The late Dr. Ahmad Al-Waeli was one of the most knowledgeable scholars the modern Islmaic world had. The late Ayatollah Khomeini called him the mobile Islamic library. This specific clip was from year 1416 Hijri, the night of 19th of Ramadan, which corresponded to 9th of February of the year 1996 AC, the night that Imam Ali (a.s.), centuries ago, was hit by a poisoned sword when he was performing the morning praying, and he was then martyred two days after that. Consequently the speech is about Imam Ali (a.s.), as it is Shi'it traditions to commemorate these events. Further, The Commander of the Believers, Imam Ali [a.s.] said: " ...The reward of a religious scholar is greater than the reward of a person who is fasting on days and establishes prayers during the night and fights in the Holy War for the sake of Allah. And, when a religious scholar dies, there will appear a gap in Islam which cannot be compensated except by a replacement of that (kind)." - Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 2, p. 43 Show Less >>