Peak of Eloquence Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Letter 44

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To Ziyad Ibn Abih When Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib (x) Came

to Know That Mu`awiyah Had Written to Ziyad to Deceive Him and to Attach Him to Himself in Kinship

I have learned that Mu`awiyah has written to you to deceive your wit and blunt your sharpness. You should be on guard against him because he is the Satan who approaches a believer from the front and from the back, from the right and from the left, to catch him suddenly in the hour of his carelessness and to overcome his intelligence.

During the days of `Umar ibn al-Khattab, Abu Sufyan happened to utter a thoughtless point which was an evil insinuation of Satan from which neither kinship is established nor entitlement to succession occurs. Whoever relies on it is like the uninvited guest to a drinking party or like the dangling cup (tied to a saddle).