Sources of Political Power and Instruments to Control it in Nahj-al-Balaghah

Power is one of the components by which, Imam Ali (a.s.) the Master of Virtuous tried to moralize the politics. Thus, the researcher deals with the review of sources of political power and its controlling instruments in Nahj-al-Balaghah in library method. The ethical teachings are of specific significance in Islam. Islam is a social religion and its ethical issues are not merely personal and undertake the train of human in the area of management and politics too. The government administrators in their political behavior are exposed to serious damages and risks ethically. Identification of these damages and ways to treat them by using the teachings of the Amir al-Muʹminin (a.s.) in Nahj-al-Balaghah is very practical and a breakthrough for the administrators of the Islamic government. One of the most important findings of this research is considering the power as an instrument and ethicality of politics in the Imam Ali’s (a.s.) intellectual system. He viewed the power as an instrument to achieve salvation and perfection of the society, revival of the expansion of lofty principles and objectives. In the Hazrat’s political idea, knowledge, virtue and combination of these two in practice are two necessary conditions for management and ruling.