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 557 - أعظَمُ الحُقوقِ‏ 
 
 557 THE GREATEST OF RIGHTS
 
1667. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : وأعظَمُ ما افْتَرضَ [ اللَّهُ ]سبحانَهُ مِن تلكَ الحُقوقِ : حقُّ الوالي على‏ الرَّعِيَّةِ ، وحقُّ الرَّعِيَّةِ على‏ الوالي1 
 
1667. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The greatest of those rights that He, glory be to Him, has made obligatory are the right of the ruler upon the subjects, and the right of the subjects upon the ruler.'2 
 
 Notes
 
1. نهج البلاغة : الخطبة 216 .
 
2. Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 216