1319 - العَفوُ وإستِصلاحُ القُلوبِ‏

1319. PARDON AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEARTS

4332.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - لِرَجُلٍ شكا إليه خَدَمَه - : اُعفُ عَنهُم تَستَصلِحْ بِهِ قُلوبَهُم ، فَقالَ : يا رَسولَ اللَّهِ ، إنَّهُم يَتَفاوَتونَ في سُوءِ الأدَبِ ، فَقالَ : اُعفُ عَنهُم، فَفَعلَ .¹

4332. The Prophet (SAWA) said to a man who came to him complaining about his servants, ‘Pardon their faults and through it their hearts will improve.’ So he (SAWA) replied, ‘O Prophet of Allah, verily they vary in their bad behaviour’, so he replied, ‘Pardon them’, so he did.’²

4333.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في وَصِيَّتِهِ لِابنِهِ الحَسَنِ عليه السلام - : إذا استَحَقَّ أحَدٌ مِنهُم ذَنباً فأحسِنِ العَذلَ ؛ فإنَّ العَذلَ مَعَ العَفوِ أشَدُّ مِنَ الضَّربِ لِمَن كانَ لَهُ عَقلٌ .³

4333. Imam Ali (AS) in his will to his son al-Hasan (AS), said, ‘If any of them deserves punishment for a sin, then censure gracefully, for verily censure accompanied by pardon is more severe [i.e. more effective] than striking for a person with intellect.’⁴

(اُنظر) العداوة : باب 1238 .

(See also: ENMITY: section 1238)

1318 - الحَثُّ عَلَى العَفوِ عِندَ القُدرَةِ

1318. ENJOINMENT OF PARDON IN SPITE OF ONE’S POWER (TO PUNISH)

4328.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن عَفا عِندَ القُدرَةِ عَفا اللَّهُ عَنهُ يَومَ العُسرَةِ .¹

4328.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who pardons when having the power to punish, Allah will pardon him on the Day of great difficulty [i.e. the Day of Resurrection].’²

4329.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إذا قَدَرتَ عَلى‏ عَدُوِّكَ فَاجعَلِ العَفوَ عَنهُ شُكراً لِلقُدرَةِ عَلَيهِ .³

4329.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When you are empowered to vanquish your enemy, let your pardon of him act as thanks for having been given power over him.’⁴

4330.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : العَفوُ زَكاةُ الظَّفَرِ .⁵

4330.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Pardon is the zakat of triumph.’⁶

4331.الإمامُ الحسينُ عليه السلام : إنَّ أعفَى النّاسِ مَن عَفا عِندَ قُدرَتِهِ .⁷

4331.Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, ‘Verily the most forgiving of people is he who pardons when having the power to punish.’⁸

(اُنظر) المكافأة : باب 1608 .

(See also: RECOMPENSE: section 1608)