the ranks are known to the positions relying on the opinion of someone whose intelligence competence steadfastness strictness compassion and religion are trusted. this is the greatest pillar in managing affairs for tyranny in opinion even if he is one of those with insight is reprehensible and forbidden. god has granted the imam success in delegating the reins of his affairs to his minister who did not cut the garment of the ministry except to fit his size until he demonstrated his sound opinions in the calamities of time and the dilemmas of events and taking into account the interests of creation in preserving the system of religion and kingship. he is the one who combines the qualities that the shariah and reason have stipulated in the manager and advisor such as the strength of religion purity of opinion practicing crises and enduring the hardships of the times the sobriety of the mind compassion for creation and kindness to the subjects and with the sum of these two matters the requirement of sufficiency is understood for its purpose is to establish the organization of religious and worldly matters and this is an issue whose existence is proven by observing conditions and actions. so let the fairminded person look at how he dealt with the dilemmas of the time with his good opinion when god took the soul of the imam almuqtada and granted all creation the enjoyment of the radiant and glorious imamate of almustazhiriyya. his death coincided with the gathering of armies in the city of peace and the crowding of the various types of soldiers on its edge and the time was a time of turmoil and the world was brimming with trials and raging with seditions and swords were drawn in the regions of the earth and turmoil was general in… the rest of the country is not calmed by the flames of war and it does not cease from stabbing and striking. the soldiers greed extended to the ammunition so they opened their mouths towards the treasuries. he was inclined to change consciences and stir up grudges and hatreds but he did not cease with his cunning and intelligence.
المراتب عارفا للمناصب معولا على راى من يوثق بدهائه وكفايته ومضائه وصرامته وشفقته وديانته وهذا هو الركن الاعظم في تدبير الامور فان الاستبداد بالرأي وان كان من ذوى البصائر مذموم ومحذور وقد وفق الله الإمام بتفويض مقاليد أمره إلى وزيره الذي لم يقطع ثوب الوزارة الا على قده حتى استظهر بآرائه السديدة في نوائب الزمان ومعضلات الحدثان ومراعاة مصالح الخلق في حفظ نظام الدين والملك وهو الجامع للصفات التي شرطها الشرع والعقل في المدبر والمشير من متانة الدين ونقاية الرأى وممارسة الخطوب ومقاساة الشدائد في طوارق الايام ورزانة العقل والعطف على الخلق والتلطف بالرعية وبمجموع هذين الامرين يفهم مطلوب الكفاية فان مقصودها اقامة تناظم الامور الدينية والدنيوية وهذه قضية يستدل على وجودها بمشاهدة الاحوال والافعال فلينظر المنصف كيف عالج معضلات الزمان بحسن رايه لما استاثر الله بروح الامام المقتدى وامتع كافة الخلق بالامامة الزاهرة المستظهرية وقد وافق وفاته احداق العساكر بمدينة السلام وازدحام اصناف الجند على حافتها والزمان زمان الفترة والدنيا طافحة بالمحن متموجة بالفتن والسيوف مسلولة في اقطار الارض والاضطراب عام في سائر البلاد لا يسكن فيها اوار الحرب ولا تنفك عن الطعن والضرب وامتدت اطماع الجند الى الذخائر ففغروا أفواههم نحو الخزائن وكان يتداعى إلى تغيير الضمائر وثور الاحقاد والضغائن فلم يزل بدهائه وذكائه