Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 1041
Then Amīr al-mu’minīn added: May Allāh have mercy on the person who, when he sees the truth, supports it, when he sees t…
Nahj al-Balagha 1042
During the battle of Ṣiffīn Amīr al-mu’minīn heard some of his men abusing the Syrians, then he said:
Nahj al-Balagha 1043
I dislike you starting to abuse them, but if you describe their deeds and recount their situations that would be a bette…
Nahj al-Balagha 1044
In the battle of Ṣiffīn Amīr al-mu’minīn saw Imam al-Ḥasan proceeding rapidly to fight, then he said:
Nahj al-Balagha 1045
Hold back this young man on my behalf, lest he causes my ruin, because I am loath to send these two (meaning al-Ḥasan an…
Nahj al-Balagha 1046
As-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: Amīr al-mu’minīn’s words “amlikū ‘annī hādha’l ghulām” (i.e. “Hold back this young man on my beh…
Nahj al-Balagha 1047
When Amīr al-mu’minīn’s companions expressed displeasure about his attitude concerning Arbitration, [1] he said:
Nahj al-Balagha 1048
O people, matters between me and you went as I wished till war exhausted you. By Allāh, it has overtaken some of you and…
Nahj al-Balagha 1049
Amīr al-mu’minīn went to enquire about the health of his companion al-‘Alā’ ibn Ziyād al-Ḥārithī and when he noticed the…
Nahj al-Balagha 1050
What will you do with this vast house in this world, although you need this house more in the next world. If you want to…
Nahj al-Balagha 1051
Then al-‘Alā’ said to him: O’ Amīr al-mu’minīn, I want to complain to you about my brother ‘Āṣim ibn Ziyād.
Nahj al-Balagha 1052
Amīr al-mu’minīn enquired: What is the matter with him?
Nahj al-Balagha 1053
al-‘Alā’ said: He has put on a woollen coat and cut himself away from the world.
Nahj al-Balagha 1054
Amīr al-mu’minīn said: Present him to me.
Nahj al-Balagha 1055
When he came Amīr al-mu’minīn said: O enemy of yourself. Certainly, the evil (Satan) has misguided you. Do you feel no p…
Nahj al-Balagha 1056
He said: O Amīr al-mu’minīn, you also put on coarse dress and eat rough food.
Nahj al-Balagha 1057
Then he replied: Woe be to you, I am not like you. Certainly, Allāh, the Sublime, has made it obligatory on true leaders…
Nahj al-Balagha 1058
Someone [1] asked Amīr al-mu’minīn about concocted traditions and contradictory sayings of the Prophet current among the…
Nahj al-Balagha 1059
Certainly what is current among the people is both right and wrong, true and false, repealing and repealed, general and …
Nahj al-Balagha 1060
Those who relate traditions are of four categories, [2] no more.