So I ask about it and he denies that...

So I ask about it and he denies that, and I have been informed about it by reliable people.’ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَذِّبْ سَمْعَكَ وَ بَصَرَكَ عَنْ أَخِيكَ فَإِنْ شَهِدَ عِنْدَكَ خَمْسُونَ قَسَامَةً وَ قَالَ لَكَ قَوْلًا فَصَدِّقْهُ وَ كَذِّبْهُمْ وَ لَا تُذِيعَنَّ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئاً تَشِينُهُ بِهِ وَ تَهْدِمُ بِهِ مُرُوَّتَهُ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَشِيعَ الْفاحِشَةُ فِي الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ فِي الدُّنْيا وَ الْآخِرَةِ ‘He -asws said to me: ‘O Muhammad!

Belie your hearing and your sight. Even if fifty (persons) were to testify in your presence swearing, and he says to you a word, ratify him and belie them, and do not broadcast anything against him shaming him with it and demolishing his personality by it , so you will be from those Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Those who love that the scandal should spread regarding those who believe, for them would be a painful Punishment, in the world and the Hereafter [24:19] .’’ [16] سن، المحاسن فِي رِوَايَةِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَقْرَبَ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ إِلَى الْكُفْرِ أَنْ يُؤَاخِيَ الرَّجُلَ عَلَى الدِّينِ فَيُحْصِيَ عَلَيْهِ عَثَرَاتِهِ وَ زَلَّاتِهِ لِيُعَنِّفَهُ بِهَا يَوْماً مَا (The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – In a report by Zurara, ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘The closest of what the servant can be to Kufr is when the man establishes brotherhood upon the religion, then he counts his stumbles and his slips, in order to rebuke him with it one day.’’ [17] كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، قَالَ لُقْمَانُ‏ مَنْ لَا يَكْظِمْ غَيْظَهُ يُشْمِتْ عَدُوَّهُ (The book) ‘Kanz’ of Al Karajaky’ – ‘Luqman -as said: ‘One who does not swallow his anger, his enemies will gloat (over him).’’ [18] Never Call out for a Fight: Amir ul-Momineen -asws would wait and avoid a confrontation, as one can see from the months of deliberations and observations of patience by Amir ul-Momineen -asws prior to the Battle of Safween.