كَانَ لِيَ ابْنٌ وَ كَانَ تُصِيبُهُ الْحَصَاةُ فَقِيلَ لِي لَيْسَ لَهُ عِلَاجٌ إِلَّا أَنْ تَبُطَّهُ فَبَطَطْتُهُ فَمَاتَ فَقَالَتِ الشِّيعَةُ شَرِكْتَ فِي دَمِ ابْنِكَ قَالَ فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ ( عليه السلام ) فَوَقَّعَ ( عليه السلام ) يَا أَحْمَدُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ فِيمَا فَعَلْتَ شَيْءٌ إِنَّمَا الْتَمَسْتَ الدَّوَاءَ وَ كَانَ أَجَلُهُ فِيمَا فَعَلْتَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ali Bin Ibrahim Al Ja’fary, from Hamdan Bin Is’haq who said, ‘There was a son for me, and he was hit by the gallstones. So it was said to me, ‘There is no cure for him except that you perform surgery. So I performed surgery, so he died’. So the Shias said, ‘You have participated in (sheddin) the blood of your son’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Askary<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>asws</sup> signed: ‘O Ahmad! It is not upon you with regards to what you have done, anything. But rather, you sought the medicine, it was for his sake with regards to what you did’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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