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Nahjul-Balāgha ﻧﻬﺞ ﺍﻟﺒﻼﻏﺔ by Imām Alī Ibn Abū Tālib  Path of Eloquence Nahjul-Balāgha ﻧﻬﺞ ﺍﻟﺒﻼﻏﺔ By Imām Alī ibn Abū Tālib VOLUME THREE Translated from the Arabic By Yasin T. al-Jibouri Yasin Publications, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., August 2014 Reprinted by Ahlulbayt Organization, 34 New House, 67-68 Hatton Garden, London, England, EC1N 8JY, United Kingdom, with permission of the Copyrights Holder and Translator, Yasin T. al-Jibouri, who has provided all materials. These three Volumes were published by the Translator through Authorhouse of Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. Volume One, an image of which is posted to the right, was published on February 12, 2013. It carries Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 2013902690 and these ISBNs: 9781481712651, 9781481712637 and 9781481712644. Volume Two, which was published on April 9, 2013, carries Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 2013902690 and these ISBNs: 9781481739719, 9781481739696 and 9781481739702. Volume Three, which carries Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 2013902690, was published on May 6, 2013 and carries these ISBNS: 9781481747882, 9781481747868 and 9781481747875. Amazon markets these Volumes globally: Go to www.amazon.com and key the book’s title in the SEARCH box. Dar al-Mamoon for Translation and Publication of the Iraqi Ministry of Culture published these three Volumes in full color in the fall of 2013; they do not carry ISBNs. An image of their front cover design is posted here for you. Yasin Publications, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., August 2014 أ َ ِد ِم الصﻻة َ على الن َ ِبي ُم َح ﱠم ِد فقبول ُھا َح تما َبغ ِير تـَ َـر ﱡد ِد أعمال ُنا َبين الق َ ِبول و َر ﱢد ھا إﻻ الصﻻة َ على الن َبِ ِي ُم َح ﱠم ِد Let your blessing of Muhammed endure, Without hesitation it is accepted for sure. Between acceptance and rejection do our deeds swing, But in the way of blessinging Prophet Muhammed stands nothing. CONTENTS EXCERPTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE OF THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL .................................................7 DOCUMENT OF INSTRUCTION 53.......................................................12 WRITTEN FOR (MĀLIK) AL-ASHTAR AN-NAKH`I, WHEN THE STATUS OF MUHAMMED IBN ABŪ BAKR HAD BECOME PRECARIOUS AND IMĀM ALI IBN ABŪ TĀLIB HAD APPOINTED MALIK AL-ASHTAR AS PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OF EGYPT AND SURROUNDING AREAS. IT IS THE LONGEST DOCUMENT AND CONTAINS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF BEAUTIFUL STATE- MENTS:......................................................................................... 12 QUALIFICATIONS OF A GOVERNOR AND HIS RESPON- SIBILITIES: 13 Ruling should be in favor of the people as a whole................. 15 Advisors................................................................................... 15 Different classifications of the public...................................... 17 Communion with Allāh ........................................................... 24 ON THE BEHAVIOR AND ACTION OF A RULER ................................ 25 LETTER 54 ..................................................................................................32 TO TALHAH AND AZ-ZUBAYR (THROUGH `IMRĀN IBN AL-HASEEN ALKHUZĀ`I). ABŪ JA`FAR AL-ISKĀFI HAS MENTIONED THIS IN HIS WORK TITLED KITĀB AL-MAQĀMĀT ON THE EXCELLENT QUALITIES (MANĀQIB) OF IMĀM ALI IBN ABŪ TĀLIB ”.............................. 32 LETTER 55 ..................................................................................................34 TO MU`ĀWIYAH ........................................................................... 34 INSTRUCTION 56 ......................................................................................35 WHEN IMĀM ALI IBN ABŪ TĀLIB PLACED SHŪRAYH IBN HĀNI (AL-MADHHAJI) AT THE HEAD OF THE VANGUARD PROCEEDING TO SYRIA, HE ISSUED THIS DOCUMENT INSTRUCTING HIM:................. 35 LETTER 57 ..................................................................................................36 TO THE PEOPLE OF KŪFA WHEN HE MARCHED FROM MEDĪNA TO BASRA .......................................................................................... 36 LETTER 58 ..................................................................................................37 WRITTEN TO THE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES DESCRIBING WHAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN HIM AND THE PEOPLE OF SIFFĪN...... 37 LETTER 59 ..................................................................................................38 TO AL-ASWAD IBN QUTBAH, COMMANER OF HULWAN’S TROOPS 38 LETTER 60 ..................................................................................................39 TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS THROUGH WHOSE JURISDICTIONS THE ARMY PASSES......................................................................... 