فِي رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ عِدَّةُ مَمَالِيكَ فَقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ عَلَّمَنِي آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَهُوَ حُرٌّ فَعَلَّمَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ مَاتَ الْمَوْلَى وَ لَمْ يُدْرَ أَيُّهُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَهُ الْآيَةَ هَلْ يُسْتَخْرَجُ بِالْقُرْعَةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ لَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَسْتَخْرِجَهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا الْإِمَامُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ كَلَاماً وَقْتَ الْقُرْعَةِ يَقُولُهُ وَ دُعَاءً لَا يَعْلَمُهُ سِوَاهُ وَ لَا يَقْتَدِرُ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُهُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin Marrar, from Yunus, ‘He<sup>asws</sup> said regarding a man who had a number of owned slaves. So he said, ‘Whichever of you teaches me a Verse from the Book of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, so he is free’. So one of them taught him. Then the master died, and it was not known which of them was the one who taught him the Verse. Can a lot be drawn?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, and it is not allowed for anyone to extract him except for the Imam<sup>asws</sup>, as for it is speech (to be recited), and a time for the drawing of lots, and a supplication which no one knows besides him<sup>asws</sup>, nor is anyone able over it apart from him<sup>asws</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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