Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 561
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says : Amīr al-mu’minīn pointed to the Chief of the Negroes, (Ṣāḥibu’z-Zanj). [1]
Nahj al-Balagha 562
Then Amīr al-mu’minīn said : Woe to you (the people of Baṣrah’s) inhabited streets and decorated houses which possess wi…
Nahj al-Balagha 563
[A part of the same sermon referring to the Turks (Mongols) :] I [2] can see a people whose faces are like shields cover…
Nahj al-Balagha 564
One of his companions said to him: O Amīr al-mu’minīn, you have been given knowledge of hidden things. hereupon Amīr al-…
Nahj al-Balagha 565
O brother of Kalb! This is not knowledge of hidden things (‘ilmu’l-ghayb ), [3] these matters have been acquired from hi…
Nahj al-Balagha 566
Therefore, Allāh alone knows what is there in the wombs, whether male or female, ugly or handsome, generous or miserly, …
Nahj al-Balagha 567
About measures and weights, the transience of this world and the condition of its people
Nahj al-Balagha 568
O creatures of Allāh! You and whatever you desire from this world are like guests with fixed periods of stay, and like d…
Nahj al-Balagha 569
Cast your glance over people wherever you like, you will see either a poor man suffering from poverty, or a rich man ign…
Nahj al-Balagha 570
Mischief has appeared and there is no one to oppose and change it, nor anyone to dissuade from it or desist from it. Do …
Nahj al-Balagha 571
Delivered when Abū Dharr [1] was exiled towards ar-Rabadhah
Nahj al-Balagha 572
O Abū Dharr! You showed anger in the name of Allāh therefore have hope in Him for whom you became angry. The people were…
Nahj al-Balagha 573
Grounds for accepting the Caliphate and the qualities of a ruler and governor
Nahj al-Balagha 574
O (people of) differing minds and divided hearts, whose bodies are present but wits are absent. I am leading you (amicab…
Nahj al-Balagha 575
O my Allāh! Thou knowest that what we did was not to seek power nor to acquire anything from the vanities of the world, …
Nahj al-Balagha 576
O my Allāh! I am the first who leaned (towards Thee) and who heard and responded (to the call of Islam). No one preceded…
Nahj al-Balagha 577
You certainly know that he who is in charge of honour, life, booty (enforcement of), legal commandments and the learders…
Nahj al-Balagha 578
Warning about death and counselling
Nahj al-Balagha 579
We praise Him for whatever He takes or gives or whatever He inflicts on us or tries us with. He is aware of all that is …
Nahj al-Balagha 580
[A part of the same sermon :] By Allāh, certainly it is reality not fun, truth not falsehood. It is none else than death…