444. Tārikh al-Tabari - narrated from Jundab: “When Ali (a.s.) was informed about the afflictions and tragedies inflicted upon of Bani Nājiya and the murder of their chief, he said: “May his mother fall [die]! How feeble-minded he was and how daring he was towards God! Once somebody came to me and said, ‘There are men among your companions who, I fear, may separate from you. What do you think of them?”
I told him: “I do not administer punishment on the basis of accusation, nor do I chastise on the basis of assumptions. I do not fight against anyone but the one who has antagonized me and manifested his enmity towards me and that I will not start to fight him [but] after I have invited him and presented my proofs to him. Then, if he repents and returns to us, I will accept him as one of our brothers; but if he refused and wished for nothing but battle against us, we will ask God to help us against him and will fight him. May God keep away from me what He wishes!”
Once again he came to me and said: “I fear that `Abdullah ibn Wahab al-Rāsbi and Zaid ibn Husayn would ruin your affair. I heard them say things about you that if you hear, you will not let them go unless you kill or chastise them. So never release them from the prison.”
I said: “I will consult with you about them, so what do you suggest?” He said: “I suggest you send for them and kill them.”
Then I found out that he was neither pious nor wise, so I said: “By God, I do not suppose you are pious, nor helpful or wise. By God, even if I ever wanted to kill them, it would be more fitting for you to say to me: “Be wary of God! Why do you consider their blood as lawful since they have neither killed anyone, nor have they risen up in war against you, or given up obeying you?”¹

445. Imām al-Sādiq: “The Commander of the Faithful Ali ibn Abi Tālib (a.s.) used to say to the people in Kufa: “O people of Kufa! You suppose that I do not know what sets you aright? Yes, I do. But I do not like to do so by ruining myself [using unlawful means].”²

444. تاريخ الطبري عن جُندَب: لَمّا بَلَغَ عَلِيّاً مُصابُ بَني ناجِيَةَ وقَتلُ صاحِبِهِم، قالَ: هَوَت اُمُّهُ! ما كانَ أنقَصَ عَقلَهُ، وأَجرَأَهُ عَلى رَبِّهِ! فإِنَّ جائِياً جاءَني مَرّةً فَقالَ لي: في أصحابِكَ رِجالٌ قَد خَشيتُ أن يُفارِقوكَ، فَما تَرى فيهِم؟
فَقُلتُ لَهُ: إنّي لا آخُذُ عَلَى التُّهَمَةِ، ولا اُعاقِبُ عَلَى الظَّنِّ، ولا اُقاتِلُ إلّا مَن خالَفَني وناصَبَني وأظهَرَ لِيَ العَداوَةَ، ولَستُ مُقاتِلَهُ حَتّى أدعُوَهُ وأعذِرَ إلَيهِ، فَإِن تابَ ورَجَعَ إلَينا قَبِلنا مِنهُ، وهُوَ أخونا، وإن أبى إلّا الاِعتِزامَ عَلى حَربِنَا استَعَنّا عَلَيهِ اللهَ، وناجَزناهُ، فَكَفَّ عَنّي ما شاءَ اللهُ.
ثُمَّ جاءَني مَرَّةً اُخرى فَقالَ لي: قَد خَشيتُ أن يُفسِدَ عَلَيكَ عَبدُ اللهِ بنُ وَهبٍ الراسِبِيُّ وزَيدُ بنُ حُصَينٍ، إنّي سَمِعتُهُما يَذكُرانِكَ بِأَشياءَ لَو سَمِعتَها لَم تُفارِقهُما عَلَيها حَتّى تَقتُلَهُما أو تُوبِقَهُما، فَلا تُفارِقهُما مِن حَبسِكَ أبَداً.
فَقُلتُ: إنّي مُستَشيرُكَ فيهِما، فَماذا تَأمُرُني بِهِ؟
قالَ: فَإِنّي آمُرُكَ أن تَدعُوَ بِهِما، فَتَضرِبَ رِقابَهُما، فَعَلِمتُ أنَّهُ لا وَرِعٌ ولا عاقِلٌ، فَقُلتُ: وَاللهِ ما أظُنُّكَ وَرِعاً، ولا عاقِلاً نافِعاً، وَاللهِ لَقَد كانَ يَنبَغي لَكَ لَو أرَدتُ قَتلَهُم أن تَقولَ: اِتَّقِ اللهَ، لِمَ تَستَحِلُّ قَتلَهُم ولَم يَقتُلوا أحَداً، ولَم يُنابِذوكَ، ولَم يَخرُجوا مِن طاعَتِكَ؟!¹

445. الإمام الصادق علیه السلام: كانَ أميرُ المُؤمِنينَ عَلِيُّ بنُ أبي طالِبٍ صَلَواتُ الله عَلَيهِ يَقولُ لِلنّاسِ بِالكوفَةِ: يا أهلَ الكوفَةِ، أ تَرَوُنّي لا أعلَمُ ما يُصلِحُكُم؟! بَلى، ولَكِنّي أكرَهُ أن اُصلِحُكُم بِفَسادِ نَفسي.²