Rule, Ruler, Judge, Governance
– وَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع لَمْ يَبْرَحِ النُّخَيْلَةَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ بِأَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ قَالَ وَ كَانَ كَتَبَ عَلِيٌّ ع إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَاشْخَصْ إِلَيَّ بِمَنْ قِبَلَكَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ ذَكِّرْهُمْ بَلَائِي عِنْدَهُمْ وَ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ وَ اسْتِبْقَائِي لَهُمْ وَ رَغِّبْهُمْ فِي الْجِهَادِ وَ أَعْلِمْهُمُ الَّذِي لَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ وَ السَّلَامُ
And from Abdullah Bin Awf who said,
‘Ali-asws had not even departed to the palm trees until Ibn Abbas arrived to him-asws with the people of Al-Basra. And Ali-asws had written to Ibn Abbas: ‘As for after, come to me-asws with the ones before you, from the Muslims, and the Momineen, and mention in the presence of (them) my-asws favours, and my-asws pardoning them, and my-asws letting them live, and make them to be desirous regarding the Jihad, and let them know merit which is for them. And the greetings.
قَالَ فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ كِتَابُهُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ بِالْبَصْرَةِ قَامَ فِي النَّاسِ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْكِتَابَ وَ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اسْتَعِدُّوا لِلشُّخُوصِ إِلَى إِمَامِكُمْ وَ انْفِرُوا خِفافاً وَ ثِقالًا وَ جاهِدُوا بِأَمْوالِكُمْ وَ أَنْفُسِكُمْ
He (the narrator) said, ‘When his-asws letter arrive to Ibn Abbas at Al-Basrah, he stood among the people and read out the letter to them, and he praised Allah-azwj and extolled upon Him-azwj and said, ‘O you people! Prepare for the going to your Imam-asws! Advance lightly and heavily, and fight with your wealth and your selves [9:41].
فَإِنَّكُمْ تُقَاتِلُونَ الْمُحِلِّينَ الْقَاسِطِينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ حُكْمَ الْكِتَابِ وَ لا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ الْحَقِ مَعَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ ابْنِ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الْآمِرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّاهِي عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ الصَّادِعِ بِالْحَقِّ وَ الْقَيِّمِ بِالْهُدَى وَ الْحَاكِمِ بِحُكْمِ الْكِتَابِ الَّذِي لَا يَرْتَشِي فِي الْحُكْمِ وَ لَا يُداهِنُ الْفُجَّارَ وَ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةُ لَائِمٍ
You will be fighting against the legalisers (of the prohibitions), the deviants, the ones who are neither reciting Quran, nor are they recognising Judgments of the Book, nor are they making it to be a religion, [9:29] alongside Amir Al-Momineen-asws, a son-asws of an uncle-as of Rasool-Allah-saww, the enjoiner with the good and forbidder from the evil, and a proclaimer with the truth, and one standing with the guidance, and ‘الْحَاكِمِ’ judging (ruling) with the Judgments of the Book. He-asws can neither be bribed in the judgment, nor does he-asws sweet-talk the immoral, nor does he-asws any blame for the sake of Allah-azwj from any blamer (an extract).[1]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 11 H 373