290. al-Durr al-Manthur, narrating from Zaid ibn Aslam: “The Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) recited this verse: “…save yourselves and your families from a fire …”¹ He (s.a.w.) was asked: “O the Messenger of Allah! How can we save our family from the Fire?” He said: “Enjoin them to what Allah likes and prohibit them from what Allah dislikes.”²

291. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said, in a letter to one of his agents: “Fear Allah and return to these people their properties. If you do not do so and Allah grants me power over you I shall excuse myself before Allah about you and strike you with my sword that I have not struck anyone without them going to Hell. By Allah, even if Hasan and Husain had done what you did, there would have been no leniency with me to them and they could not have won their way with me till I had received the right from them and eradicated the wrong produced by their unjust action.”³

290.الدرّ المنثور عن زيد بن أسلم: تَلا رَسولُ الله‏ صلی الله علیه وآله هذِهِ الآيَةَ: «قُواْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَ أَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا»، فَقالوا: يا رَسولَ الله‏ِ، كَيفَ نَقِي أهلَنا نارا؟
قالَ: تَأمرونَهُم بِما يُحِبُّهُ الله‏ُ، وتَنهَونَهُم عَمَّا يَكرَهُ الله‏ُ.¹

291.الإمام عليّ علیه السلام ـ فِي كِتابِهِ إلى بَعضِ عُمّالِهِ ـ: فَاتَّقِ الله‏َ وَاردُد إلى هؤلاءِ القَومِ أموالَهُم، فَإِنَّكَ إن لَم تَفعَل ثُمَّ أمكَنَنِي الله‏ُ مِنكَ لاَُعذِرَنَّ إلَى الله‏ِ فيكَ، ولاَءَضرِبَنَّكَ بِسَيفِي الَّذي ما ضَرَبتُ بِهِ أحَدا إلّا دَخَلَ النّارَ، ووَالله‏ِ لَو أنَّ الحَسَنَ وَالحُسَينَ فَعَلا مِثلَ الَّذي فَعَلتَ ما كانَت لَهُما عِندي هَوادَةٌ، ولا ظَفِرا مِنّي بِإِرادَةٍ حَتّى آخُذَ الحَقَّ مِنهُما، واُزيحَ الباطِلَ عَن مَظلَمَتِهِما.²