Source & Attribution
Hadiths
2,260 total
Nahj al-Balagha 1281
It is obligatory on him who administers it that he retains the estate as it is, and spends the usufruct as he has been o…
Nahj al-Balagha 1282
As for those of my slave girls who were under me, if any one of them has a child or is pregnant, she will be retained fo…
Nahj al-Balagha 1283
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: In this will in Amīr al-mu’minīn’s phrase “allā yabī‘a min nakhlihā wadiyyatan”, the word “wadiy…
Nahj al-Balagha 1284
Amīr al-mu’minīn used to write to whoever he appointed for the the collection of zakāt and charities.
Nahj al-Balagha 1285
(as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says:) We have recorded a few portions of it here to show that he always erected the pillars of right…
Nahj al-Balagha 1286
Move on with the fear of Allāh Who is One and has no partner. Do not frighten any Muslim. Do not pass over his lands so …
Nahj al-Balagha 1287
If someone among them says “No”, then do not repeat the demand. If someone speaks to you in the affirmative, then go wit…
Nahj al-Balagha 1288
Divide the property into two parts and let the owner choose one. When he has chosen do not object to it. Then divide the…
Nahj al-Balagha 1289
Do not take an old, decrepit, broken-limbed, sick or unsound animal. Do not entrust the animals (for custody) except to …
Nahj al-Balagha 1290
When your trustee takes over (the animal) tell him that he should not separate the she-camel from its young and should n…
Nahj al-Balagha 1291
Instruction given to one of his officers whom he sent for the collection of zakāt and charities
Nahj al-Balagha 1292
He (Amīr al-mu’minīn) ordered him to fear Allāh in his secret matters and hidden actions, where there is no witness exce…
Nahj al-Balagha 1293
He also orders him that whatever he does in obedience to Allāh openly should not be different from what he does secretly…
Nahj al-Balagha 1294
He also ordered him that he should not harass them, should not be harsh on them and should not turn away from them becau…
Nahj al-Balagha 1295
Certainly, you have a fixed share and a known right in this levy, and there are other sharers who are poor, weak and sta…
Nahj al-Balagha 1296
He who treats the trust lightly and indulges in treachery and does not keep himself and his faith untarnished by it has …
Nahj al-Balagha 1297
Surely, the greatest treachery is the treachery against the Muslim community, and the ugliest deceit is the deceit towar…
Nahj al-Balagha 1298
Given to Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr (may Allāh be pleased with him), when Amīr al-mu’minīn appointed him as the Governor of E…
Nahj al-Balagha 1299
Behave humbly with the people, keep yourself lenient, meet them large-heartedly, accord them equal treatment so that the…
Nahj al-Balagha 1300
Know, O’ creatures of Allāh, that the God-fearing have shared the joys of this transient world as well as the next comin…