[8] الدُّرَّةُ الْبَاهِرَةُ...

[8] الدُّرَّةُ الْبَاهِرَةُ، قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع‏ وَ لْيَقِلَّ عَيْبُ النَّاسِ عَلَى لِسَانِكَ (The book) ‘Al Durr Al Bahira’ – ‘Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said: ‘And let people’s faults be less on your tongue.’’ [9] وَ قَالَ ع‏ مَنْ رَمَى النَّاسَ بِمَا فِيهِمْ رَمَوْهُ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ ‘And he -asws said: ‘One who shoots (accuses) the people with what is in them, they will shoot at him (accuse him) with what isn’t in him.’’ [10] كان رسول الله ص إذا كره من إنسان شيئا قال ما بال أقوام يفعلون كذا و كذا و لا يعين Rasool-Allah -saww was such that whenever he -saww mentioned something from a person, said: ‘What is the matter with a people doing such and such?’ And he -saww would not specify.’’ [11] وَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع‏ اذْكُرُوا مَحَاسِنَ مَوْتَاكُمْ And Ali -asws said: ‘Mention the good deeds of your deceased.’ [12] وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ لَا تَقُولُوا فِي مَوْتَاكُمْ إِلَّا خَيْراً And in another: ‘Do not be saying regarding your deceased, except good.’ [13] قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ أَ تَرْعَوُونَ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الْفَاجِرِ حَتَّى يَعْرِفَهُ النَّاسُ اذْكُرُوهُ بِمَا فِيهِ يَحْذَرُهُ النَّاسُ The Prophet -saww said: ‘Are you afraid from mentioning the immoral until the people recognise him?