39 LETTER 61 ..................................................................................................40 TO KUMAYL IBN ZIYĀD AN-NAKH`I, GOVERNOR OF HĪT, EXPRESSING DISPLEASURE WITH HIS INABILITY TO PREVENT THE (SYRIAN) ENEMY FORCES FROM PASSING THROUGH HIS AREA TO LOOT:............................................................................................ 40 LETTER 62 ..................................................................................................41 TO THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT SENT THROUGH MĀLIK AL-ASHTAR WHEN THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL MADE HIM ITS GOVERNOR:................................................................................... 41 An excerpt from the same letter:.............................................. 42 LETTER 63 ..................................................................................................45 TO ABŪ MŪSA (ABDULLĀH IBN QAYS) AL-ASH`ARI, GOVERNOR OF KŪFA, WHEN IMĀM ALI IBN ABŪ TĀLIB LEARNED THAT HE WAS DISSUADING THE PEOPLE OF KŪFA FROM JOINING THE FORCES TO FIGHT IN THE BATTLE OF JAMAL WHEN IMĀM ALI IBN ABŪ TĀLIB HAD CALLED THEM TO DO SO:................................................. 45 LETTER 64 ..................................................................................................47 REPLYING TO MU`ĀWIYAH ........................................................... 47 LETTER 65 ..................................................................................................50 TO MU`ĀWIYAH............................................................................ 50 LETTER 66 ..................................................................................................52 TO ABDULLĀH IBN ABBĀS............................................................ 52 (A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THIS LETTER HAS ALREADY BEEN INCLUDED).................................................................................... 52 LETTER 67 ..................................................................................................54 TO QUTHAM IBN AL-ABBĀS, HIS GOVERNOR OVER MECCA .......... 54 LETTER 68 ..................................................................................................55 TO SALMAN AL-FĀRISI PRIOR TO IMĀM ALI IBN ABŪ TĀLIB’S CALIPHATE:................................................................................... 55 LETTER 69 ..................................................................................................56 TO AL-HĀRITH (IBN ABDULLĀH, AL-A`WAR) AL-HAMTHĀNI:...... 56 LETTER 70 ..................................................................................................58 TO SAHL IBN HUNAYF AL-ANSĀRI, HIS GOVERNOR OVER MEDĪNA, ABOUT CERTAIN PERSONS IN MEDĪNA WHO HAD JOINED MU`ĀWIYAH ................................................................................. 58 2 LETTER 71 ..................................................................................................59 TO MUNDHIR IBN JARUD AL-ABDI WHO, IN HIS ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE, HAD MISAPPROPRIATED CERTAIN THINGS:...................... 59 LETTER 72 ..................................................................................................60 TO ABDULLĀH IBN ABBĀS: .......................................................... 60 LETTER 73 ..................................................................................................60 TO MU`ĀWIYAH ........................................................................... 60 DOCUMENT 74 ..........................................................................................61 WRITTEN BY IMĀM ALI IBN ABŪ TĀLIB AS A PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE TRIBES OF RABĪ`AH AND THE PEOPLE OF YEMEN, TAKEN FROM THE WRITING OF HISHĀM IBN (MUHAMMED) AL- KALBI:.......................................................................................... 61 LETTER 75 ..................................................................................................62 TO MU`ĀWIYAH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER IMĀM ALI IBN ABŪ TĀLIB WAS SWORN-IN. (HISTORIAN MUHAMMED IBN `OMAR) AL- WĀQIDI HAS MENTIONED THIS LETTER IN HIS BOOK KITĀB AL- JAMAL: .......................................................................................... 62 INSTRUCTION 76 ......................................................................................62 GIVEN TO ABDULLĀH IBN ABBĀS AT THE TIME OF HIS APPOINTMENT AS GOVERNOR OF BASRA:...................................... 62 INSTRUCTION 77 ......................................................................................63 TO ABDULLĀH IBN ABBĀS WHOM HE DISPATCHED TO DEBTE WITH THE KHĀRIJITES:.................................................................. 63 TO ABŪ MŪSA AL-ASH`ARI IN REPLY TO THE LATTER’S CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING THE TWO ARBITRATORS. SA`ĪD IBN YAHYA AL-UMAWI HAS MENTIONED THIS IN HIS KITĀB AL- MAGHĀZI:...................................................................................... 64 LETTER 79
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