Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2050
The caliphate of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib
فَصْلٌ فِي نُبَذٍ مِنْ كَلِمَاتِهِ الْوَجِيزَةِ الْمُخْتَصَرَةِ الْبَدِيعَةِ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: (الْحَزْمُ سُوءُ الظَّنِّ) أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو الشَّيْخِ وَابْنُ حَيَّانَ. وَقَالَ: (الْقَرِيبُ: مَنْ قَرَّبَتْهُ الْمَوَدَّةُ وَإِنْ بَعُدَ نَسَبُهُ، وَالْبَعِيدُ مَنْ بَعَّدَتْهُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَإِنْ قَرُبَ نَسَبُهُ، وَلَا شَيْءَ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ يَدٍ إِلَى جَسَدٍ؛ وَإِنَّ الْيَدَ إِذَا فَسَدَتْ... قُطِعَتْ، وَإِذَا قُطِعَتْ... حُسِمَتْ) أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ. [خَمْسٌ خُذُوهُنَّ عَنِّي وَقَالَ: (خَمْسٌ خُذُوهُنَّ عَنِّي: لَا يَخَافَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا ذَنْبَهُ، وَلَا يَرْجُو إِلَّا رَبَّهُ، وَلَا يَسْتَحْيِي مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ، وَلَا يَسْتَحْيِي مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنْ يَقُولَ: اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ، إِنَّ الصَّبْرَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الرَّأْسِ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ، إِذَا ذَهَبَ الصَّبْرُ... ذَهَبَ الْإِيمَانُ، وَإِذَا ذَهَبَ الرَّأْسُ... ذَهَبَ الْجَسَدُ)، أَخْرَجَهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ فِي «سُنَنِهِ». وَقَالَ: (الْفَقِيهُ كُلَّ الْفَقِيهِ: مَنْ لَمْ يُقَنِّطِ النَّاسَ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ، وَلَمْ يُرَخِّصْ لَهُمْ فِي مَعَاصِي اللَّهِ، وَلَمْ يُؤَمِّنْهُمْ عَذَابَ اللَّهِ، وَلَمْ يَدَعِ الْقُرْآنَ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ؛ إِنَّهُ لَا خَيْرَ فِي عِبَادَةٍ لَا عِلْمَ فِيهَا، وَلَا عِلْمَ لَا فَهْمَ فِيهِ، وَلَا قِرَاءَةَ لَا تَدَبُّرَ فِيهَا)، أَخْرَجَهُ ابْنُ الضُّرَيْسِ فِي «فَضَائِلِ الْقُرْآنِ». وَقَالَ: (وَأَبْرَدُهَا عَلَى الْكَبِدِ إِذَا سُئِلْتُ عَمَّا لَا أَعْلَمُ أَنْ أَقُولَ: اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ). أَخْرَجَهُ ابْنُ عَسَاكِرَ. وَقَالَ: (مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُنْصِفَ النَّاسَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ... فَلْيُحِبَّ لَهُمْ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ). أَخْرَجَهُ ابْنُ عَسَاكِرَ. [سَبْعٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَقَالَ: (سَبْعٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ: شِدَّةُ الْغَضَبِ، وَشِدَّةُ الْعُطَاسِ، وَشِدَّةُ التَّثَاؤُبِ، وَالْقَيْءُ، وَالرُّعَافُ، وَالنَّجْوَى، وَالنَّوْمُ عِنْدَ الذِّكْرِ). وَقَالَ: (كُلُوا الرُّمَّانَ بِشَحْمِهِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ دِبَاغُ الْمَعِدَةِ). أَخْرَجَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ فِي زَوَائِدِ الْمُسْنَدِ. وَقَالَ: (قِرَاءَتُكَ عَلَى الْعَالِمِ وَقِرَاءَةُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَيْكَ سَوَاءٌ). أَخْرَجَهُ الْحَاكِمُ فِي «التَّارِيخِ». وَقَالَ: (يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ؛ الْمُؤْمِنُ فِيهِ أَذَلُّ مِنَ الْأُمَّةِ). أَخْرَجَهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ.
Translation
✧ Section On some of his concise, brief, and wondrous sayings ʿAlī ؓ said: “Prudence is suspicion.” Related by Abū al-Shaykh and Ibn Ḥayyān. He also said: “The near one is he whom affection brings near, even if his lineage is distant; and the far one is he whom enmity distances, even if his lineage is near. And nothing is nearer than a hand to a body. Indeed, when a hand becomes corrupt, it is cut off, and when it is cut off, it is cauterized.” Related by Abū Nuʿaym. He also said: “Five things take them from me: Let none of you fear anything but his own sin, and let him hope for nothing but his Lord. Let not one who does not know be ashamed to learn, and let not one who does not know, when asked about what he does not know, be ashamed to say: 'Allah knows best.' Indeed, patience is to faith as the head is to the body: when patience departs, faith departs, and when the head departs, the body departs.” Related by Saʿīd b. Manṣūr in his Sunan. He also said: “The true jurist is one who does not cause people to despair of Allah's mercy, does not permit them to disobey Allah, does not make them feel secure from Allah's punishment, and does not abandon the Qurʾān out of aversion to it in favor of something else. Indeed, there is no good in worship without knowledge, no knowledge without understanding, and no recitation without reflection.” Related by Ibn al-Ḍurays in 'The Virtues of the Qurʾān'. He also said: “And the coolest of it upon the liver is that, when I am asked about what I do not know, I say: 'Allah knows best.'” Related by Ibn ʿAsākir. He also said: “Whoever desires to be just to people from himself, let him love for them what he loves for himself.” Related by Ibn ʿAsākir. He also said: “Seven things are from Satan: severe anger, severe sneezing, severe yawning, vomiting, nosebleed, whispering, and sleeping during remembrance.” He also said: “Eat pomegranate with its pulp, for it is a tanner of the stomach.” Related by ʿAbd Allāh b. Aḥmad in the additions to the Musnad. He also said: “Your reciting to a scholar and the scholar's reciting to you are equal.” Related by al-Ḥākim in 'The History'. He also said: “A time will come upon people when the believer will be more abased than a slave-girl.” Related by Saʿīd b. Manṣūr.
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