ومن كلام له (عليه السلام)
فيما ردّه على المسلمين من قطائع عثمان
وَاللهِ لَوْ وَجَدْتُهُ قَدْ تُزُوِّجَ بِهِ النِّسَاءُ، وَمُلِكَ بِهِ الاِْمَاءُ، لَرَدَدْتُهُ; فَإِنَّ في العَدْلِ سَعَةً، وَمَنْ ضَاقَ عَلَيْهِ العَدْلُ، فَالجَوْرُ عَلَيْهِ أَضيَقُ!
By Allah, even if I had found that by such money
women have been married or slave-maids have been purchased I would have resumed it because
there is wide scope in dispensation of justice, and he who finds it hard to act justly
should find it harder to deal with injustice.