Letter 60: To the officers through whose jurisdiction the army passed
ومن كتاب له (عليه السلام)
إلى العمال الذين يطأ عمَلَهُمْ الجيشُ
From the servant of Allah `Ali, Amir al-mu'minin, to all the collectors of revenue and officers of the realm through whose area the army passes.
مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِالْمُؤمِنِينَ إِلَى مَنْ مَرَّ بِهِ الْجَيْشُ مِنْ جُبَاةِ الْخَرَاجِ وَعُمَّالِ الْبِلاَدِ.
Now, I have sent an army that will pass by you, if Allah wills. I have instructed them about what Allah has made obligatory on them, namely that they should avoid molestation and avert harm. I hold myself clear before you and those (unbelievers) who are under your protection from any annoyance committed by the army except when one is compelled by hunger and there is no other way of satisfying it. If anyone of them takes anything through force you should punish him. None of you should be foolish enough to obstruct them or intervene in matters which we have allowed them by way of exception. I am myself within the army. So, refer to me their high-handedness and any hardship which is caused by them and which you cannot avert except through Allah and through me. I shall then avert it with the help of Allah, if He so wills.
أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنِّي قَدْ سَيَّرْتُ جُنُوداً هِيَ مَارَّةٌ بِكُمْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ، وَقَدْ أَوْصَيْتُهُمْ بِمَا يَجِبُ لله عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ كَفِّ الاْذَى، وَصَرْفِ الشَّذَى، وَأَنَا أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَإِلَى ذِمَّتِكُمْ مِنْ مَعَرَّةِ الْجَيْشِ، إِلاَّ مِنْ جَوْعَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّ، لاَ يَجِدُ عَنْهَا مَذْهَباً إلَى شِبَعِهِ.فَنَكِّلُوا مَنْ تَنَاوَلَ مِنْهُمْ [شَيْئاً] ظُلْماً عَنْ ظُلْمِهِمْ، وَكُفُّوا أَيْدِيَ سُفَهَائِكُمْ عَنْ مُضَادَّتِهِمْ، وَالتَّعَرُّضِ لَهُمْ فِيما اسْتَثْنَيْنَاهُ مِنْهُمْ، وَأَنَا بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِ الْجَيْشِ، فَارْفَعُوا إِلَيَّ مَظَالِمَكُمْ، وَمَا عَرَاكُمْ مِمَّا يَغْلِبُكُمْ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ، وَلاَ تُطِيقُونَ دَفْعَهُ إِلاَّ بِاللهِ وَبِي، أُغَيِّرْهُ بِمَعُونَةِ اللهِ، إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ.
- Nahjul Balagha Part 2, Letters and Sayings
- Letters of Imam ‘Ali Amir Al-Mu’minin, Peace Be On Him
- Letter 1: Addressed to the people of Kufa before proceeding for the Battle of Jamal
- Letter 2: Written to the people of Kufah after the victory of Basrah
- Letter 3: To the Qadhi (judge) of Kufa, Shurayh b. Haarith when he purchased a costly house
- Letter 4: To one of the officers of his army
- Letter 5: To al-Ash'ath ibn Qays (al-Kindi), the Governor of Azarbaijan
- Letter 6: To Mu`awiyah (ibn Abi Sufyan)
- Letter 7: To Mu'awiyah
- Letter 8: To Jarir ibn `Abdillah al-Bajali
- Letter 9: To Mu`awiyah
- Letter 10: To Mu'awiyah
- Letter 11: Given to the contingent sent to confront the enemy.
- Letter 12: to Ma'qil ibn Qays ar-Riyahi
- Letter 13: To two of the officers in his army
- Letter 14: To his soldiers before the Battle of Siffin
- Letter 15: His invocation to Allah whenever he faced an enemy.
- Letter 16: His advice to his followers during a battle
- Letter 17: In reply to a letter from Mu'awiyah
- Letter 18: To `Abdullah ibn al- `Abbas, his Governor of Basrah
- Letter 19: To one of his officers
- Letter 20: To Ziyad ibn Abih
- Letter 21: Also to Ziyad
- Letter 22: To `Abdullah ibn al-`Abbas.
- Letter 23: Instructions to his family a little before his martyrdom.
