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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Commit a tyrant to oath whenever you want his oath in a way that it is devoid of [the mention of] the power and strength of Allah, for verily if he falsely takes oath by it, his chastisement will be hastened, and if he takes oath by Allah whom there is no god but He, it will not be hastened because he has professed the unity of Allah, the all-High.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْلِفوا الظّالِمَ إذا أرَدْتُم يَمينَهُ بأنّهُ بَريءٌ مِن حَولِ اللّهِ وقُوَّتِهِ ، فإنَّهُ إذا حَلفَ بها كاذِبا عُوجِلَ العُقوبةَ ، وإذا حَلفَ باللّهِ الّذي لا إلهَ إلّا هُو لَم يُعاجَلْ ؛ لأنّهُ قد وَحّدَ اللّهَ تعالى.
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