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This page is about the list of letters. For the article about the book, see Nahj al-balagha. For the list of short sayings, see List of Hikam of Nahj al-balagha.

List of Letters of Nahj al-balagha refers to the collection of correspondence within Nahj al-balagha authored by Imam Ali (a), primarily addressed to government officials, military commanders, and tax collectors. These letters predominantly concern matters of governance and the proper conduct of officials in their interactions with the public.[1] This section of Nahj al-balagha comprises 79 entries, including 12 testaments, recommendations, and circulars, 2 orders, 1 supplication, 1 covenant, and 63 letters.[2] Notable among these are the Letter of Imam Ali (a) to Imam al-Hasan (a), the Letter of command to Malik al-Ashtar, and the Letter of Imam Ali (a) to Uthman b. Hunayf. The complete list of letters is as follows:

  1. To the people of Kufa upon departing Medina for Basra
  2. To the people of Kufa following the victory in Basra
  3. Letter to Shurayh al-Qadi
  4. To one of the army commanders
  5. Letter to Ash'ath b. Qays
  6. To Mu'awiya
  7. To Mu'awiya
  8. To Jarir b. 'Abd Allah al-Bajali upon dispatching him to Mu'awiya
  9. To Mu'awiya
  10. To Mu'awiya
  11. To the army en route to engage the enemy
  12. To Ma'qal b. Qays
  13. To two army commanders
  14. To the soldiers prior to engaging the enemy in the Battle of Siffin
  15. Upon observing the enemy's readiness for war
  16. At the onset of battle
  17. To Mu'awiya in response to his letter
  18. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
  19. To one of his governors
  20. To Ziyad b. Abih, the governor of Basra
  21. To Ziyad
  22. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
  23. His final recommendations shortly before his martyrdom
  24. His will concerning his property
  25. To an agent sent to collect Zakat
  26. To one of the Zakat collectors
  27. To Muhammad b. Abi Bakr
  28. To Mu'awiya
  29. To the people of Basra
  30. To Mu'awiya
  31. To his son, Imam al-Hasan (a)
  32. To Mu'awiya
  33. To Qutham b. al-'Abbas
  34. To Muhammad b. Abi Bakr
  35. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
  36. To 'Aqil
  37. To Mu'awiya
  38. To the people of Egypt
  39. To 'Amr b. al-'As
  40. To one of his governors
  41. To one of his governors
  42. To 'Umar b. Abi Salama al-Makhzumi
  43. To Masqala b. Hubayra
  44. To Ziyad, apprising him of Mu'awiya's plot
  45. To 'Uthman b. Hunayf
  46. To one of his governors
  47. His testament to his children
  48. To Mu'awiya
  49. To Mu'awiya
  50. To the army commanders
  51. To the agents collecting Kharaj
  52. To the governors of the cities
  53. The Covenant of Malik al-Ashtar
  54. To Talha and Al-Zubayr concerning the people's allegiance to him
  55. To Mu'awiya
  56. To Shurayh b. Hani'
  57. To the people of Kufa
  58. To the inhabitants of the cities regarding the Battle of Siffin
  59. To Aswad b. Qatiba
  60. To the governors of regions through which the army passed
  61. To Kumayl b. Ziyad
  62. To the Egyptians regarding the appointment of Malik al-Ashtar
  63. To Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
  64. To Mu'awiya
  65. To Mu'awiya
  66. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
  67. To Qutham b. al-'Abbas
  68. To Salman al-Farsi
  69. To al-Harith al-Hamdani
  70. To Sahl b. Hunayf
  71. To al-Mundhir b. al-Jarud
  72. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
  73. To Mu'awiya
  74. The pact between Rabi'a and Yemen
  75. To Mu'awiya
  76. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
  77. To 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas
  78. To Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
  79. To the army commanders


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Notes

  1. ↑ Dashtī, Farhang-i mawḍūʿī-yi kullīyāt-i Nahj al-balāgha, p. 359; Nahj al-balāgha, trans. Shahīdī, 1377 Sh, Intro, p. 14.
  2. ↑ Rashād, Dānishnāma-yi Imām ʿAlī, 1380 Sh, vol. 12, p. 19.

References

  • Dashtī, Muḥammad. Farhang-i mawḍūʿī-yi kullīyāt-i Nahj al-balāgha. Tehran, Muʾassasa-yi Taḥqīqātī-yi Amīr al-Muʾminīn.
  • Nahj al-balāgha. Translated by Sayyid Jaʿfar Shahīdī. Tehran, ʿIlmī wa Farhangī, 1377 Sh.
  • Rashād, ʿAlī Akbar. Dānishnāma-yi Imām ʿAlī. Tehran, Pazhūhishgāh-i Farhang wa Andīsha-yi Islāmī, 1380 Sh.
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