Chapter Four: Cultural Policies
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Development of Education
145. Imām Ali (a.s.): “It is incumbent upon the leader to teach the laws (hudud) of Islam and faith to the people under his rule.”1
146. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Indeed people are more in need of good manners than they are in need of gold and silver.”2
147. Imām Ali (a.s.): “O people, I have a right over you and you have a right over me. As for your right over me, that is to advise you, to pay you your dues fully, to teach you so that you may not remain ignorant and to train you so that you are knowledgeable.”3
148. Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.): “When Ali (a.s.) performs the morning prayers, he keeps on with after-prayer invocations (ta`qibāt) until sunrise. At sunrise, the poor, the needy and other groups of people would gather around him and he would teach them laws (fiqh) and the Qur'ān. At a certain hour, he would end the session and leave.”4
149. Irshād al-Qulub: “It is reported that Ali (a.s.) after finishing a battle, he would proceed to teach people and judge among them.”5
1.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۶۱۹۹, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۳۲۸, h. ۵۶۳۷.
2.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۳۵۹۰, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۱۴۳, h. ۳۲۱۰.
3.. Nahj al-Balāghah, Sermon ۳۴, Ansāb al-Ashrāf, vol. ۳, p. ۱۵۴, Tārikh al-Tabari, vol. ۵, p. ۹۱.
4.. Sharh Nahj al-Balāghah, vol. ۴, p. ۱۰۹, Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۴۱, p. ۱۳۲.
5.. Irshād al-Qulub, p. ۲۱۸, `Uddat al-Dā`i, p. ۱۰۱, Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۳, p. ۱۶, h. ۷۰.