Do not let the self-seekers and opportunists to unsheathe...

Do not let the self-seekers and opportunists to unsheathe their swords and kill the innocent people with the excuse of cooperation with ‘Ali’s slayer for their own personal interests! My dears! Give my slayer the same food you prepare for me! My darlings! If I survive, I know what to do with him. If I die, you are authorised to retaliate, but as he struck me once with sword, you shall not exceed more than one! O Children of Prophet!

Do not mutilate him after death!” These are ‘Ali’s (as) recommendations about his slayer when he was dying. Do you know any authority of any country throughout the world and during history to express such recommendations in favour of his slayer? Is Islam whose Prophet’s successor is so kind and merciful, the religion of violence? Previous…