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Letters

Selected Writings of Our Master, Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him,
His Letters to His Enemies and Governors of His Provinces,
Including Selections of His Letters Appointing His Administrative Officers and Injunctions to Members of His Family and Companions

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letter79 - To the Army Officers When Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him Became Caliph Hits: 1950
letter78 - To Abu Musa al-Ash`ari in Reply to the Latter’s Letter Regarding the Two Arbitrators. Sa’id ibn Yahya al-Umawi Has Mentioned this in His Akitab Al-Maghazi Hits: 2322
Instruction77 - To `Abdullah ibn `Abbas at the Time of His Deputation to Confront the Kharijites Hits: 2079
Instruction76 - Given to `Abdullah ibn `Abbas at the time of his appointment at his Governor of Basrah Hits: 2128
letter75 - To Mu`awiyah, Soon after Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him Was Sworn In. (Muhammad Ibn `Umar) Hits: 2142
Document74 - Written by Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him as a Protocol Between the Tribes of Rabi`ah and the People of Yemen, Taken from the Writing of Hisham Ibn (Muhammad) al-Kalbi Hits: 2106
letter73 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 1985
letter72 - To `Abdullah ibn `Abbas Hits: 2117
letter71 - To Mundhir ibn Jarad al-`Abdi Who, in His Administrative Charge, Had Misappropriated Certain Things Hits: 2071
letter70 - To Sahl Ibn Hunayf al-Ansari, His Governor over Medina, About Certain Persons in Medina Who Had Joined Mu`awiyah Hits: 2117
letter69 - To al-Harith (ibn `Abdillah, al-A`war) al-Hamdani Hits: 1119
letter68 - To Salman al-Farisi Prior to Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib’s Caliphate Hits: 1065
letter67 - To Qutham ibn al-`Abbas, his Governor over Mecca Hits: 969
letter66 - To `Abdullah ibn `Abbas Hits: 995
letter65 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 1034
letter64 - Replying to Mu`awiyah Hits: 963
letter63 - To Abu Musa (`Abdullah ibn Qays) al-Ash`ari, Governor of Kufah when Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him learned that he was dissuading the people of Kufah from joining the forces to fight the battle of Jamal when Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, Hits: 1253
letter62 - To the People of Egypt Sent Through Malik al-Ashtar When He Was Made Governor Hits: 943
letter61 - To Kumayl ibn Ziyad an-Nakha`i, Governor of Hit, Expressing Displeasure with His Inability to Prevent the Enemy Forces That Passed Through His Area from Marauding Hits: 1188
letter60 - To the Officers Through Whose Jurisdictions the Army Passes Hits: 1011
letter59 - To al-Aswad ibn Qutbah, Governor of Hulwan Hits: 892
letter58 - Written to the People of Various Localities Describing What Took Place Between Him and the People of Siffin Hits: 924
letter57 - To the People of Kufah When He Marched from Medina to Basrah Hits: 977
instruction56 - When Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him Placed Shurayh Ibn Hani (al-Madhhaji) at the Head of the Vanguard Preceding Towards Syria, He Issued this Document of Instruction to Him Hits: 1127
letter55 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 947
letter54 - To Talhah and az-Zubayr (through Imran ibn al-Hussain al-Khuza’i1). Aba Ja`far al-Iskafi has mentioned this in his “Kitab al-Maqamat on the excellent qualities (manaqib) of Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him.” Hits: 833
Document of instuction53 - Written for (Malik) al-Ashtar an-Nakha`i, when the status of Muhammad ibn Aba Bakr had become precarious and Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him had appointed al-Ashtar as the Governor of Egypt and the surrounding areas. Hits: 1184
letter52 - To the Governors of Various Places Concerning Prayers Hits: 1040
letter51 - To His (Land) Tax Collectors Hits: 862
letter50 - To the Officers of His Army Hits: 955
letter49 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 972
letter48 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 966
will47 - For Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Hussain, Peace be Upon Him When (`Abd ar-Rahman) Ibn Muljim (the Curse of Allah be upon him) Struck Him Fatally with His Sword Hits: 1096
letter46 - To One of his Officers Hits: 946
letter45 - To `Othman Ibn Hunayf al-Ansari Who Was Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib’s Governor of Basrah When He Came to Know That the People of Basrah Had Invited `Othman to a Banquet which He Attended Hits: 1106
