Houssam

“When trouble arose between 'All and Mu'awiyah as a necessary consequence of group feeling, they were guided in (their dissensions) by the truth and by independent judgment. They did not fight for any worldly purpose or over preferences of no value, or for reasons of personal enmity. This might be suspected, and heretics might like to think so. However, what caused their difference was their independent judgment as to where the truth lay. It was on this matter that each side opposed the point of view of the other. It was for this that they fought. Even though 'Ali was in the right, Mu'awiyah's intentions were not bad ones. He wanted the truth, but he missed (it). Each was right in so far as his intentions were concerned.”
― Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History

“لقد غاب عن الأذهان أن الحق ملازم للواجب ، وأن الشعب هو الذي يخلق ميثاقه ونظامه الإجتماعي والسياسي الجديد عندما يغير ما في نفسه”
― مالك بن نبي, مشكلة الأفكار في العالم الإسلامي

“والحاكم المستبد يخاف رعيته كما تخافه رعيته، بل خوفه منهم أشد، لأنه يخافهم عن علم، وهم يخافونه عن جهل”
― أحمد أمين, زعماء الإصلاح في العصر الحديث

“إن مجتمع ما بعد التحضر ليس مجتمعاً يقف مكانه, بل هو يتقهقر إلى الوراء بعد أن هجر درب حضارته وقطع صلته بها.”
― مالك بن نبي, مشكلة الأفكار في العالم الإسلامي