Buy my Faith as well!

Buy my Faith as well!” Where the state of affairs was such that the very faith was compromised for Dinar and dirham how could Amir al-Mu’minin’s policy of equity and fairplay keep such persons happy and satisfied. How could such persons be expected to remain attached to the Truth merely on the basis of their Faith.

The fourth reason was that the acts that were against the Shari`ah had assumed the shape of acts within the requirement of the Shari`ah and were understood to be the part and parcel of the Faith. The Imam (a.s) was not ready to give them sanctity by approving of them. The minds of people are such that those things that enter their minds, they cannot shake them off nor do they want to hear anything against them. Therefore, the Imam (a.s) once said…