I said to him – asws (the Imam -asws ), ‘O my Master – asws ! I did not know what was in the base of the door’. He – asws said: ‘And why did you have to do a deed being needy to apologise from it? Beware after it from repeating similar to it, and whenever you hear insults to us – asws , then continue on your way, which I – asws instruct you with and beware of replying to the one who insults us – asws , or introducing to him who you are, for we are in an evil country, and an evil city.
And continue in your road, for your news and your situations are being referred to us – asws , so know that!’’ (See the complete Hadith in Appendix II). [9] There is no gathering in Sins: Imam -asws says: So, help each other towards the righteousness and the piety but do not help each other towards the sins and the animosity. And fear Allah – azwj for He – azwj is Severe is the Punishment’.
[10] (Hadith in given in Appendix III) Extending the Fight from Verbal to Physical: وَ قَالَ ع مَنْ بَالَغَ فِي الْخُصُومَةِ أَثِمَ وَ مَنْ قَصَّرَ فِيهَا ظُلِمَ وَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَتَّقِيَ اللَّهَ مَنْ خَاصَمَ Imam Ali -asws ibn Abu Talib -asws said: Whoever goes too far in quarrelling is a sinner, but if one falls short in it (quarrel), one is oppressed. But the one who initiates the fight will lose the ability to fear Allah -azwj . [11] Who Wins in Confrontation?
عَنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ مَا الْتَقَتْ فِئَتَانِ قَطُّ إِلَّا نُصِرَ أَعْظَمُهُمَا عَفْواً . From him, from Ibn Fazzal who said, ‘I heard Abu Al-Hassan – asws saying: ‘No two parties ever met (in a confrontation) at all, except victory was for the one who was greater of the two in pardoning’.
[12] The Expiation of the Injuries: This is a difficult subject, as there are laws of the land which one has to follow, so these laws differ from a country to country.