An Analysis of the Strategy of Silence Based on the Teachings of Nahj al-Balagha

Today, the concept of silence has not only been raised at the level of the organization, but can be explored at a broad level such as society. The objective of this study was to extract a model of silence strategy based on the teachings of Nahj al-Balagha. This study is classified as a development research in terms of purpose, and is qualitative in terms of data collection, and has been done through a content analysis method and the analysis of the text of Nahj al-Balagha. In the present study, 253 code tailored to the topic were identified using MAXQDA software, which resulted in the production of 11 organizing themes and finally summarized into 3 general themes, and its conceptual grid model was formed. Based on the precious words of Imam Ali (as), the components of silence can be categorized according to the organizing themes into three general themes of defensive silence, obedient silence, and altruistic silence for collective interests.