this beneficial article.

MashAllah how beautifully u have written this & explained with the reference of Surah Yousaf.

Wa ‘alaykum assalaam wr wb Nurul,

Ja zaa kii Allaahu khayr for your kind words!

May Allaah (swt) reward you for asking a question with such humility and etiquette! Make du’a that I am able to do likewise when querying matters with others 🙂

Re: saying Imam Ali (as) – there is some difference of opinion on this issue. Some scholars take issue with singling out Ali (ra). At the same time, many scholars (including my teachers) say (as) after members of the family of the Prophet (saw) – and that includes Ali (ra) and Fatimah (ra). It is not an uncommon practice and evidences for its permissibility include the taahiyaat you say in prayer, the salaawat we give on the Prophet (saw), the fact that Imam Bukhari (rah) and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (rah) have used “(as)” after Imam Ali’s (ra) name etc.

I am not a scholar however so if you want an academic presentation of the issue I would ask your local Imam or if a student of knowledge/scholar on this site is willing to answer it – by all means go ahead in sha Allaah! 🙂

Hope that answers your question!

Truly, it’s really a masterstroke piece since most of us neglected the communication and interpersonal skills between the grown-ups and younger siblings. I’d better say no more than congratz to you. Thumbs-up.

But there’s something keep spinning in my mind regarding the address following Imam Ali. Is it ‘as’ as in Imam Ali (as)? Because normally i used to stumble across this usage of (as) following the Angels as in Jibrail (as) or Prophets as in Yusuf (as). And usually the call following the scholars is (ra)-radhiallahu anhu, as in Abu Hurairah or Anas ibn Malik (ra).

Please dont get me wrong here of I’m assuming you’re overlooking it. I meant no harm:) It’s just I’d be pleased for you to do me a favour of confirming it 🙂 or if it’s my comment that false in the first place, please let me know. Thank you for your attention and I’m very deeply sorry if there’s any slip of tongue or crude says. Wasalam.