Mīzān al-Ḥikma

Pardon and Improvement

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Forgiveness 2 Prophet Muhammad 1 Imam Ali 1 Ahl al-Bayt 1 Imam Hasan 1

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hadith 2971
The Prophet (SAWA) said to a man who came to him complaining about his servants, ‘Pardon their faults and through it their hearts will improve. So he replied, ‘O Prophet of Allah, verily they vary in their bad behaviour, so he replied, ‘Pardon them, so he did.
مستدركُ الوسائل: شَكا رَجلٌ إلى رَسولِ اللّه (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) خَدَمَهُ، فقال له: اُعفُ عَنهُم تَستَصلِحْ بِهِ قُلوبَهُم ، فَقالَ: يا رَسولَ اللّهِ ، إنَّهُم يَتَفاوَتونَ في سُوءِ الأدَبِ، فَقالَ: اُعفُ عَنهُم، فَفَعلَ.
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hadith 2972
Imam Ali (AS) in his will to his son al-Hasan (AS), said, ‘If any of them deserves punishment for a sin, then censure gracefully, for verily censure accompanied by pardon is more severe [i.e. more effective] than striking when carried out by a reasonable person.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في وَصِيَّتِهِ لاِبنِهِ الحَسَنِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ: إذا استَحَقَّ أحَدٌ مِنهُم ذَنباً فأحسِنِ العَذلَ ؛ فإنَّ العَذلَ مَعَ العَفوِ أشَدُّ مِنَ الضَّربِ لِمَن كانَ لَهُ عَقلٌ.
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