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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Masterpieces of Rhetoric Methood (nahj Al-balagha) The Best and the Worst of People When people went to him and complained to him of what had angered them with Uthman bin Affan, and asked him to speak to the third Caliph and to admonish him for their sake. He went to see him and said: The people are behind me and they have made me an ambassador between you and themselves; but, by Allah, I do not know what to say to you.

I know nothing which you do not know, nor can I lead you to any matter of which are you not aware. You certainly know what we know, we have not come to know anything before you which we could tell you; nor did we learn anything in secret which we should convey to you. You have seen as we have seen and you have heard as we have heard... Then (fear) Allah and have mercy with yourself; for, by Allah, you are not being shown anything of which you are blind, the ways are clear.

You should know that the best of Allah’s slaves, before Allah is a just Imam who has been guided and guides others. the worst man before Allah is an arbitrary Imam who has gone astray and through whom others have gone.

I heard the messenger of Allah saying: “On the Day of Judgement the oppressive Imam will be brought without anyone to support him or anyone to advance excuses on his behalf, and then he will be thrown into hell where he will rotate as a hand-mill rotates then he will be confined to its bottom.” I appeal to you by Allah that you should not be the killed Imam of this nation because it has bean said that “An Imam of this nation will be killed after which killing and fighting will be made open for them till the Day of Judgement, and he will confuse their matters and spread troubles over them.

As a result, they will not distinguish right from wrong. They will surge like waves and would be utterly misled.” You should not be like goaded animals for Marwan drives you wherever he likes, after your seniority of age and expiration of life.

He Appropriated (Wealth) and did it excessively About the assassination of Uthman If I had ordered his assassination I should have been his killer, but if I had forbidden others to kill him I would be unable to diagnose my responsibility he who helped him cannot now say that Uthman has been let down by Whom I am better than him and that who had let him down can not say Uthman has been helped by whom better than me. I am putting before you his case.