They are a product of high courage.
They are a product of high courage.’ [52] كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع الْحِلْمُ سَجِيَّةٌ فَاضِلَةٌ (The book) ‘Kanz’ of Al Karajaky – ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘The forbearance is a meritorious quality.’’ [53] – وَ قَالَ ع مَنْ حَلُمَ مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ ظَفِرَ بِهِ And he -asws said: ‘One who forbears from his enemy will be victorious with him.’ [54] – وَ قَالَ ع شِدَّةُ الْغَضَبِ تُغَيِّرُ الْمَنْطِقَ وَ تَقْطَعُ مَادَّةَ الْحُجَّةِ وَ تُفَرِّقُ الْفَهْمَ And he -asws said: ‘The severity of anger alters the logic, and cuts the substance of the argument, and scatters the understanding.’ [55] – وَ قَالَ ع لَا عِزَّ أَنْفَعُ مِنَ الْحِلْمِ وَ لَا حَسَبَ أَنْفَعُ مِنَ الْأَدَبِ وَ لَا نَسَبَ أَوْضَعُ مِنَ الْغَضَبِ And he -asws said: ‘There is no honour more beneficial than the forbearance, nor any pedigree more beneficial than the etiquettes, nor any lineage lower than the anger.’ [56] The Inciting of the crowd (Mob disorder): وَ قَالَ ع فِي صِفَةِ الْغَوْغَاءِ هُمُ الَّذِينَ إِذَا اجْتَمَعُوا غَلَبُوا وَ إِذَا تَفَرَّقُوا لَمْ يُعْرَفُوا وَ قِيلَ بَلْ قَالَ ع هُمُ الَّذِينَ إِذَا اجْتَمَعُوا ضَرُّوا وَ إِذَا تَفَرَّقُوا نَفَعُوا فَقِيلَ قَدْ عَرَفْنَا [عَلِمْنَا] مَضَرَّةَ اجْتِمَاعِهِمْ فَمَا مَنْفَعَةُ افْتِرَاقِهِمْ فَقَالَ [ع] يَرْجِعُ أَصْحَابُ [أَهْلُ] الْمِهَنِ إِلَى مِهْنَتِهِمْ [مِهَنِهِمْ] فَيَنْتَفِعُ النَّاسُ بِهِمْ كَرُجُوعِ الْبَنَّاءِ إِلَى بِنَائِهِ وَ النَّسَّاجِ إِلَى مَنْسَجِهِ وَ الْخَبَّازِ إِلَى مَخْبَزِهِ Describing the disorder/strife of the mobs, Imam Ali -asws Ibn Abu Talib -asws said: ‘They are the ones who overwhelm (feel the strength of the mob) when they gather but no one recognises them when they disperse.’ It is (also) said that he -asws (Amir ul-Momineen -asws ) rather said, ‘ They are the ones, who do harm when they gather and they do good when they disperse.’ The Imam -asws was asked, ‘We understand their mischief when they gather, but what is the benefit when they disperse?’ The Imam -asws said: ‘Each one of them returns to his profession, so people benefit from them, such as the builder returning to build, the weaver returns to his craft and the baker returns to his bakery, and so on’.
[57] The Expiation of the Injuries: This is a difficult subject, as there are laws of the land which one has to follow, so these laws differ from a country to country.
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