A tongue that cuts throat in ‘Imam Ali (AS)’

The 7th episode of iFilm historical series ‘Imam Ali (AS), to be aired at 23:00 GMT (02:30 Tehran time) tonight, is to show how Abu Dharr al-Ghifari’s walking on the eggshells will cost him dearly.

Abu Dharr had sworn allegiance to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and then Imam Ali (AS) who succeeded the Prophet upon his death, with the promise that in the faith of Allah he would not care for any reproacher and that he would speak out the truth no matter how bitter it might be.

Truthfulness and courage is a quality which even the greatest personalities do not hold fast but Abu Dharr has proven he is a loyal companion to Imam Ali (AS) and now this loyalty is costing him his life.

He is protesting against the accumulation of wealth by Muawiyah during the caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan and has been uncompromisingly urging the equitable redistribution of wealth. Will his long for justice comes at the price of his life? 

The series, produced by Mohammad Beikzadeh and directed by Davoud Mir-Baqeri, will also be repeated the next day at 05:00, 11:00, 17:00, except Saturdays.

The epic series focuses on the life of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. It covers the events before the caliphate of Imam Ali (AS) to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

The series cast list includes Daryoush Arjmand, Vishka Asayesh, Sirous Gorjestani, Ali-Asghar Hemmat, Parviz Parastoui, Behzad Farahani, Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia, Mehdi Fathi, Atash Taqipour, and Abbas Amiri-Moqaddam.

The long list of popular stars goes on with Azita Hajiyan, Akbar Abdi, Fakhri Khorvash, Farideh Sepah-Mansour, Davoud Rashidi, Saeed Nikpour, Enayat Bakhshi, Reza Karam-Rezaei, Parvaneh Masoumi, Hossein Panahi, Jamshid Mashayekhi, and Shohreh Lorestani.

‘Imam Ali (AS)’, made in 1997, is comprised of 25 episodes.

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