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No Deceit in Advancing Political Goals

Unlike many political leaders of the world who embark on any mischievous act to win in political games, Imam Ali (A.S) never did such so.

Ethical Precept in Assuming the Leadership of Islamic Society

Imam Ali (A.S) did not violate any ethical rules in assuming the leadership of the Islamic society. He never committed inhuman acts in safeguarding his reign.

Observing Ethical Principles in Fighting the Enemy

History bears eloquent testimony to the fact that Imam Ali (A.S) in his career as the leader of Muslim community never violated ethical principles in exercising politics.

The Justice of Ali ibn Abi Talib (A.S) and Us

It’s said that Imam Ali (A.S) was killed because of his excessive emphasis on practicing of and adhering to justice. After the demise of the third Caliph, people thronged Imam Ali (A.S) to accept the reins of Islamic government.

Imam Ali’s words about government's justice

Imam Ali says, “if people had not come to me and supporters had not exhausted the argument and if there had been no pledge of Allah with the learned to the effect that they should not remain silent in the face of the gluttony of the oppressor and the hunger of the oppressed, I would have cast the rope of the camel of Caliphate on its own hump.”‌[1]

Imam Ali's Advice to Malek (Part 4)

Never Tyrannize the Servants of God I swear by God if I remain wakeful at night by standing on the prick of Sa'adan while my hands and feet have been shackled and pulled over the pricks and brushwood in the desert, I consider this act more favorable than meeting God and His Messenger on the Day of Resurrection while I have tyrannized some of the servants of God or usurped some things of worldly things.

Imam Ali's Advice to Malek (Part 3)

Malek and Justice Therefore, your best saving should be your meritorious deeds. Therefore, exercise control over your carnal desires and passions; resent what is not permissible and admissible for one's self.

Imam Ali's Advice to Malek (Part 2)

Malek and Taking lessons from ancestors in Leadership Verily, people look at your works in the same way that you look at the functions of previous rulers; that which you say about they are told about you.

Imam Ali's Advice to Malek (Part 1)

Malek and Characteristics of a Righteous Leader Malek, appoint one who entertains God's majesty in one's heart and appreciates His esteem, it is appropriate to denigrate greatness of other than Him. … Verily, the meanest states of rulers in the sight of benevolent people is to conjecture them to be loving vanity and pride and presuming them to be self-admirer and loving you to eulogize them. Thank God that I am not a man of this ilk.[1]

Imam Ali’s Advice to Malek in Selecting Officials

O, Malek, habituate your heart to mercy for the subjects and to affection and kindness for them. Don’t stand over them like greedy beasts who feel it is enough to devour them, since they are of two kinds, either your brother in religion or one like you in creation. …

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