Good manners
عَنْهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ الْقَابُوسِيِّ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَعَارَ أَعْدَاءَهُ أَخْلَاقاً مِنْ أَخْلَاقِ أَوْلِيَائِهِ لِيَعِيشَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ مَعَ أَعْدَائِهِ فِي دَوْلَاتِهِمْ
From him, from Abdullah Al Hajjal, from Abu Usman Al Qabousy, from the one who mentioned,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and High has Lent to His-azwj enemies the manners from ‘أَخْلَاقِ’ the mannerisms of His-azwj friends, so that His-azwj friends can live along with His-azwj enemies in their governments’.
وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى وَ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ لَمَا تَرَكُوا وَلِيّاً لِلَّهِ إِلَّا قَتَلُوهُ
And in another report, (he-asws said): ‘And had it not been for that, they would not have left a (single) friend of Allah-azwj, except that they would have killed him’.[1]
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى إِلَى بَعْضِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ ( عليهم السلام ) الْخُلُقُ الْحَسَنُ يَمِيثُ الْخَطِيئَةَ كَمَا تَمِيثُ الشَّمْسُ الْجَلِيدَ
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed who said, ‘Yahya Bin Amro narrated to me, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said,
Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and High Revealed unto one of His-azwj Prophets-as: “The good manners melt the sins just as the sun melts the ice”’.[2]
[1] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 49 H 13
[2] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 49 H 9