359. Imām Ali (a.s.) – on warning against seditions (fitnah): “You should not be signs of sedition and flags of innovations but should adhere to that on which the community is united and on which the pillars of obedience (of Allah) have been founded.”¹

360. Imām Ali (a.s.) – from his speech to the Khawārij: “Be with the great majority (of Muslims) because God’s hand (of protection) is with the united community. You should beware of division because the one isolated from the group is a prey to Satan just as the one isolated from the flock of sheep is a prey to the wolf.”²

361. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Let Islam and its dignity keep you away from rebelliousness and blathering. Be united on one word. Hold fast to the religion of God, that beside it, no other creed would be accepted from any one; and to the word of sincerity (There is no god but Allah) which is the firm basis of religion.”³

362. Imām Ali (a.s.): “You should avoid being divided in the matter of God’s religion for your unity in respect of a right you dislike, is better than disunity in respect of a wrong that you like! Certainly God the Glorified has not given any person, neither in the past nor present, any good for [his] separation.”⁴

363. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Satan has made his ways easy for you and wants to break the joints of your religion one by one and to cause division among you in place of unity and bring you turbulence by division. So keep away from his evil ideas and whisperings.”⁵

359. عنه علیه السلام ـ في التَّحذيرِ مِنَ الفِتَنِ ـ: لا تَكونوا أنصابَ الفِتَنِ، وأعلامَ البِدَعِ، وَالزَموا ما عُقِدَ عَلَيهِ حَبلُ الجَماعَةِ، وبُنِيَت عَلَيهِ أركانُ الطّاعَةِ.¹

360. عنه علیه السلام ـ مِن كَلامِهِ مَعَ الخَوارِجِ ـ: اِلزَموا السَّوادَ الأَعظَمَ؛ فَإِنَّ يَدَ اللهُ مَعَ الجَماعَةِ، وإيّاكُم والفُرقَةَ! فَإِنَّ الشّاذَّ مِنَ النّاسِ لِلشَّيطانِ، كَما أنَّ الشّاذَّ مِنَ الغَنَمِ لِلذِّئبِ.²

361. عنه علیه السلام: لِيَردَعكُمُ الإِسلامُ ووَقارُهُ عَنِ التَّباغي والتَّهاذي، وَلتَجتَمِع كَلِمَتُكُم، وَالزَموا دِينَ اللهِ الَّذي لا يُقبَلُ مِن أحَدٍ غَيرُهُ، وكَلِمَةَ الإِخلاصِ الَّتي هي قِوامُ الدّينِ.³

362. عنه علیه السلام: إيّاكُم وَالتَّلَوُّنَ في دينِ اللهِ؛ فَإِنَّ جَماعَةً فيما تَكرَهونَ مِنَ الحَقِّ خَيرٌ مِن فُرقَةٍ فيما تُحِبّونَ مِنَ الباطِلِ، و إنَّ اللهَ سُبحانَهُ لَم يُعطِ أحَداً بِفُرقَةٍ خَيراً، مِمَّن مَضَى ولا مِمَّن بَقِيَ.⁴

363. عنه علیه السلام: إنَّ الشَّيطانَ يُسَنّي⁵ لَكُم طُرُقَهُ، ويُريدُ أن يَحُلَّ دينَكُم عُقدَةً عُقدَةً، ويُعطِيَكُم بِالجَماعَةِ الفُرقَةَ، وبِالفُرقَةِ الفِتنَةَ، فَاصدِفوا عَن نَزَغاتِهِ ونَفَثاتِهِ.⁶