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SERMON 237

Amir al-mu'minin describes
herein the members of the Prophet's family

They are life for
knowledge and death for ignorance. Their forbearance tells you of
their knowledge, and their silence of the wisdom of their
speaking. They do not go against right nor do they differ (among
themselves) about it. They are the pillars of Islam and the
asylums of (its) protection. With them right has returned to its
position and wrong has left its place and its tongue is severed
from its root. They have understood the religion attentively and
carefully, not by mere heresy or from relaters, because the
relaters of knowledge are many but its understanders are few.