وَ أَمَرْتُهُ أَنْ يُنَادِيَ مَنْ سَبَّ أَبَوَيْهِ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَ أَنَا أُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ وَ أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي وَ عَلِيّاً أَبَوَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَمَنْ سَبَّ أَحَدَنَا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ And I -saww instructed him -asws to call out: ‘One who reviles his parents, upon him is the Curse of Allah -azwj ’, and I -saww keep Allah -azwj as Witness and keep you all as witness that I – saww and Ali – asws are two fathers of the Momineen (believers) , so the one who reviles one of us -asws , upon him is the Curse of Allah -azwj ’ (see the complete Hadith in Appendix I).
[3] رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ ع كَانَ جَالِساً فِي أَصْحَابِهِ- [إِذْ مَرَّتْ] فَمَرَّتْ بِهِمُ امْرَأَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ فَرَمَقَهَا الْقَوْمُ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ فَقَالَ ع- إِنَّ أَبْصَارَ هَذِهِ الْفُحُولِ طَوَامِحُ وَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ سَبَبُ هِبَابِهَا فَإِذَا نَظَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ تُعْجِبُهُ فَلْيُلَامِسْ أَهْلَهُ فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ امْرَأَةٌ كَامْرَأَتِهِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ قَاتَلَهُ اللَّهُ كَافِراً مَا أَفْقَهَهُ- [قَالَ] فَوَثَبَ الْقَوْمُ لِيَقْتُلُوهُ فَقَالَ ع رُوَيْداً إِنَّمَا هُوَ سَبٌّ بِسَبٍّ أَوْ عَفْوٌ عَنْ ذَنْبٍ It is reported that Imam Ali -asws Ibn Abu Talib -asws was sitting with his -asws companions when a beautiful woman passed by and they began to look at her.
It was then that Imam Ali -asws Ibn Abu Talib -asws said: The eyes of these men are covetous, and such glances are the cause of their becoming covetous. Whenever anyone of you sees a woman who attracts him, he should meet his wife [for cohabitation] because she is a woman just like his wife. (At that) One of the Kharijites (sitting there) said: “May Allah -azwj Kill this heretic (Nouzobillah – God Forbid)!
How logical he -asws is!” People (from the gathering) then leapt towards him to kill him, but Imam Ali -asws Ibn Abu Talib ‑asws said: “Wait a little bit. There should either be abuse [for an abuse] or else (better) pardoning from the offence.” [4] Hence, there is no justification from exceeding the crime of a person so either one can reply in the same terms or better forgive him. How to Clear the air (to suppress the rage)?
وَ قَالَ ع احْصُدِ الشَّرَّ مِنْ صَدْرِ غَيْرِكَ بِقَلْعِهِ مِنْ صَدْرِكَ Imam Ali -asws ibn Abu Talib -asws said: Remove evil from the chest of others by eradicating it (first) from your own (chest).