To the governor of Basra upon learning that he had accepted an invitation to a lavish banquet
Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 45
Nahj al-Balāgha
Book 2, Chapter 45
To the governor of Basra upon learning that he had accepted an invitation to a lavish banquet
ومن كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلى عثمان بن حنيف الأنصاري وهو [وكان] عامله على البصرة وقد بلغه أنه دعي إلى وليمة قوم من أهلها، فمضى إليها [قوله]
To ‘Uthmān ibn Ḥunayf al-Anṣārī who was Amīr al-mu’minīn’s Governor of Baṣrah, when he came to know that the people of that place had invited ‘Uthmān to a banquet and he had attended.