Grounds for accepting the Caliphate and the qualities of a ruler and governor O (people of) differing minds and divided hearts, whose bodies are present but wits are absent. I…
Delivered when Abu Tharr1 was exiled towards Rabatha O Abu Tharr! You showed anger in the name of Allah therefore have hope in Him for whom you became angry. The people…
About measures and weights, the transience of this world and the condition of its people O creatures of Allah! You and whatever you desire from this world are like guests…
About important events in Basra O Ahnaf! It is as though I see him advancing with an army which has neither dust nor noise, nor rustling of reins, nor neighing…
About the Kharijites If you do not stop believing that I have gone wrong and have been misled, why do you consider that the common men among the followers of…
When Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (A.S) was spoken ill of for showing equality in the distribution (of shares frombayt al-mal or the Muslim Public Treasury) he said: Do you command…
About the Kharijites and their opinion on Arbitration We did not name people the arbitrators but we named the Holy Qur’an the arbitrator. The Holy Qur’an is a book, covered,…
To exhort his followers to fight1 Put the armored man forward and keep the unarmored one behind. Grit your teeth because this will make the swords skip off the skull,…
Address of Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (A.S) to his followers on the battlefield of Siffin About supporting the weak and the low-spirited during the fighting Whoever among you feels…
When the Kharijites persisted in their rejecting the Arbitration, Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (A.S) went to their camp and addressed them thus: Were all of you’ with us in…
