The Epistle Imam Ali’s Famous Epistle To Malik Ashtar

The Epistle

In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the Ever-merciful Be it known to you, O, Maalik that I am sending you as Governor to a country, which in the past (1) According to Nahj al-Balا ghah (Al-Shar¢f al-Ra¤i’s compilation of Imا m ´Ali’s words, letters, and sermons), the epistle begins with the following statements

Document of instruction written by Imا m ´Ali for Mا lik al-Ashtar al-Nakh´i when he appointed him as the governor of Egypt and the surrounding areas after the position of Mu¦ammad ibn Abi Bakr, had become precarious