94. Imām Ali (a.s.): “By my life, there will be no compromising nor slackening from me in fighting against one who opposes the right or gropes in misguidance. O creatures of God! Fear God and flee from (The wrath of) God unto God (His Mercy).”1
95. Imām Ali (a.s.): “I would not compromise in my religion, nor would I be villainous in my affairs.”2
96. Hiliyat al-Awliyā –narrating from `Abd al-Wāhid al-Dimashqi: “Khawshab al-Khayri called out to Ali (a.s.) in the battle of Siffin and said: “O Son of Abu Tālib! Forsake us! Be mindful of God as regards to our blood and yours. We leave you with the land of Iraq and you leave us with the land of Shām and preserve the blood of the Muslims.”
Ali (a.s.) said: “Far from it! O Son of Umm Úalim! By God, if I knew that I could compromise in the religion of God, I would do so and it would have cost me less. However, God will not be pleased that the people of the Qur'ān compromise and keep silent while He is being disobeyed.”3
See 3/11, “Decisiveness towards Administrators”
2/2, “Dismissing `Uthmān’s Administrators”
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Planning and Organizing
97. Imām Ali (a.s.) –in his instructions to Mālik al-Ashtar: “…Each day perform the work of that day, for each day has its own work. Beware of being hasty to (accomplish) affairs before their (proper) time, or neglecting them when it is possible, or being persistent in doing them when they are impracticable, or showing weakness in them when they have become clear. So put everything in its place and perform every action at its time.”4
1.. Nahj al-Balāghah, Sermon ۲۴.
2.. al-Kāmil fi al-Tārikh, vol. ۲, p. ۳۰۶, Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. ۲, p. ۳۶۴, Tārikh al-Tabari, vol. ۴, p. ۴۳۹.
3.. Hiliya al-Awliyā, vol. ۱, p. ۸۵, Usd al-Ghāba, vol. ۲, p. ۹۲, h. ۱۲۹۸, al-Isti`āb, vol. ۱, p. ۴۵۷, h. ۵۹۹.
4.. Nahj al-Balāghah, Letter ۵۳, Tuhaf al-`Uqul, p. ۱۴۳ ۱۴۷, Da`ā'im al-Islām, vol. ۱, p.۳۶۷.
