The concept of justice in the thought of Imam Ali, (PBUH)
The scent of perfume is fragrant, and its goodness does not need to be explained, as is the justice of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him. It is sufficient to mention his stand without explanation, and it is sufficient to narrate his wisdom and philosophy in justice without details, so that you feel in the depths of the soul any loss that humanity lost when those close to you did not follow that great person, thus they lost the opportunity to be educated about humanity by Imam Ali. However instead of being transformed, due to the philosophy of Islam by Ali, into advocates of wisdom and good advice, justice and love, they turned into boasts of oppression and admiration for the nations with what they were able to conquer others instead of winning their hearts as Amir al-Mu’mininAli, peace be upon him, wanted.
Among the immortal sayings of the Imam on justice: “I swear to Allah, even if I slept uncomfortable over monkey thorns, or to be dragged while being chained up, it would be more favorable to me than to meet Allah and His Messenger on the Day of Judgement and I oppressed some of the servants, and usurped something from the debris, for Allah’s sake, if I was given the seven regions, including what is under their orbits , provided that I disobey God in an ant that robbed it of bringing a barley. I wouldnt do it.”
The explanation for this is that he swears that if he sleeps at night on the most difficult thing that a person lies on, and if the handcuffs are placed on his hands and feet, it would be more dearer and favorable to him than to oppress anyone and die, to meet Allah bearing the guilt of oppressing others.
Amir al-Mu’minin, peace be upon him, said about Justice:
And beware of aproppriaton for what people are equal in, and to ignore what concerns you from what is clear to the eyes, it is taken from you to others, and for a little while, the cover of matters will be revealed to you, and fairness will be taken from you.
(Al-Nahj, Sharh Ibn Abi Al-Hadid 17, P.81)
Its interpretation:
It is not permissible for a person to greed and take for himself what he and others should have, and a person should not practice injustice against others by claiming that he does not know what is his right and what is the right of others. So what a person gets in this world by greed and what he takes with injustice will be taken from him by death and he will be punished for it after death.
