285. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: The implicit remark to a wise person regarding his mistakes is among the most painful of blaming.”1
286. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “To speak allusively to a wise person is the worst scorn for him.”2
287. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “The punishment for a number of sins is just telling the wrong-doer about them.”3
288. Imām al-Sajjād (a.s.) said: “A child’s right is to be kind to him when educating him, forgiving him, covering his mistakes, acting moderately towards him and helping him. And the right of people of your faith is that … you consider the elderly [men] amongst them as your father, their young ones as your brothers, the elderly [women] amongst them as your mother and their infants as your children.”4
B- Strictness and Uncompromising:
“O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe who flinch not (from) executing the commands they receive from Allah, but do (precisely) what they are commanded.”5
289. Sahih Muslim, narrating from Abu Hurayrah who said: “When this verse was revealed: ‘And warn your nearest relations’6, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) invited Quraysh and they gathered,
then he told them all in general and specifically: “O children of Ka‘b ibn Lu'ay!7 Save yourselves from the Fire! O children of Murrah ibn Ka‘b!8 Save yourselves from the Fire! O children of ‘Abd Shams! Save yourselves from the Fire! O children of ‘Abd Manāf! Save yourselves from the Fire! O children of Hāshim!9 Save yourselves from the Fire! O children of ‘Abd al-Mutalib!10 Save yourselves from the Fire!
O Fātimah! Save yourself from the Fire! Because I cannot guarantee for you anything from Allah, except that you have the right of relationship to which I relate with you in this world [and it cannot benefit you in the Hereafter].”11
1.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۴۴۹۷. ‘Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā‘iz, p. ۲۰۱, h. ۴۰۸۶.
2.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۱۱۶۱.
3.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۵۳۴۲. ‘Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā‘iz, p. ۲۶۷, h. ۴۸۹۷.
4.. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۲, p. ۶۲۵, h. ۳۲۱۴. al-Khisāl, p. ۵۷۰, h. ۱. Both narrating from Abu Hamzah al-Thumāli (Thābit ibn Dinār).
5.. Qurān, ۶۶:۶.
6.. Qurān, ۲۶:۲۱۴.
7.. He was the seventh ancestor of the Prophet (s.a.w.).
8.. He was the sixth ancestor of the Prophet (s.a.w.).
9.. Hāshim was the eldest son of ‘Abd Manāf who gained an honorable rank after his father and became the great person of Bathā'. He was the second ancestor of the Messenger of Allah.
10.. ‘Abd al-Muttalib is Hāshim’s son who had complete respect and authority in his trib. He was a believer in Monotheism and Resurrection, and that was why he was called the second Abraham. He was the first ancestor of the Prophet (s.a.w.).
11.. Sahih Muslim, vol. ۱, p. ۱۹۲, h. ۳۴۸. Sunan al-Tirmidhi, vol. ۵, p. ۳۳۸, h. ۳۱۸۵. Sunan al-Nisā'i, vol. ۶, p. ۲۴۸. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۱۰, h. ۴۳۷۰۲.
