Strategies to Deal with Aristocracy Based on the Analysis of the Content of Imam Ali's Letter to Uthman ibn Hanif

One of the most important historical letters of Amir al-Mo'menin Ali, which shows his character well in the field of education, political ethics and society management, is the letter 45 of Nahj al-Balaghah addressed to Uthman Ibn Hanif Ansari. Although the content of this letter has been examined in textual and documentary form in several articles, so far no one has explained the most important issues raised in the letter in order to extract a practical model for combating aristocracy along with its step-by-step process in a methodical and systematic manner with the aim of approaching the Alawi government and achieving justice. In this study, it has been tried to discover two general categories: "aristocratic pathology" and "strategies to deal with aristocracy" in this letter, through using the content analysis method and the "categorical content analysis" technique. Then, by using information classification, it examines their themes and finally, draws the geometric structure of this khutba (sermon). The content analysis of the categories of Imam Ali's letter to Uthman Ibn Hanif shows that in this historical letter, two categories: "pathology" and "providing a solution" have been considered to deal with aristocracy and providing the context for justice in the desired Islamic society along with its stages and processes in a step-by-step manner. Advising on piety, paying attention to righteous role models, advising on deliverance from worldliness and belief in resurrection are among the strategies extracted from the Imam's letter, and the details, stages and steps of the letter have been described in an accurate way.