10/2 – 3
Mismanagement
603. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Mismanagement causes destruction.”1
604. Imām Ali (a.s.): “He who mismanages will hasten his destruction.”2
605. Imām Ali (a.s.): “There are four reasons [for the state] to fall off: mismanagement; the evil of extravagance; failing to take lessons; resorting to too many apologies and excuses.”3
606. Imām Ali (a.s.): “He who fails in politics will be belittled in leadership.”4
607. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Political feebleness is the blight of the leaders.”5
608. Imām Ali (a.s.): “He whose management falls behind [the community] his destruction comes forward.”6
609. Imām Ali (a.s.): “He who mismanages, his destruction will lie in his mismanagement.”7
610. Imām Ali (a.s.) – from an aphorism attributed to him: “When the rule of a group is expired, they become frustrated in their opinions.”8
10/2 – 4
Arrogance
611. Imām Ali (a.s.) – from an aphorism attributed to him: “Arrogance and possessiveness arouses envy, envy brings about enmity, enmity causes disunity, disunity causes separation,
separation causes feebleness, feebleness causes degradation, which [in turn] ruins the governments and destroys bounties.”9
1.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۵۵۷۱, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۲۸۱, h. ۵۰۶۸.
2.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۷۹۰۶.
3.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۱۰۹۵۸, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۵۵۲, h. ۱۰۱۷۶.
4.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۸۵۳۶, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۴۵۰, h. ۸۰۱۱.
5.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۳۹۳۱, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۱۸۱, h. ۳۷۰۳.
6.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۸۰۴۵ ۸۳۴۶, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۴۳۲, h. ۷۴۲۱.
7.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۸۷۶۸, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۴۳۸, h. ۷۶۰۲.
8.. Sharh Nahj al-Balāghah, vol. ۲۰, p. ۳۰۳, h. ۴۶۵.
9.. Ibid, vol. ۲۰ p. ۳۴۵, h. ۹۶۱.
