hadith
1531
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Imam Ali (AS) said regarding the Haruriyya who say that there is no rule other than Allahs, ‘The rule is Allahs, and there are rulers on earth, but they [retort and] say, ‘There is no government ‘There must be a government for the people under which the believer toils and the wicked and the unbeliever seek to make merry, and in which Allah decrees the final outcome.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ فِي الحَرُورِيَّةِ وَهُمْ يقولون : لا حُكْمَ إلّا للّهِ ـ : الحُكْمُ للّهِ ، وَفِي الأرْضِ حُكَّامٌ ، وَلكِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ : لاَ إمَارةَ ، وَلاَبُدَّ لِلنّاسِ مِنْ إمَارَةٍ؛ يَعْمَلُ فِيْها المُؤْمِنُ ، ويَسْتَمْتِعُ فِيها الفَاجِرُ وَالكَافِرُ، وَيُبَلِّغُ اللّهُ فِيهَا الأجَلَ.
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