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To the people of Kufa before proceeding for
the Battle of Jamal.
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To the people of Kufa after the conquest of
Basra.
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To the Qadhi of Kufa, Shurayh b. Haarith when
he purchased a costly house.
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To one of the commanders of his army.
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To the hypocrite Ash'ath bin Qays when he usurped
public funds.
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To Mu'awiya on his (Ali's) right to the
caliphate.
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To Mu'awiya, on receiving letters from him
based on hypocritical advice and false accusations.
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Jarir bin Abdullah Bajali was sent to Damascus.
He was carrying a letter for Mu'awiya. Some delay occurred in his return.
Imam Ali (a) felt anxious about his safety and wrote the following letter
to him.
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To Mu'awiya.
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To Mu'awiya.
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Part of instructions to his marshal when
Imam Ali (a) sent him to a battle.
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When Imam Ali (a) sent an expedition of 3000
soldiers under Ma'qil bin Qays Riyahi against the Syrians, he issued the
following instructions.
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Instructions to two of his commanders.
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To his soldiers before the Battle of
Siffin.
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His invocation to Allah whenever he faced
an enemy.
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His advice to his followers during a
battle.
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A reply to a letter of Mu'awiya.
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When Abdullah bin Abbas was the
Governor of Basra,
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A letter to one of his governors.
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To Ziyad ibn Abih, who had been appointed
as the Commissioner of Basra by Abdullah bin Abbas.
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Another letter to Ziyad ibn Abih.
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An advice to Abdullah b. Abbas
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Instructions to his family a little before
his martyrdom.
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His Will in which he has left instructions
as to how to treat his property and estate. It was written after his return
from the Battle of Siffin.
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Directions to assessors and collectors of
Zakat.
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His instructions to Zakat collectors.
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Instructions to Muhammad b. Abu Bakr when
he appointed him as the Governor of Egypt.
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A famous reply to the letter of
Mu'awiya.
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To the people of Basra.
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To Mu'awiya.
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Advice to one of his sons after
returning from the Battle of Siffin.
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To Mu'awiya.
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To Qutham b. Abbas, the brother of Abdullah
b. Abbas, who was the Governor of Imam Ali (a) in the province of Hijaz.
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Muhammad, son of Abu Bakr (the 1st
caliph) was one of the favourite disciples and companions of Imam Ali (a).
Imam Ali (a) had treated and trained him like his own son and had appointed
him as the Governor of Egypt.
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When Muhammad bin Abi Bakr was killed in
Egypt by the guerrillas of Mu'awiya through disloyalty of his (Muhammad's)
own companions and officers, Imam Ali (a) felt sad and wrote the following
letter to Abdullah b. Abbas.
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To his brother Aqil.
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To Mu'awiya.
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To the people of Egypt, telling them about
Maalik when Imam Ali (a) appointed him as their Governor.
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To Amr bin Aas.
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To a commissioner of a province. It could
not be ascertained as to whom it was addressed.
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To a Governor who left Imam Ali (a)
and ran away with Public Treasury
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To Umar bin Abi Salama Mukhzumi
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To Masqala bin Hubayra al-Shaybani who was
the governor of Ardshir Khurra (Iran).
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To Ziyad ibn Abih
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To Uthman bin Hunayf, the Governor of Basra,
when he attended a feast given by a rich man of Basra.
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To one of his governors.
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To Imam Hasan (a) and Imam Husayn (a) after
he was wounded by Abd al-Rahman b. Muljam whilst offered the morning prayers
in the mosque of Kufa.
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To Mu'awiya.
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To Mu'awiya.
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A circular to the chiefs of his army.
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To the collectors of taxes and revenues.
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A circular about prayers to the governors
of all the provinces.
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An order to Maalik al-Ashtar.
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To Talha and Zubayr (sent to them
through Imran bin Hasin Khuza'i,)
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To Mu'awiya.
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Instructions to Shuray bin Hani when he was
appointed as the commanding officer of the vanguard of his army, which was
marching towards Syria.
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To the people of Kufa while leaving
Madina for Basra. It is a wonderful epistle.
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To the people of various provinces
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To Aswad bin Qatiba, the Governor of
Hulwan.
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A circular sent to those governors and State
officers, through whose territory the armies of Imam Ali (a) were to pass.
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To Kumayl bin Ziyad Nakha'i,
expressing his displeasure and rebuking him in...
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To the Egyptians. The letter was
handed...
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To the Abdullah bin Qays, better known in
history as Abu Musa Ash'ari, for his weak-faith and double-standards.
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A reply to Mu'awiya's letter.
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To Mu'awiya.
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To Abdullah b. Abbas. Ibn Abbas said that
except the advice and sayings of the Holy Prophet (s) no other advice benefited
him more than this.
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To Qutham b. Abbas (brother of Abdullah b.
Abbas), who was the Governor of Makkah.
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To Salman al-Farsi, before his (Ali's)
caliphate.
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To Harith Hamdani.
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To Suhayl b. Hunayf, the Governor of Madina
(and brother of Uthman b. Hunayf) about some Madinites who had left him and
gone over to Mu'awiya.
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To Munzir b. Jarud Abdi when he misappropriated
something which he had been entrusted with.
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To Abdullah b. Abbas.
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To Mu'awiya.
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A treaty which Imam Ali (a) has worded for
the Bani Rabi'a tribe and the Yemenites to agree upon.
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After the Muslims took oath of allegiance
to Imam Ali (a), he wrote the following letter to Mu'awiya.
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Instructions to Abdullah b. Abbas when he
sent him as his representative to Basra.
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Instructions to Abdullah b. Abbas when he
sent him for discussions with the Kharijites.
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Abu Musa Ash'ari (Abdullah b. Qays) wrote
a letter to Imam Ali (a) from the place where the decision of the arbitration
(after Siffin) took place. Imam Ali (a) wrote to him the following letter
in reply.
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An order issued to his generals when he took
over rulership of the Muslim State.
