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  2. Ghurar al-hikam - Wikipedia

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    Ghurar al-hikam is a collection of over ten thousand pietistic and ethical sayings attributed to Ali, taken from various sources, including Nahj al-balagha by the Twelver theologian Sharif al-Radi (d. 1015), Mi'a kalema (lit. ' hundred sayings [of Ali] ') by the Abbasid-era scholar al-Jahiz (d.

  3. Sunni view of Ali - Wikipedia

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    Ali is recognized in Sunni Islam as a close companion, [11] [1] [12] and Sunni sources contain numerous prophetic sayings in his praise. [13] [14] Ali had an excellent knowledge of the Quran, the central religious text of Islam, to the point that Ibn Abbas (d.

  4. Ali - Wikipedia

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    Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabic: عَلِيُّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب, romanized: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib; c. 600–661 CE) was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from 656 CE to 661, as well as the first Shia imam.

  5. Imamate and guardianship of Ali - Wikipedia

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    Imamate and guardianship of Ali ibn Abi Talib or Imamate and Wilayah of Ali ibn Abi Talib refers to the spiritual position of Ali (1st Shia Imam and 4th Caliph of Islam) and his role in teaching the religion truth and establishing Islamic Sharia after Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam.

  6. Nahj al-balagha - Wikipedia

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    Nahj al-balagha is an eleventh-century collection of more than two-hundred sermons, nearly eighty letters, and almost five-hundred sayings, all attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was the fourth Rashidun caliph (r.

  7. Ali in hadith literature - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad's statement at the Ghadir Khumm, "He whose mawla I am, Ali is his mawla," is known as the hadith of the walaya in Shia Islam. [2] Delivered to a large crowd of pilgrims, [1] shortly after the Farewell Pilgrimage and shortly before his death in 632 CE, the attribution of this statement to Muhammad is rarely contested, even though its interpretation is a source of controversy.

  8. List of Shia books - Wikipedia

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    Mus'haf of Ali, a Tafseer of the Quran by Imam Ali; Al-Jafr by Imam Ali; Nahj al-Balaghah, a collection of sermons, letters and quotes attributed to Ali; Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim compilation of over ten thousand short sayings of Imam Ali; Al-Sahifa al-Alawiya (Book of Supplications ) by Imam Ali, translated by William Chittick. [1]

  9. Principles of good governance in the letter of Ali to al-Ashtar

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    The letter is attributed to Ali and outlines his conception of just and righteous governance, following the appointment of al-Ashtar as the new governor of Egypt circa 657 CE. Among the earliest extant records about Islamic rule, the letter has received considerable attention throughout the Muslim history as a blueprint for Islamic governance .