surely Allah curses the Infidels and has prepared for them an inferno...

surely Allah curses the Infidels and has prepared for them an inferno, abiding therein always, they will neither find a friend nor a helper.} 41 Related from Imam 'Ali ibn al-Hussein (A), who said: 'The Messenger of Allah (S) said: 'Slandering the believer is a foul act, killing him is unbelief, eating his flesh4 2 is disobeying Allah, and the sanctity of his wealth is as the sanctity of his blood.' Forbidding beating unjustly Related from al-Halabi, from Imam Saadiq (A), who said: 'The worst of people in the sight of Allah is he who kills one who is not fighting him, or he who beats someone who has not beaten him.' Related from al-Muthanna, from Imam Saadiq (A) who said: 'In the scabbard of the Messenger of Allah's sword was found a document which said: 'The worst of men in the sight of Allah is th e killer of one who does not fight him, o r he who strikes someone who has not struck him, or one who claims lineage from someone other than his rightful father, for he does not believe in what has been revealed to Muhammad (S).' Related from al-Washa who said: 'I heard Imam al-Ridha (A) saying: 'The Messenger of Allah (S) said: 'Allah has cursed he who kills one who does not fight him, or strikes one who does not strike him.' Related from al-Thumali who said: The Imam (A) said: 4 0 The Holy Qur'an: Women (4): 93.

4 1 The Holy Qur'an: The Coalitions (33): 64-65. 4 2 Backbiting against someone is considered in the Qur'an and hadith as tantamount to eating that person's flesh.