914 - النَّهيُ عن سَبِّ النّاسِ‏

914. Prohibition of Insulting People

2910.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لا تَسُبُّوا الناسَ فَتَكتَسِبُوا العَداوةَ بَينَهُم .¹

2910.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Do not insult people lest you procure animosity from them.' ²

2911.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - لِقَنْبرٍ وقد رامَ أن يَشتِمَ شاتِمَهُ - : مَهْلاً يا قَنبرُ ! دَعْ شاتِمَكَ مُهاناً تُرْضِ الرَّحمنَ وتُسخِطُ الشَّيطانَ وتُعاقِبُ عَدُوَّكَ ، فَوَالذي فَلَقَ الحَبَّةَ وبَرَأ النَّسَمَةَ ما أرضَى المؤمنُ رَبَّهُ بِمِثلِ الحِلْمِ ، ولا أسخَطَ الشَّيطانَ بِمِثلِ الصَّمتِ ، ولا عُوقِبَ الأحمَقُ بمِثلِ السُّكوتِ عَنهُ .³

2911.Imam Ali (AS) said to Qanbar when he wished to insult a man who had insulted him, 'Careful Qanbar! Leave your insulter to his disdain and you will please the Beneficent Lord, displease Satan and punish thereby your enemy, for by the One who split the grain and created the breeze, there is no stance better than clemency with which a believer can please his Lord, and nothing like silence to offend Satan, and an idiot is best punished by ignoring him.' ⁴

2912.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام - لَمّا رَأى رَجُلَينِ يَتَسابّانِ - : البادِي أظلَمُ ، ووِزرُهُ ووِزرُ صاحِبِهِ علَيهِ ما لَم يَعتَدِ المَظلومُ .⁵

2912. Imam al-Kazim (AS) when he saw two people insulting each other, said, 'The initiator is the more unjust and bears his own sin as well as the sin of his opponent as long as the latter does not retort.' ⁶

2913.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام : ما تَسابَّ اثنانِ إلّا انحَطَّ الأعلى‏ إلى‏ مَرتَبةِ الأسفَلِ .⁷

2913.Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, 'Whenever two people insult each other, the more superior of the two sinks to the level of the more inferior one.' ⁸