Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب)‎ (599 – 661)[1] was an early Islamic leader and fourth Caliph. He is revered by Sunni Muslims as the last of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs and as a foremost religious authority on the Qur'an and Islamic jurisprudence. Shi'a Muslims consider him the First Imam appointed by the Prophet Muhammad and the first rightful caliph. Ali was the cousin of Muhammad, and after marriage to Fatima Zahra, he also became Muhammad's son-in-law.

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A man's measure is his will. Ali ibn Abi Talib

A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country. Ali ibn Abi Talib

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed. Ali ibn Abi Talib

Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal. Ali ibn Abi Talib

If poverty were a man, I would have slain him. Ali ibn Abi Talib

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness. Ali ibn Abi Talib

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