ভূমিকা

Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Tuhaf Al-uqul ( the Masterpieces of the Mind ) Imam Ali's Commandment For Mohammed Bin Abi Bakr when assigned him as governor of Egypt This is the commandment of Ali Amirul-Muminin to Mohammed bin Abi Bakr when assigned him as the governor of Egypt. Fear God and obey Him secretly and openly. Devote to God in unseen and public situations. I order you to treat Muslims leniently, the sinful intensely, and Dhimmis fairly.

I also order you to give back the wronged their rights, punish the wrong severely, pardon people, and do charitably as much as possible. God will reward the charitable and will punish the sinful. I order you to call people who are under his power to obey God and accede to union. If they do so, they will gain good health and reward that are too great to be estimated or realized.

I order you to behave with people modestly, give them the same estimation and meet them in the same way, regard the close and the remote equally, judge among people with fair, avoid pursuing the whims, and avoid caring for any blame for God's sake. God will surely be with him who fears Him, prefers obedience and commandment of Him to anything else. Abdullah bin Abi Rafi' was the writer of this commandment.

Amirul Muminin, peace be upon him, then wrote to the people of Egypt the following commandment (We will refer to it briefly): From: God's slave; Ali Amirul Muminin. To: Mohammed bin Abi Bakr and people of Egypt: Peace be upon you.

So now, I have received your missive, understood your question, admired your interest in that of which it is obligatory upon you to take care and except which nothing will be the most appropriate for the Muslims, and believed that it was a well intention and innocent opinion that had driven you to ask such a question. Cling to God-fearing in your standing, sitting, secret, and public affairs.

If you judge among people, you should treat them with gentleness, treat them leniently, relax your face before them, and use equal looks at them so that the chief will not expect your injustice for their sake and the weak will not despair of your fairness with them. Ask the claimant for evidence and the defendant to oath. Pass the reconciliation of two persons unless it includes the ban of a legal matter or the allowance of a prohibited matter.

Favor the jurists, the honest, the faithful, the diffident, and the pious to the lecherous, the liars, and the cheaters.