أفحَشُ الظُّلمِ The Most Atrocious Type of Wrong

15ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): اشتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللّه‏ِ عَلى مَن ظَلَمَ مَن لا يَجِدُ ناصِراً غَيرَ اللّه‏ِ.

15– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The wrath of Allah is indeed severe on one who wrongs somebody that has no one to help him apart from Allah.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 7605]
 

16ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ظُلمُ الضَّعيفِ أفحَشُ الظُّلمِ.

16– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Wronging the weak is the most atrocious type of injustice.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 31]
 

17ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لَمّا سُئلَ: أيُّ ذنبٍ أعجَلُ عُقوبَةً لِصاحِبِهِ ؟ ـ: مَن ظَلَمَ مَن لا ناصِرَ لَهُ إلّا اللّه‏ُ، وجاوَرَ النِّعمَةَ بِالتَّقصيرِ، واستَطالَ بِالبَغيِ على الفَقيرِ.

17– Imam Ali (AS) was once asked, ‘Which sin hastens punishment down on its perpetrator the fastest?’ to which he replied, ‘He who wrongs somebody that has no helper save Allah, he who repays bounties with negligence and laxity, and he who displays arrogant and intimidating behaviour towards the poor.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 320, no. 43]
 

18ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مِن أفحَشِ الظُّلمِ ظُلمُ الكِرامِ .

18– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘One of the most atrocious types of injustice is to wrong kind people.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9272]
 

19ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لَمّا حَضَرَ عليَّ بنَ الحُسينِ عليهماالسلام الوَفاةُ ضَمَّني إلى صَدرِهِ، ثُمّ قالَ: يا بُنَيَّ ، اُوصِيكَ بما أوصانِي بهِ أبي (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) حينَ حَضَرَتهُ الوَفاةُ وبما ذَكَرَ أنَّ أباهُ أوصاهُ بهِ ، قالَ: يا بُنَيَّ ، إيّاكَ وظُلمَ مَن لا يَجِدُ علَيكَ ناصِراً إلّا اللّه‏َ .

19– Imam al-Baqir (AS) narrated that when his father, Imam Ali Zayn al-`Aabidin (AS) was approaching death, he hugged him close to his chest and said, ‘O my son, I am advising you of the same thing that my father advised me in his will when he was approaching death, and the same thing that he said his father advised him - O my son! Beware of wronging one who has no helper against you but Allah.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 231, no. 5]