إِنَّ أَميِرَ الْمُؤْمنِيِنَ ( عليه السلام ) كَتَبَ فِي رِسَالَتِهِ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) إِيَّاكَ وَ التَّغَايُرَ فِي غَيْرِ مَوْضِعِ الْغَيْرَةِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَدْعُو الصَّحِيحَةَ مِنْهُنَّ إِلَى السَّقَمِ وَ لَكِنْ أَحْكِمْ أَمْرَهُنَّ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ عَيْباً فَعَجِّلِ النَّكِيرَ عَلَى الصَّغِيرِ وَ الْكَبِيرِ فَإِنْ تَعَيَّنْتَ مِنْهُنَّ الرَّيْبَ فَيُعَظَّمُ الذَّنْبُ وَ يُهَوَّنُ الْعَتْبُ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from one of his companions, from Ja’far Bin Anbasa, from Ubadat Bin Ziyad Al Asady, from Amro Bin Abu Al Miqdam, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, and Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Aasimy, from the one who narrated it, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> wrote in a letter to Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>: ‘You must be on your guard against vigilance and protectionism in an improper instance because it can lead the ones (of women) with perfect manners into one of ill-behaving one, however, you must fortify their (women’s) condition and if you find a defect then hasten to disapprove it regardless it is small or large. If you find their behaviour doubtful, then the sin becomes great and deviation becomes easy.’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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