10ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن عَفا عِندَ القُدرَةِ عَفا اللّهُ عَنهُ يَومَ العُسرَةِ . |
10– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who pardons when having the power to punish, Allah will pardon him on the Day of great difficulty [i.e. the Day of Resurrection].’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 7007] |
11ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا قَدَرتَ عَلى عَدُوِّكَ فَاجعَلِ العَفوَ عَنهُ شُكراً لِلقُدرَةِ عَلَيهِ . |
11– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When you are empowered to vanquish your enemy, let your pardon of him act as thanks for having been given power over him.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 11] |
12ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العَفوُ زَكاةُ الظَّفَرِ . |
12– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Pardon is the zakat of triumph.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 211] |
13ـ الإمامُ الحسينُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ أعفَى النّاسِ مَن عَفا عِندَ قُدرَتِهِ . |
13– Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, ‘Verily the most forgiving of people is he who pardons when having the power to punish.’[al-Durra al-Bahira, p. 29] |