فِي رِسَالَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَى الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) لَا تُمَلِّكِ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ مَا يُجَاوِزُ نَفْسَهَا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَنْعَمُ لِحَالِهَا وَ أَرْخَى لِبَالِهَا وَ أَدْوَمُ لِجَمَالِهَا فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ رَيْحَانَةٌ وَ لَيْسَتْ بِقَهْرَمَانَةٍ وَ لَا تَعْدُ بِكَرَامَتِهَا نَفْسَهَا وَ اغْضُضْ بَصَرَهَا بِسِتْرِكَ وَ اكْفُفْهَا بِحِجَابِكَ وَ لَا تُطْمِعْهَا أَنْ تَشْفَعَ لِغَيْرِهَا فَيَمِيلَ عَلَيْكَ مَنْ شَفَعَتْ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مَعَهَا وَ اسْتَبْقِ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ بَقِيَّةً فَإِنَّ إِمْسَاكَكَ نَفْسَكَ عَنْهُنَّ وَ هُنَّ يَرَيْنَ أَنَّكَ ذُو اقْتِدَارٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَرَيْنَ مِنْكَ حَالًا عَلَى انْكِسَارٍ . أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدَكٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ طَرِيفِ بْنِ نَاصِحٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَتَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ بِهَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ إِلَى ابْنِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ .
Translation
<span style="font-size: small">Abu Ali Al Ashary, from one of our companions, from Ja’far Bin Anbasa, from Abbad Bin Ziyad Al Asady, from Amro Bin Abu Al Miqdam,</span> from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>; and Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Aasimy, from the one who narrated it, from Moalla Bin Muhammad Al Basry, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘In a letter of Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> to Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>: ‘Do not give control to the woman from the matters what exceeds the affairs of a woman, for that is more favourable for her state, and more relaxing for her mind, and more lasting for her beauty, for the woman is an aroma and not a wrestling champion and she must not allow her soul to bypass her grace and honour. Help her to cast down her eyes by your covering, withhold her with your veil, and do not incite her to intercede for others before you so that the intereceded one would incline towards her and go before yourself for the rest. Your restraining yourself from woman when they see you dominant is better than their seeing you in a condition of breaking apart. Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Hassany, from Ali Bin Abddaki, from Al Hassan Bin Tareyf Bin Nasih, from Al Husayn Bin Ulwan, from Sa’ad Bin Tareyf, from Al Asbagh Bin Nubata, (It has been narrated) from Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>, similar to it except that he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> wrote this letter to his<sup>asws</sup> son Muhammad, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> be Pleased with him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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