hadith
984
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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The basis of Islamic law is the enjoinment of good and the prohibition of wrong.
الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): قِوامُ الشَّريعَةِ الأمرُ بِالمَعروفِ، والنَّهيُ عَنِ المُنكَرِ ، وإقامَةُ الحُدودِ .
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #3607 Imam Ali (AS) said, The basis of religious law is enjoining good, forbidding evil and upholding the boundaries [of Islamic law].
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #3604 Imam Ali (AS) said, The height of religion is enjoining good, forbidding evil and upholding the boundaries [of Islamic law].