Then he -saww ordered the Jewish woman to be held captive.

Then he -saww ordered the Jewish woman to be held captive. On the next day he -saww called her over and said: ‘Did they all not eat from that poison which you had presented? Did you not see how Allah -azwj Defended His Prophet -saww and his -saww companions?’ She said: ‘O Messenger of Allah -saww ! Until now I had doubt that you were the true Messenger of Allah -saww .

I hereby bear witness that there is no God but Allah the One without any partner, and that you -saww are His Servant and His Messenger truly.’ She had a strong faith. One day, a man came over to the Imam Ali -asws Bin Al Husayn -asws , and accompanying him was a man who he accused to be the murderer of his father. He confessed, and ‘Qassaas’ (retaliation) became obligatory upon him. He -asws asked him to excuse him so that Allah -azwj may magnify his Rewards. He did not agree to this.

Imam Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said to the claimant, and the successor, and the one deserving the blood money: ‘If you remember any right that this man has over you then endow him this blood money, and forgive him for this sin’. He said: ‘O son of the Messenger of Allah -saww ! He does have a right on me but it is not great enough for me to forgive him for killing my father’. He -asws said: ‘What is it that you want?’ He said: ‘I want blood money.

If he wants to reach an agreement over the blood money, I am prepared to do this and forgive him. Imam Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said: ‘What is your right on him?’ He said: ‘O son of the Messenger of Allah -saww ! He introduced me to the Unity of Allah -azwj and the Prophet-hood of the Messenger of Allah -saww , and the Imamate of Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws and the (Divine) Imams -asws ‘. Imam Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws asked: ‘Is this not sufficient for the blood of your father?

Yes, by Allah -azwj ! This is enough for the blood of all the people of the earth from the former ones to the later ones except for the Prophets -asws and the Imams -asws if you were to kill them -asws this will not cover anything for their -asws blood.

(In your case) are you content from him (what you benefitted from him) for the blood money?’ Imam Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said to the killer: ‘Would you like to give to me -asws the Rewards of your introduction to him, so that I can get this blood money away from you and save you from being killed?’ He said: ‘O son of the Messenger of Allah -saww !