Observing courtesy and kindness, the autocracy of the Umayyads

Nahj al-Balāgha · Volume 1 · Section 166 · 4 narrations

Hadith 769

The young among you should follow the elders while the elders should be kind to the young. Do not be like those rude people of the pre-Islamic (al-jāhiliyyah) period who did not exert themselves in religion nor use their…

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Hadith 770

[A part of the same sermon About the autocracy and oppression of the Umayyads and their fate :] They will divide after their unity and scatter away from their centre. Some of them will stick to the branches, and bending…

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Hadith 771

[The cause of tyranny :] O people! If you had not evaded support of the truth and had not felt weakness from crushing wrong then he who was not your match would not have aimed at you and he who overpowered you would not…

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