Chapter One: The Reasons for Hatred for Him

Encyclopedia of Imam Ali (AS), written by Muhammad Muhammadi Rayshahri, abridged by Mahdi Gholamali, translated by Zaid Alsalami and Safyullah Khan, edited by Hamid Reza Salarkia and published by NORPUB.

أ ـ الحِقدُ

Malice

892. الإمام عليّ عليه السلام :

892. Imam Ali (AS) said:

كُلُّ حِقدٍ حَقَدَتهُ قُرَيشٌ عَلى رَسولِ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله

“Whatever malice Quraysh bore towards the Messenger of God (SA),

أظهَرَتهُ فِيَّ ،

they manifested it towards me

وسَتُظهِرُهُ في وُلدي مِن بَعدي .

and they will manifest it towards my children after me.

ما لي ولِقُرَيشٍ !

What do I have with Quraysh! 

إنَّما وَتَرتُهُم بِأَمرِ اللّهِ وأمرِ رَسولِهِ ،

Indeed, I fought them by the command of God and His Messenger.

أفَهذا جَزاءُ مَن أطاعَ اللّهَ ورَسولَهُ إن كانوا مُسلِمينَ ؟ !

Is this the recompense for him who obeyed God and His Messenger, should they be Muslims?”

شرح نهج البلاغة : ج20 ص328 ح764 .

Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, vol. 20, p. 328, h 764.

893. معرفة الصحابة عن ابن عبّاس :

893. Marifah al-Sahabah, reporting from Ibn Abbas. who said:

قالَ عُثمانُ لِعَلِيٍّ :

“Uthman said to Ali:

ما ذَنبي إن لَم تُحِبُّكَ قُرَيشٌ وقَد قَتَلتَ مِنهُم سَبعينَ رَجُلاً ؛

 ‘What is my sin if Quraysh does not love you, when you have killed seventy of their men,

كَأَنَّ وُجوهَهُم سُيوفُ الذَّهَبِ ؟

whose faces were like golden swords?’ ”

معرفة الصحابة : ج1 ص86 ح338 .

Marifat al-Sahabah, vol. 1, p. 86, h 338.

ب ـ الحَسَدُ

Envy

894. شرح نهج البلاغة :جاءَ في تَفسيرِ قَولِهِ تَعالى :  

894. Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, relates: “In the commentary on His words:

«أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلَى مَآ ءَاتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ»  النساء : 54 .

“Or do they envy the people for what God has given them out of His grace?”, Quran, 4: 54.

أنَّها اُنزِلَت في عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام وما خُصَّ بِهِ مِنَ العِلمِ .

it was revealed concerning Ali (AS) and the knowledge he was distingwished with.”

شرح نهج البلاغة : ج7 ص220 .

Sharh Nahj al-Balagha, vol. 7, p. 220.

895. الإمام عليّ عليه السلامـ مِن كِتابٍ لَهُ إلى عَقيلٍ ـ:

895. Imam Ali (AS) said in his letter to Aqil:

ألا وإنَّ العَرَبَ قَدِ اجتَمَعَت عَلى حَربِ أخيكَ اليَومَ

“Know that the Arabs assembled to wage war against your brother today

اجتِماعَها عَلى حَربِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه و آله قَبلَ اليَومِ ،

as they assembled against the Prophet (SA) yesterday,

فَأَصبَحوا قَد جَهِلوا حَقَّهُ وجَحِدوا فَضلَهُ .

so they came to disregard his right and deny his virtue.”

الغارات : ج2 ص431 .

Al-Gharat, vol. 2, p. 431.