 god forbid that i should say to you as alhasan said to that unjust aggressor and determined and cruel man but i say know that you are striking someone whose murder has made you absolved. even if murder is made absolved by the absolvement of the murdered and his punishment is dropped by the gift of the wronged and if it were possible in religion to grant retribution for the hereafter in this world and if that were something that the soul would be generous with on the day of need for reward and the lifting of punishment and fulfillment was guaranteed then you would be the first one whose soul would permit that and whose chest would be pleased with it.
ومعاذ الله أن أقول لك كما قال الحسن لذلك الظالم المعتدي، والمصمم القاسي، ولكني أقول اعلم أنك تضرب من قد جعلك من قتله في حل. وإن كان القتل يحل بإحلال المقتول، ويسقط عنه عقابه بهبة المظلوم؛ ولو أمكن في الدين تواهب قصاص الآخرة في الدنيا؛ وإن كان ذلك مما تجود به النفس يوم الحاجة إلى الثواب وإلى رفع العقاب، وكان الوفاء مضمونا لكنت أول من أسمحت بذلك نفسه، وانشرح به صدره.