When the Consultative Committee (or Shura) decided to swear allegiance to `Uthman, Amir al-mu'minin said:

Pearl of Wisdom

'Poverty is the greed of the self and the extremity of despair.'

Imam Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hadi [as]

Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 368, no. 3

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When the Consultative Committee (or Shura) decided to swear allegiance to `Uthman, Amir al-mu'minin said:

Sermon 73 When the Consultative Committee (or Shura) decided to swear allegiance to `Uthman, Amir al-mu'minin said:

You have certainly known that I am the most rightful of all others for the Caliphate. By Allah, so long as the affairs of Muslims remain intact and there is no oppression in it save on myself I shall keep quiet seeking reward for it (from Allah) and keeping aloof from its attractions and allurements for which you aspire.