Prolegomenon
- Imam Ali (a.s.)'s Book of Government
- A Word to the Readers
- Prolegomenon
- Politics in two Schools
- Policy of Cultural Reformation
- One: The Foundations of Ruling over the Hearts
- Two: Administrative Policies
- 1. Honesty in Politics
- 2. Truth-Orientedness
- 3. Adherence to law
- 4. Administrative Discipline
- 5. Appointment of Competent and Capable Administrators
- 6. Providing the Administrators with their financial Needs
- 7. Special Care for the Armed Forces
- 8. Necessity for setting up an Establishment to Monitor the Function of the Administrators
- 9. Never Accepting any Gifts
- 10. Decisiveness Coupled with Tolerance
- Three: Cultural Policies
- Four: Economical Policies
- 1. Promotion of Work Ethos
- 2. Agricultural Development
- 3. Development of Crafts
- 4. Development of Trade
- 5. Direct Supervision of the Market
- 6. Fair Levy of Taxes
- 7. Not Delaying in Distribution of Public Assets
- 8. Necessity of People's Equal Enjoyment of Public Assets
- 9. Provision of Basic Needs of life for all People
- 10. Prohibition of Bestowing Gifts out of Public Assets
- 11. Never Granting Privileges to One's Kith and Kin
- 12. Frugality in Public Assets
- Five: Social Policies
- Six: Judiciary Policies
- 1. Appointment of the Best Judges for Juridical Posts
- 2. Providing for financial Needs of the Judges
- 3. Job security for the Judges
- 4. Observance of Judgment Rules
- 5. Close Supervision over the Judges' Function
- 6. Integrated Judicial Procedures
- 7. Equality of all People before the Law
- 8. The Status of an Islamic State's Expedience in Issuing Verdicts
- Seven: Security Policies
- Eight: Military Policies
- Nine: International Policies
- Summing up Imam Ali (a.s.)'s Policies
- Overall Defense of Imam Ali's Statesmanship
- Reasons for Imam Ali (a.s.)'s Loneliness
- Raising the Issue
- Role of the Elite in Political and Social Transformations
- Role of the Kufans in Ali's Hukuma
- Ali's Loneliness in his own Words
- Chapter One: Allegiance of Light
- 1.1 The Date of Allegiance to the Imam
- 1.2 People’s Freedom in Electing the Imam
- 1.3 The Imam’s Reluctance to Rulership
- 1.4 The Imam’s Motives in Accepting the Rulership
- 1.5 The First Person to Swear Allegiance
- 1.6 People Welcoming Allegiance
- 1.7 Allegiance of General Public
- 1.8 Words of a Group of Imam Ali’s Companions after Swearing Allegiance
- 1.9 Turning away from Swearing Allegiance to the Imam
- 1.10 The Biography of a Group of those who Rejected Allegiance
- Chapter Two: 'Alawi Reformation
- Chapter Three: Administrative Policies
- 3.1 Honesty in Policy
- 3.2 Truth-Oriented
- 3.3 Adherence to Law
- 3.4 Uncompromisingness
- 3.5 Planning and Organizing
- 3.6 Selection of Competent Administrators
- 3.7 Not Employing the Treacherous and the Feeble
- 3.8 Generosity in Providing Administrators with Daily Sustenance
- 3.9 Choosing Secret Agents to Keep a Check on the Administrators
- 3.10 Rewarding and Punishment
- 3.11 Decisiveness toward Administrators
- 3.12 Dismissing Treacherous Administrators
- 3.13 Punishing Treacherous Administrators
- 3.14 Forbidding Administrators from Accepting Gifts
- 3.15 Mingling Strictness with Softness
- Chapter Four: Cultural Policies
- Chapter Five: Political Policies
- 5.1 Encouraging to Work
- 5.2 Engendering Prosperity in the Cities
- 5.3 Agricultural Development
- 5.4 Development of Crafts
- 5.5 Development of Trade
- 5.6 Direct Inspection of the Bazaars
- 5.7 Prevention from Hoarding
- 5.8 Levying Taxes
- 5.9 Not Postponing Distribution of Public Assets
- 5.10 Equality in Distributing Public Assets
- 5.11 Fulfillment of Basic Needs for All
- 5.12 Supporting Lowest Class
- 5.13 Great Concern for the Orphans
- 5.14 Prevention of Extravagance in Public Property
- 5.15 Not Preferring One’s Children and Kin
- 5.16 Piety and Prudence in Expending Public Treasury
- Chapter Six: Social Policies
- 6.1 Establishing Justice
- 6.2 Commitment to Rights
- 6.3 Developing Constructive Freedoms
- 6.4 Endeavor in Pleasing People
- 6.5 Kindness and Amiability to People
- 6.6 Direct Contact with People
- 6.7 Tolerating Difficulties Caused by People
- 6.8 Avoiding Anger
- 6.9 Avoidance of Fault-finding
- 6.10 Uncovering Excuses to Remove Suspicions
- 6.11 Helping out the Oppressed
- 6.12 Setting up Complaints House
- 6.13 Inspection in Order to Avert the Tyranny of the Troops
- 6.14 Attempts toward Unification of Muslim Community
- Chapter Seven: Judicial Policies
- 7.1 Selection of the Elite for Judgment
- 7.2 Financial Support of the Judges
- 7.3 Job Security for Judges
- 7.4 Enjoining to Observe Judgment Rules
- 7.5 Dismissing Judges Violating Judgment Rules
- 7.6 Overseeing the Judgment of the Judges
- 7.7 Warning against Unjust and Negligent Judgments
- 7.8 Imam’s Direct Judgments
- 7.9 Consistency in Judgment Procedures
- 7.10 Execution of Legal Punishment Equally on Near of Kin and Strangers
- 7.11 Submission to Judgment
- 7.12 The Status of Islamic State Expediency in Issuing Verdicts
- Chapter Eight: Security Policies
- 8.1 Importance of Security
- 8.2 Collecting Information
- 8.3 Rectifying the Enemies
- 8.4 Compromise Accompanied by Sagacity
- 8.5 Keeping Extremely vigilant against the Enemy
- 8.6 Not Underestimating the Enemy
- 8.7 Avoid Consultation with the Enemy, except for Trial
- 8.8 Knowing the Right Time in Encountering the Enemies
- 8.9 Not Punishing on the Basis of Conjecture
- 8.10 Warning against Torture
- 8.11 Warning against Invective
- 8.12 Gentleness as long as no Intrigue is Going on
- 8.13 Exiling or Incarcerating the Plotters
- Chapter Nine: Warfare Policies
- Chapter Ten: State Policies