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.
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