letter44 - To Ziyad Ibn Abih When Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him Came to Know That Mu`awiyah Had Written to Ziyad to Deceive Him and to Attach Him to Himself in Kinship Hits: 1229
letter43 - To Masqalah ibn Hubayrah ash-Shaybani, Governor of Ardashir Khurrah (Persia) Hits: 1081
letter42 - To `Umar Ibn Aba Salamah Al-Makhzami (Foster-Son of the Holy Prophet, Peace be Upon Him from Umm Al-Mu’minin, Umm Salamah) Who Was Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib’s Governor of Bahrain, but Whom He Removed and Replaced with An-nu’man Ibn Ajlan az-Zuraq Hits: 1173
letter41 - To One of His Officers Hits: 904
letter40 - To One of His Officers Hits: 959
letter39 - To `Amr ibn al-`as Hits: 934
letter38 - To the People of Egypt When He Appointed (Malik Ibn) al-Ashtar as Their Governor Hits: 964
letter37 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 920
letter36 - To His Brother, `Aqil ibn Aba Talib1, in Reply to His Letter Containing a Reference to the Army Which Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him Had Sent to Meet an Enemy Hits: 975
letter35 - To `Abdullah Ibn `Abbas after Muhammad Ibn Aba Bakr Had Been Killed (2) Hits: 1032
letter34 - To Muhammad Ibn Aba Bakr on Coming to Know That He Had Assumed the Position of (Malik) Al-Ashtar as Governor of Egypt after the Latter Had Died on His Way to Egypt Hits: 1035
letter33 - To Othman ibn al-`Abbas, his Governor over Mecca Hits: 962
letter32 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 940
commandment31 - He Wrote it for His Son al-Hassan ibn Ali, Peace be Upon Him When He Camped at Al-hazirin on His Way Back from Siffin Hits: 947
letter30 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 900
letter29 - To the people of Basrah Hits: 1036
letter28 - In Reply to Mu`awiyah, One of His Most Elegant Writings Hits: 1037
instruction27 - Given to Muhammad Ibn Aba Bakr (May Allah Be Pleased with Him), When Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him Appointed Him as Governor of Egypt Hits: 894
instruction26 - Given to One of His Officers Whom He Sent for the Collection of zakat and Charities Hits: 982
instruction25 - Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him used to write the following to whoever he appointed for the collection of zakat and charities. Al-Sharif says the following Hits: 977
will24 - Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib’s Will Regarding How His Property Should Be Dealt With. He Wrote it upon His Return from Siffin Hits: 1147
will23 - Made Shortly Before His Death When He Had Been Fatally Wounded by a Blow from the Sword of (`Abd Ar-rahman) Ibn Muljim (The Curse of Allah Be Upon Him) Hits: 1055
letter22 - To `Abdullah ibn `Abbas. `Abdullah ibn `Abbas used to say, “Apart from the Prophet’s statements, I did not derive a greater benefit from any other statement.” Hits: 1095
letter21 - Also to Ziyad Hits: 951
letter20 - To Ziyad Ibn Abih,when `Abdullah Ibn `Abbas Was the Governor of Basrah, the Suburbs of Ahwaz, Pars and Kirman, While Ziyad Was His Deputy in Basrah Hits: 1180
letter19 - To One of His Officers Hits: 876
letter18 - To `Abdullah ibn `Abbas, his Governor over Basrah Hits: 988
letter17 - In Reply to a Letter from Mu`awiyah Hits: 916
Instruction16 - He Used to Issue this Instruction to His Followers During Battle Time Hits: 1154
Invocation15 - By Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him When He Used to Face the Enemy Hits: 1029
Instruction14 - To the Army Before the Encounter with the Enemy at Siffin Hits: 921
letter13 - To Two Officers in His Army Hits: 912
Insstruction12 - Given to Ma`qil Ibn Qays ar-Riyahi as He Was Dispatched to Syria at the Command of a Vanguard Contingent of Three Thousand Strong Hits: 1044
Instruction11 - Given to the Contingent Sent to Confront an Enemy Hits: 887
letter10 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 993
letter9 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 1034
letter8 - To Jarir Ibn `Abdillah Al-bajali When Imam Ali Ibn Aba Talib, Peace be Upon Him Sent Him to Mu`awiyah (And There Was a Delay in His Return) Hits: 1080
Letter7 - To Mu`awiyah Hits: 1020
Letter6 - To Mu`awiyah (ibn Aba Sufyan) Hits: 904
letter5 - To al-Ash`ath ibn Qays (al-Kindi), Governor of Azerbaijan Hits: 1280
letter4 - To One of the Officers of His Army (3) Hits: 923
document3 - Written to Shurayh ibn al-Harith (al-Kindi), Kufah’s Judge Hits: 1166
letter2 - Written to the People of Kufah after the Victory in Basrah Hits: 1030
letter1 - Addressed to the people of Kufah at the time of his march from Medina to Basrah Hits: 979
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