ALI Logo ALI
Search Books Updates
Home / Books / Nahj al-Balāgha / Volume 1 / Instructions for Malik al-Ashtar upon his appointment as the governor of Egypt / Hadith 1473
Hadith 1473
Hadith #
1473
Book
Nahj al-Balāgha
Volume
1
Section
53
Part
Letters
Chapter
Instructions for Malik al-Ashtar upon his appointment as the governor of Egypt
Source
al-Sharīf al-Raḍī
۞
He also orders him to break his heart off from passions, and to restrain it at the time of their increase, because the heart leads towards evil unless Allāh has mercy.
وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَكْسِرَ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ الشَّهَوَاتِ، وَيَزَعَهَا عِنْدَ الْجَمَحَاتِ، فَإِنَّ النَّفْسَ أَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ، إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ اللهُ.
Tags Soul (Nafs)PatienceGovernance
All narrations in Instructions for Malik al-Ashtar upon his appointment as the governor of Egypt Browse all books Search more hadith
Rewayaat

A project of the Academy for Learning Islam. Search, browse, and study Shi'i narrations in Arabic and English.

Explore
Updates Search Tips API Documentation
Contact
rewayaat.org@gmail.com GitHub Repository Academy of Islam
© 2026 Academy for Learning Islam (A.L.I.)
Content and translations remain the responsibility of their original sources.