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Back You are here: Home Eternal Words Nahj al-Balaghah Sermons SERMON 162 - One of the companions of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Peace be Upon Him (from Banu Asad) asked him: “How was it that your tribe (Quraish) deprived you of this status (Caliphate) although you deserved it most?” In his reply, the Imam said the fol

SERMON 162 - One of the companions of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, Peace be Upon Him (from Banu Asad) asked him: “How was it that your tribe (Quraish) deprived you of this status (Caliphate) although you deserved it most?” In his reply, the Imam said the fol


O brother of Banu Asad! Your girth is loose and you have put it on the wrong way. Nevertheless, you enjoy in-law kinship and also the right to ask. Since you have asked, listen. As regarding the oppression against us in this matter, although we were the highest in descent and the strongest in kinship to the Messenger of Allah, it was a selfish act over which the hearts of people became greedy, although some people did not care for it. The Arbiter is Allah and to Him is the return on the Day of Judgment. Now leave alone this story of devastation about which there is hue and cry all around.
Come and look at the son of Abu Sufyan (Mu`awiyah). Time has made me laugh after weeping. No wonder, by Allah; what is this affair which surpasses all wonder and which has increased wrongfulness? These people have tried to put out the flame of Allah’s light from His lamp and close His fountain from its source. They mixed epidemic-producing water between them and myself. If the trying hardships were removed from us, I will take them on the course of truthfulness otherwise: “So let not thy self go (in vain) in grief for them; verily Allah knows all that they do.” (Holy Qur’an, 35: 8)

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