Malik to depart on journey of death on ‘Imam Ali (AS)’

Malik al-Ashtar gets Jihad decree from Imam Ali (AS), in the 22nd episode of iFilm's historical series ‘Imam Ali (AS)’ to be aired tonight at 23:00 GMT.

Malik al-Ashtar has been assigned to depart on a journey with a Jihad decree being given to him by Imam Ali (AS).

Being aware of the fact that it might be his last chance to fight for Islam, Malik congregates with his wife, Hajar, and his son, Ibrahim, inside the mosque to reveal his mission to them and to tell them that this journey to Egypt is the journey of death.

Hajar consoles Malik saying how proud she is to be “the companion of the man who is the most loved aid of the most messenger of God’s loved one”.

She then narrates a saying by Imam Ali (AS) that everyone in Kufa is talking about as, “Malik for me is just like what Ali was for the prophet”.

The 25-episode series, produced by Mohammad Beikzadeh and directed by Davoud Mir-Baqeri, is to be aired at 23:00 GMT and repeated the next day at 05:00, 11:00, 17:00.

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.

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