The Sayings And Preaching of Al-Imam Ali (p.b.u.h)
Hadith n. 314
314. Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, said: Throw a stone in return from where one comes to you because evil can be met only with evil.
Hadith n. 315
315. Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, said to his secretary ‘Ubaydullah ibn Abi Rafi’: Put cotton flake in the inkpot, keep the nib of your pen long, leave space between lines and close up the letters because this is good for the beauty of the writing.
Hadith n. 316
316. Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, said: I am the ya’sub (leader) of the believers, while wealth is the leader of the wicked.
As-Sayyid ar-Radi says: It means that the believers follow me while the wicked follow wealth just as the bees follow their “ya’sub” who is their leader. 78
Hadith n. 317
317. Some Jews said to Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him; You had not buried your Prophet when you picked up differences about him, when Amir al-mu’minin replied: We did not differ about him but we differed after him (i.e. about his succession); whereas your feet had not yet dried after coming out of the river (Nile) when you began asking your Prophet: Make you for us a god as they have gods of their own. Said he; ‘Verily you are a people behaving ignorantly. ‘ 79 (Qur’an, 7:138)
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