Similarly, Imam Ali
(A.S.) advises:
“At the same time, avoid
greedy and covetous persons who aspire to the position of acting as your
counselors. Remember that miserliness, cowardice and greed appear to be
different wicked qualities but they all arise from the same evil mentality of
having no faith and no trust in God”.
Imam Ali (A.S.)
emphasizes the need for a complete administration.
He warns Malik
Al-Ashtar:
“Your worst ministers
will be the men who had been a minister to the tyrannical and oppressive rulers
before you and who had been a party to atrocities and savage cruelties committed
by them (on poor masses)”.
Imam Ali (A.S.) advises
that officers should be first appointed on probation. The period of probation
will provide an opportunity to evaluate the performance of officers. To put it
in other words, Imam Ali (A.S.) did not favour awarding permanent postings and
appointments at the beginning of tenure itself.
Imam Ali (A.S.) asks
Malik Ashtar to be sincere in his rule:
“Remember Malik! That
Almighty God will not absolve any ruler of the obligations laid upon him unless
he sincerely tries his best to discharge duties... the things which should
gladden the heart of ruler must be the fact that his state is being ruled on
the principles of equity and justice and that his subjects love him. And, your
subjects will love you only when their hearts are not sore against you”.
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