- Letter 24: His Will
- Letter 25: Instructions to assessors and collectors of Zakat
- Letter 26: Instruction Given to one of his officers whom he sent for the collection of zakat and charities
- Letter 27: Instruction Given to Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), when Amir al-mu'minin appointed him as the Governor of Egypt
- Letter 28: In reply to Mu'awiyah, and it is one ot his most elegant writings
- Letter 29: To the People of Basrah
- Letter 30: To Mu'awiyah
- Letter 31: Advice to one of his sons after returning from the Battle of Siffin
- Letter 32: To Mu'awiyah
- Letter 33: To Qutham ibn al- 'Abbas, his Governor of Mecca
- Letter 34: To Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
- Letter 35: To 'Abdullah ibn al-'Abbas after Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr had been killed.
- Letter 36: To his brother 'Aqil ibn Abi Talib
- Letter 37: To Muawiyah
- Letter 38: To the people of Egypt when he appointed (Malik) al-Ashtar as their Governor
- Letter 39: To 'Amr ibn al-'As
- Letter 40: To one of his officers
- Letter 41: To one of his officers
- Letter 42: To `Umar ihn Abi Salamah al-Makhzumi
- Letter 43: To Masqalah ibn Hubayrah ash-Shaybani, the Governor of Ardashir Khurrah (Iran)
- Letter 44: To Ziyad ibn Abih
- Letter 45: To `Uthman ibn Hunayf al-Ansari
- Letter 46: To one of his Officers
- Letter 47: Will To Imam Hasan (a) and Imam Husayn (a) after he was wounded by Abd al-Rahman b. Muljam whilst offered the morning prayers in the mosque of Kufa.
- Letter 48: To Mu'awiyah
- Letter 49: To Mu`awiyah
- Letter 50: To the officers of his army
- Letter 51: To his collectors of (land) tax
- Letter 52: To the Governors of various places concerning prayers
- Letter 53: An order to Malik al-Ashtar
- Letter 54: To Talhah and az-Zubayr
- Letter 55: To Mu`awiyah
- Letter 56: Instructions to Shuray bin Hani
- Letter 57: To the people of Kufah at the time of his march from Medina to Basrah
- Letter 58: Written to the people of various localities deseribing what took place between him and the people of Siffin
- Letter 59: To al-Aswad ibn Qutbah, the Governor of Hulwan
- Letter 60: To the officers through whose jurisdiction the army passed
- Letter 61: To Kumayl ibn Ziyad an-Nakha`i
- Letter 62: To the people of Egypt sent through Malik al-Ashtar when he was made the Governor of that place
- Letter 63: To Abu Musa al-Ash`ari, when Amir al-mu'minin learned that he was dissuading the people from joining in the battle of Jamal
- Letter 64: In reply to Mu`awiyah
- Letter 65: To Mu`awiyah
- Letter 66: To `Abdullah ibn al-`Abbas
- Letter 67: To Qutham ibn al-`Abbas, his Governor of Mecca
- Letter 68: To Salman al-Farisi before Amir al-mu'minin's caliphate
- Letter 69: To al-Harith (ibn `Abdillah, al-A`war) al-Hamdani
- Letter 70: To Sahl ibn Hunayf al-Ansari
- Letter 71: To al-Mundhir ibn Jarud al-`Abdi
- Letter 72: To `Abdullah ibn al-`Abbas
- Letter 73: To Mu'awiyah
- Letter 74: A treaty which Imam Ali (a) has worded for the Bani Rabi'a tribe and the Yemenites to agree upon
- Letter 75: To Mu`awiyah, soon after Amir al-mu'minin was sworn in
- Letter 76: Instructions to Abdullah b. Abbas when he sent him as his representative to Basra
- Letter 77: Instructions to Abdullah b. Abbas
- Letter 78: To Abu Musa al-Ash`ari
- Letter 79: To the army officers when Amir al-mu'minin became Caliph
- Selections from The Sayings And Preaching Of Amir Al-Mu’minin ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib (Peace Be Upon Him) Including His Replies To Questions And Maxims Expressed For Various Purposes
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- Section Wherein We Have Included Selections From Wonderful Sayings Of Amir Al-Mu'minin, Peace Be Upon Him, Which Require Explanation
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- Letters of Imam ‘Ali Amir Al-Mu’minin, Peace Be On Him