Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha 2187

Thereupon, Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: If you are speaking a lie Allāh may afflict you with white spots (…

Nahj al-Balagha 2188

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: White spot means leucoderma. After sometime this disease did occur to Anas’s face so much so tha…

Nahj al-Balagha 2189

314. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Throw a stone in return from where one comes to you because evil can be …

Nahj al-Balagha 2190

316. Amīr al-mu’minim, peace be upon him, said: I am the ya‘sūb (leader) of the believers, while wealth is the leader of…

Nahj al-Balagha 2191

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: It means that the believers follow me while the wicked follow wealth just as the bees follow the…

Nahj al-Balagha 2192

319. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said to his son Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah: O’ my son, I fear lest destitution…

Nahj al-Balagha 2193

321. ‘Abdullāh ibn al-‘Abbās once advised Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, against his views, so he said: You have o…

Nahj al-Balagha 2194

323. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, passed by the dead bodies of the Khārijites on the day of the battle of Nahraw…

Nahj al-Balagha 2195

He was asked: O’ Amīr al-mu’minīn, who deceived them? Then, he replied: Satan, the deceiver, and the inner spirit that l…

Nahj al-Balagha 2196

326. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The age up to which Allāh accepts any excuse for a human being is sixty …

Nahj al-Balagha 2197

328. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Allāh, the Glorified, has fixed the livelihood of the destitute in the w…

Nahj al-Balagha 2198

331. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: When the disabled fall short in performing acts of obedience to Allāh, t…

Nahj al-Balagha 2199

335. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: There are two sharers in the property of every person — successors and a…

Nahj al-Balagha 2200

338. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Knowledge is of two kinds — that which is absorbed and that which is jus…