`Ali (a.
`Ali (a.s) said that the requirement of justice was that the person is made to stand in the hot sun and his shadow beaten with a whip because a dream is like a shadow. But he added that the person would certainly be punished so that he refrained from such canard in the future. The man was therefore called and was given the punishment he deserved. The Imam (a.s) once saw two persons fighting and asked why they were at loggerheads. One of them said, “O Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s)!
I have sold him one piece of textile for 9 dirhams and the agreement was that the payment must be in real dirhams. But he gave me counterfeit and broken dirhams. I refused to accept those coins when he slapped me and insulted me in the bazaar” The…
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