Hadith n. 473
473. It was said to Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, : We wish you had changed your grey hair, O Amir al-Mu’minin. Then he said: Dye is a way of adornment while we are in a state of grief.
As-Sayyid ar-Radi says: Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, is referring to the death of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his descendants.
Hadith n. 474
474. Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, said: The fighter in the way of Allah who gets martyred would not get a greater reward than he who remains chaste despite means. It is possible that a chaste person may become one of the angels.
Hadith n. 475
475. Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, said: Contentment is a wealth that does not exhaust.
As-Sayyid ar-Radi says: Some people have related that this is the saying of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his descendants.
Hadith n. 476
476. When Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, put Ziyad ibn Abih in place of Abdullah ibn Abbas over Fars (in Persia) and its revenues, he had a long conversation with him in which he prohibited him from advance recovery of revenue. Therein he said: Act on justice and keep aloof from violence and injustice because violence will lead them to forsake their abodes while injustice will prompt them to take up arms.
Hadith n. 477
477. Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, said: The worst sin is that which the committer takes lightly.
Hadith n. 478
478. Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, said: Allah has not made it obligatory on the ignorant to learn till He has made it obligatory on the learned to teach.
Hadith n. 479
479. Amir al-mu’minin, peace be upon him, said: The worst comrade is he for whom formality has to be observed. 101
As-Sayyid ar-Radi says: This is because formality is inseparable from hardship and it is an evil that is caused by a comrade for whom formality is observed. Consequently, he is the worst of all comrades.
