و من كتاب له عليه السلام إلى المنذر بن الجارود العبدي
و قد کان استعمله على بعض النواحى فخان الامانه فی بعض ما ولاه من اعماله
اما بعد فان صلاح ابیک غرنی منک و ظننت انک تتبع هدیه و تسلک سبیله فاذا انت فیما رقی الی عنک لا تدع لهواک انقیادا و لا تبقی لآخرتک عتادا تعمر دنیاک بخراب آخرتک و تصل عشیرتک بقطیعه دینک و لئن کان ما بلغنی عنک حقا لجمل اهلک و شسع نعلک خیر منک و من کان بصفتک فلیس باهل ان یسد به ثغر او ینفذ به امر او یعلى له قدر او یشرک فی امانه او یومن على خیانه فاقبل الی حین یصل الیک کتابی هذا ان شا الله
و المنذر هذا هو الذی قال فیه امیر المومنین- علیه السلام- انه لنظار فی عطفیه مختال فی بردیه تفال فی شراکیه
A Letter from Imam Ali (a.s)
[Imam Ali (a) had entrusted to Munzir bin Jarud Abdi something which he misappropriated. Thereupon Imam Ali (a) wrote the following letter to him.]
The fact is that piety, honesty and righteousness of your father made me misjudge your character. I thought you were a worthy son of a worthy father and were following him in his honesty and righteousness. But all of a sudden I received about you news which confirms the fact that you do not check and control your inordinate desires, that you do not attach any importance to your life after death and you want to adorn and beautify you life at the cost of your salvation and that you are forsaking your religion to provide for your relatives.
If all that is reported to me about you is correct, then the very camel you own or even the strap-shoe is superior to you. You and men of your calibre are not the persons to be confided with the financial affairs of a country or to be assigned to important vacancies of the State or to be entrusted to check and control dishonesty and disloyalty. Therefore, as soon as you receive this letter come back to me.