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Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression

Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression. By A.S. Hashim. MD. Supplication بـســـم الله الرحمن الرحيم. In the Name of God, Lord of Mercy and Lord of Grace. Nahjul Balaaghah. Nahjul Balaaghah, a highly valued book, consists of: 254 sermons, 48 letters, and 212 sayings of Imam Ali

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Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression

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  1. Nahjul Balaaghahabout Oppression By A.S. Hashim. MD

  2. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression Supplicationبـســـم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the Name of God, Lord of Mercy and Lord of Grace

  3. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression Nahjul Balaaghah • Nahjul Balaaghah, a highly valued book, consists of: • 254 sermons, • 48 letters, and • 212 sayings of Imam Ali • Nahjul Balaaghah is unique to Imam Ali • None of the Sahaaba was ever able to produce anything like it: • neither in substance • nor in literary eloquence. • No wonder Ali was referred to as: • Sayyid al-Bulaghaa' (Pinnacle of Literary Expression) and • Sayyid al-Fu'qahaa, (Pinnacle of the Jurisprudents)

  4. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression References about Oppression • Nahjul Balaaghah contains 5 references about Oppression • The quotes appear in various sermons, • said at variable occasions and • about different subjects. • The Arabic quotes are from the book of Nahjul Balaaghah, by Dr. Subhi Al-Salih, and so is the numbering of the sermons and pages, 1st Edition, Beirut 1967. • The Number of the sermons may differ by a factor of 1 in other volumes of Nahjul Balaaghah • The references are quotes by Abd al-Zahra' al-Husayni in vols. I & IV of his work (see Al-Islam.org, internet)

  5. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression Time Element • The majority of Ali's sayings and speeches were stated: • During his Khilaafah when in Kufa, • At Different Places • At Different Occasions • Often at Khutba of Jumu’ah

  6. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression In Sermon 97, Page 141 Ali: about the oppressor • This is part of a Khutba Ali gave to people of Kufa and their stand about contemporary needs, mentioning oppression, and about Ahlul Bayt. • See next slide please Other sources: • Kitab Sulaym ibn Qays, 110; • al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, II, 236; • Ibn Qutaybah, `Uyun, II, 301; • Abu Nu`aym, Hilyah, I,76; • al-Mufid, al-'Irshad, 161; • al-Mufid, al-Majalis, 105; • Sibt, Tadhkirah, 137; • Ibn `Asakir, Ta'rikh, biographical account of `Ali (A); • al-Jahiz, al-Bayan, II, 68; • al-Baladhuri, Ansab, II, 142; • al-Tusi, al-'Amali,* 62.

  7. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression In Sermon 97, Ali: about the oppressor

  8. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression In Sermon 136, Page 194 Ali: with the oppressed against the Oppressor • Ali about the sincerity of his own intention and his support of the oppressed against the oppressor: • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Mufid, al-'Irshad, 142; • Ibn al-'Athir, III, 467 (f.l.t).

  9. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression In Sermon 136, Ali: with the oppressed against the Oppressor

  10. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression In Sermon 151, Page 211 Ali: advice against oppression • Ali and the condition of the people during disorder, and his advice against oppression. This is part of the main Khutba as follows: • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Sayyid al-Yamani, al-Taraz, I, 334.

  11. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression In Sermon 151, Ali: advice against oppression

  12. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression In Sermon 176, Page 255 Ali: about Kinds of Oppression • Ali in a sermon about Allah, Quran and other subjects, deals with different kinds of oppression. This is part of the main Khutba as follows: • See next slide please • Other sources: • Al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, I, 219; • al-Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, II, 443; • al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, 6; • al-Saduq, al-'Amali, 153; • al-`Ayyashi, Tafsir, II, 262; • al-Harrani, Tuhaf, 71.

  13. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression In Sermon 176, Ali: about Kinds of Oppression

  14. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression In Sermon 224, Page 347 Ali: oppression and misappropriation • This is part of the Sermon about Oppression and misappropriation, and Ali’s stand in regard to these points. Ali says in the following passage: • See next slide please Other sources: • Al-Saduq, al-'Amali, 369; • Sibt, Tadhkirah, 155; • al-Zamakhshari, Rabi`, bab al-khayr wa al-salah; • Ibn Shahr Ashub, al-Manaqib, II, 109.

  15. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression In Sermon 224, Ali: oppression and misappropriation

  16. Nahjul Balaaghah about Oppression Be in Allah’s Care Thank you and May God Bless you. Dr. A.S. Hashim

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