association is hated because of their obscenity." 287
"To revile at the believers is defection, to fight them is atheism, to backbite them is act of disobedience to Allah, and their wealth is as sacred as their blood (soul)." 288
Imam al-Baqir (a) said: "He who defames a believer shall suffer violent death and will not be in good manner at all." 289
Imam as-Sadiq (a) said: "Hell is the abode of him whose wording is avoided by people."290
"Shia! Be good examples as you represent us (by doing good deeds). Do not represent us in ill behaviors. Say good wording to people and have control over your tongues (i.e. wording). Stop uttering curious and obscene language." 291
Imam al-Kadhim (a) said about two men who were showering insults on each other: "The originator of such revilement is the unjust party. He burdens the his as well as the other's sin, unless the other party transgresses." 292
Imam as-Sadiq (a) had a friend who was so close to him that he did not depart him at any situation. One day, they were walking in a mart and followed by a slave from Sind. 293 The Imam's friend turned his face three times to find his slave, but he could not. In the fourth, he could see the slave; so, he shouted at him: "son of a , where were you?"
As soon as Imam as-Sadiq (a) heard that expression from his friend, he slapped his forehead with the hand and said with astonishment: "Subhaanallah! 294 How strange is that! How do you defame his mother? In the previous, I thought you were pious. Now, I have known that you are impious."
The man said: "May God make me your sacrifice. His mother is only a polytheist woman of Sind."
The Imam said: "You should have known that every nation has a legal form of marriage." He (a) then asked the man to leave him. After that situation,
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