Nahj al-Balāgha

To the army officers when he was elected as the caliph

Volume 1 Section 79 2 narrations
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hadith 1640
To the army officers when Amīr al-mu’minīn became Caliph.
ومن كتاب له (عليه السلام) لما استخلف إلى أمراء الأجناد
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hadith 1641
Now, what ruined those before you was that they denied people their rights and then they had to purchase them (by bribes), and they led the people to wrong and they followed it.
أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَنَّهُمْ مَنَعُوا النَّاسَ الْحَقَّ فَاشْتَرَوْهُ، وَأَخَذُوهُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ فَاقْتَدَوْهُ.
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