I can't fault either of these (via the welcome return of the Skeptic):
Now that I’m free again, I have time to read. Books and stuff. A few interesting scraps for today:
افضل الجهاد كلمة حق عند سلطان جائر
“The best form of jihad is a word of truth to a tyrannical ruler.” (Hadith no. 4011 from the Sunan Ibn Majah)
And Abu Bakr’s great inaugural address:
“Oh people, I have been entrusted with authority over you, but I am not the best of you. Help me if I am right and correct me if I am wrong.” (recounted by Abd al-Malik Ibn Hashim in his Sirah al-Nabawiyya)
I too want my rulers to be that modest.
2 comments:
Hello! I couldn't read all your posts: some because I need more time to read them and some because I couldn't underestand them (my mother tongue is Spanish)..
But I congratulate you for this post.
I think everywhere we wish the same.
Salome, I agree. Il me faut ecrire en francaise de temps a temps, peut etre.
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