hadith
2316
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Obedience is the shield of the people and justice is the shield of governments.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلطّاعَةُ جُنَّةُ الرَعِيَّةِ وَ العَدْلُ جُنَّةُ الدُّوَلِ
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #9027 Imam Ali (AS) said, Obedience is the shield of the masses and justice is the shield of the [rulers of] nations.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #3528 Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing protects empires like justice.
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #2145 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Justice is the shield of the nations.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #2346 Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing ever preserves nations like the exercising of justice in them.