98 - ما فُرِضَ عَلى‏ أئِمَّةِ العَدلِ‏

98. That Which is Mandatory on Just Leaders

314.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَني إماماً لِخَلْقِهِ ، فَفَرَضَ عَلَيَّ التَّقْديرَ في نَفْسي ومَطْعَمي ومَشْرَبي ومَلْبَسي كَضُعَفاءِ النّاسِ، كَيْ‏يَقْتَديَ الفقيرُ بِفَقْري، ولا يُطْغِيَ الغَنِيَّ غِناهُ .¹

314.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Certainly Allah has made me an Imam for His creation, so He has made it mandatory upon me to take into consideration myself, my food, my drink, and my clothing like that of the weak people [of the community], so that the poor may follow me in my poverty and the wealth of the rich does not embolden them to intimidation.' ²

315.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّهُ لَيسَ علَى الإمامِ إلّا ما حُمِّلَ مِنْ أمرِ رَبِّهِ : الإبلاغُ في المَوعِظةِ ، والاجتهادُ في النَّصيحةِ ، والإحْياءُ للسُّنّةِ، وإقامةُ الحُدودِ على‏ مَسْتَحِقِّيها ، وإصدارُ السُّهْمانِ على‏ أهْلِها .³

315.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily there is no obligation on the Imam except that which has been devolved on him by Allah, namely to convey exhortations, to strive to give good counsel, to keep the prophetic practice alive, to enforce penalties on those liable to them and to issue shares [of taxes and charity] to those who deserve them.' ⁴