Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Justice and the Just

Volume 1 71 narrations
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Justice 71 Governance 23 Oppression 14 Testimony and Judgment 6 Forgiveness 3 God-consciousness/Piety 2 Witnesses/Testimony 2 Intention 1 Mercy 1 Trustworthiness (Amanah) 1 Generosity 1 Enemies/Hostility 1 Rights 1

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hadith 6121
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best [form of] justice is assisting the oppressed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْسَنُ العَدْلِ نُصْرَةُ المَظْلُومِ
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hadith 6122
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most just of all people is he who is equitable to the one who has oppressed him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعْدَلُ النّاسِ مَنْ أنْصَفَ مَنْ ظَلَمَهُ
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hadith 6123
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily being fair in [your] ruling and eschewing oppression are part of justice.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ مِنَ العَدْلِ أنْ تُنْصِفَ فِي الحُكْمِ وَ تَجْتَنِبَ الظُّلْمَةَ
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hadith 6125
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily Allah, the Glorified, has enjoined justice and benevolence and has forbidden indecency and injustice.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ أمَرَ بِالعَدْلِ وَ الإحْسانِ وَ نَهى عَنِ الفَحْشاءِ والظُّلْمِ
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hadith 6126
Imam Ali (AS) said, Justice is brings harmony while oppression causes deviation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلعَدْلُ مَأْلُوفٌ اَلجَوْرُ عَسُوفٌ
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hadith 6134
Imam Ali (AS) said, Justice is a foundation [for a healthy society]; oppression is destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلعَدْلُ مِلاكٌ اَلجَوْرُ هَلاكٌ
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hadith 6140
Imam Ali (AS) said, Allah, the Glorified, made justice a mainstay for mankind, a purification from oppressions and vices, and as an opening for [the spreading of] Islam.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جَعَلَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ العَدْلَ قِواماً لِلأنامِ وَ تَنْزيهاً مِنَ المَظالِمِ وَ الآثامِ وَ تَسْنِيَةً لِلإسْلامِ
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hadith 6143
Imam Ali (AS) said, How can one who is unjust to himself be just with others?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَيْفَ يَعْدِلُ في غَيْرِهِ مَنْ يَظْلِمُ نَفْسَهُ ؟!
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hadith 6146
Imam Ali (AS) said, Justice can never be achieved until injustice falters [and comes to an end].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَنْ يُتَمَكَّنَ العَدْلُ حَتّى يَزِلَّ البَخْسُ
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hadith 6164
Imam Ali (AS) said, In justice there is comfort; and one for whom justice is beleaguering, then oppression will be more beleaguering [and difficult] for him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فِي العَدْلِ سَعَةٌ وَ مَنْ ضاقَ عَلَيْهِ العَدْلُ فَالجَوْرُ عَلَيْهِ أضْيَقُ
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hadith 6165
Imam Ali (AS) said, From the exigencies of justice is the forbidding of oppression.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ لَوازِمِ العَدْلِ اَلتَّناهي عَنِ الظُّلْمِ
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hadith 6168
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no justice better than returning the right of the oppressed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاعَدْلَ أفْضَلُ مِنْ رَدِّ المَظالِمِ
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hadith 6178
Imam Ali (AS) said, The bane of justice is the powerful tyrant.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : آفَةُ العَدْلِ اَلظّالِمُ القادِرُ
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hadith 6182
Imam Ali (AS) said, Many a just person is an oppressor.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رُبَّ عادِل جائِر
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