[18] Leniency and Silence جا...

[18] Leniency and Silence جا، المجالس للمفيد مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ الْبَزَّازُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الدَّهَّانِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ عَنْ أَسَدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: سَمِعَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع رَجُلًا يَشْتِمُ قَنْبَراً وَ قَدْ رَامَ قَنْبَرٌ أَنْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَاهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَهْلًا يَا قَنْبَرُ دَعْ شَاتِمَكَ مُهَانًا تُرْضِي الرَّحْمَنَ وَ تُسْخِطُ الشَّيْطَانَ وَ تُعَاقِبُ عَدُوَّكَ (The book) ‘Al Majalis’ of Al Mufeed – Muhammad Bin Al Muzaffar Al Bazzaz, from Abdul Malik Bin Ali Al Dahhan, from Ali Bin Al Hassan, from Al Hassan Bin Bishr, from Asad Bin Saeed, from Jabir who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws heard a man insulting Qanbar, and Qanbar had wanted to respond to him.

Amir Al-Momineen -asws called out to him: ‘Shh, no, O Qanbar! Leave your insulter as humiliated, you will please the Beneficent -azwj and annoy the Satan -la , and have your enemy Punished. فَوَ الَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَ بَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ مَا أَرْضَى الْمُؤْمِنُ رَبَّهُ بِمِثْلِ الْحِلْمِ وَ لَا أَسْخَطَ الشَّيْطَانَ بِمِثْلِ الصَّمْتِ وَ لَا عُوقِبَ الْأَحْمَقُ بِمِثْلِ السُّكُوتِ عَنْهُ‏. By the One -azwj Who Split the seed and Formed the person!

The Momin will not please the Lord -azwj like (they would with) the leniency, nor annoy the Satan -la like with the silence, nor will the idiot be punished like with the silence against him’’. [19] Showing Forbearance (Tolerance): – وَ قَالَ ع‏ إِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ حَلِيماً فَتَحَلَّمْ فَإِنَّهُ قَلَّ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِقَوْمٍ إِلَّا أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ‏.

And he -asws said: ‘If you cannot become forbearing, then pretend to be so, for scarcely does a man resemble a (group of) people except he almost becomes one of them’’. [20] – وَ قَالَ ع‏ الْحِلْمُ عَشِيرَةٌ. And he -asws said: ‘The forbearance is a clan’’. [21] – وَ قَالَ ع‏ الْحِلْمُ غِطَاءٌ سَاتِرٌ وَ الْعَقْلُ حُسَامٌ بَاتِرٌ فَاسْتُرْ خَلَلَ خُلُقِكَ بِحِلْمِكَ وَ قَاتِلْ هَوَاكَ بِعَقْلِكَ‏.

And he -asws said: ‘The forbearance is a covering curtain, and the intellect is a sharp sword, therefore conceal the weakness in your manners with your forbearance and fight your whims with your intellect’’. [22] – وَ قَالَ ع‏ الْحِلْمُ وَ الْأَنَاةُ تَوْأَمَانِ تُنْتِجُهَما عُلُوُّ الْهِمَّةِ. And he -asws said: ‘The forbearance and the tolerance are twins. They are a product of high courage’’. [23] كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، قَالَ لُقْمَانُ‏ مَنْ لَا يَكْظِمْ غَيْظَهُ يُشْمِتْ عَدُوَّهُ.