Pearl of Wisdom
The best form of charity is that you give away when you are healthy and covetous, when you have high hopes of having a lasting life and fear poverty and you do not wait until you are breathing your last, saying: 'this is for x and this is for y, while that finally will belong to z.'
Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa [sawa] Ibid. v. 96, p. 178, no. 13
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When the Consultative Committee (or Shura) decided to swear allegiance to `Uthman, Amir al-mu'minin said: |
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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.
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