✦⋆· said, "If you are faced by anger, avert it through pardon, for verily a caller will call out on the Day of Resurrection 'Whoever has a claim for a reward from Allah should stand up', and none will stand except the pardoners.

Have you not heard the verse of Allah, most High, "So whoever pardons and conciliates, his reward lies with Allah."

● "He who pardons when having the power to punish, Allah will pardon him on the Day of great difficulty [i.e. the Day of Resurrection]."

● "Verily Allah is all-pardoning and loves pardon."

● "Pardoning is incumbent upon you, for verily pardoning [others] only increases the servant's honour, so pardon each other's faults and Allah will grant you honour."

● "He who pardons much is given an increase in his lifespan."

● "Excuse the lapses of those who make mistakes frequently and Allah will protect you against misfortunes."

●The Prophet (saw) said to a man who came to him complaining about his servants, "Pardon their faults and through it their hearts will improve."So he replied, "O Prophet of Allah, verily they vary in their bad behaviour." so he replied, "Pardon them." And he did.

✦⋆· "He who rebukes [someone for] a sin cannot pardon it."

● "Pardon is the zakat of triumph."

● "Pardon spoils a sinful man just as much as it can reform a decent man."

● "He who keeps himself aloof from Allah's prohibitions is quickly embraced by Allah's pardon."

● "Reward the good deed and condone the misdeed as long as it is not a breach of religion or does not weaken the authority of Islam."

● "If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him."

● "Only he who has the power to punish can pardon."

● "But Allah tries His servants with various tribulations, renders them to worship Him through struggles, tests them with various types of distresses, all in order to extract pride out from their hearts, and to settle humbleness in their souls, and in order to make all these open doors to His grace an easy means to His pardon."

● Imam Ali (as) in his will to his son Hassan (as), said, "If any of them deserves punishment for a sin, then censure gracefully, for verily censure accompanied by pardon is more severe [i.e. more effective] than striking when carried out by a reasonable person."

✦⋆· "Verily the most forgiving of people is he who pardons when having the power to punish."

✦⋆· "Regret for having pardoned someone is better and easier to bear than regret for having punished them."

✦⋆· Three of the noble characteristics in this world and in the Hereafter are to pardon one who has wronged you, to reconcile with one who has cut you off, and to be clement with one who has been rash towards you."

● "O Allah verily the fact that You are worthy of pardoning [sins] gives You the upper hand over me because of me being worthy of punishment."

✦⋆· , with regards to Allah's verse in the Quran "So condone with a graceful condonance", said, 'It is to pardon without punishing, censuring or scolding."