Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 61
If I speak out they would call me greedy towards power but if I keep quiet they would say I was afraid of death. It is a…
Nahj al-Balagha 62
Delivered on being advised not to chase Ṭalḥah ibn ‘Ubaydillih and az-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwām for fighting. [1]
Nahj al-Balagha 63
By Allāh I shall not be like the badger, which feigns sleep on continuous (sound of) stone-throwing till he who is in se…
Nahj al-Balagha 64
About the hypocrites
Nahj al-Balagha 65
They [1] have made Satan the master of their affairs, and he has taken them as partners. He has laid eggs and hatched th…
Nahj al-Balagha 66
Said about az-Zubayr at a time for which it was appropriate
Nahj al-Balagha 67
He asserts that he swore allegiance to me with his hand but did not swear with his heart. [1] So he does admit allegianc…
Nahj al-Balagha 68
Cowardice of the people of Jamal
Nahj al-Balagha 69
They [1] thunder like clouds and shone like lightning but despite both these things they exhibited cowardice, while we d…
Nahj al-Balagha 70
Regarding the incitement of Satan: alluding to a particular group of people (about Ṭalḥah and az-Zubayr)
Nahj al-Balagha 71
Beware! Satan [1] has collected his group and assembled his horse-men and foot-soldiers. Surely, with me is my sagacity.…
Nahj al-Balagha 72
Delivered in the Battle of Jamal when Amīr al-mu’minīn gave the standard to his son Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah [1]
Nahj al-Balagha 73
Mountains [2] may move from their position but you should not move from yours. Grit your teeth. Lend to Allāh your head …
Nahj al-Balagha 74
When [1] Allāh gave him (Amīr al-mu’minīn) victory over the enemy at the Battle of Jamal one of his comrades said on tha…
Nahj al-Balagha 75
“Did your brother hold me friend?” He said: “Yes,” Then Amīr al-mu’minīn said: In that case he was with us. Rather in th…
Nahj al-Balagha 76
Condemning the people of Baṣrah [1]
Nahj al-Balagha 77
You were the army of a woman and in the command of a quadruped. When it grumbled you responded, and when it was wounded …
Nahj al-Balagha 78
Another version : By Allāh, your city would certainly be drowned so much so that as though I see its mosque like the upp…
Nahj al-Balagha 79
Another version : Like the bosom of a bird in deep sea.
Nahj al-Balagha 80
Another version : Your city is the most stinking of all the cities as regards its clay, the nearest to water and remotes…