سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَمَنْ بَدَّلَهُ بَعْدَ ما سَمِعَهُ فَإِنَّما إِثْمُهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُ قَالَ نَسَخَتْهَا الْآيَةُ الَّتِي بَعْدَهَا قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَمَنْ خافَ مِنْ مُوصٍ جَنَفاً أَوْ إِثْماً فَأَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ يَعْنِي الْمُوصَى إِلَيْهِ إِنْ خَافَ جَنَفاً مِنَ الْمُوصِي فِيمَا أَوْصَى بِهِ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا لَا يَرْضَى اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنْ خِلَافِ الْحَقِّ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ أَيْ عَلَى الْمُوصَى إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يُبَدِّلَهُ إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَ إِلَى مَا يَرْضَى اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنْ سَبِيلِ الْخَيْرِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Sowqat who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> about the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Blessed and High <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h181"><a href="/books/quran:2#h181">[2:181]</a></a> So the one who alters it after he has heard it, the sin of it then is only upon the one who alters it</span>. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It has to be considered by the Verse, which is after it, the Words of the Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h182"><a href="/books/quran:2#h182">[2:182]</a></a> But he who fears an inclination to a wrong course or an act of disobedience on the part of the testator, and effects an agreement between the parties, there is no blame on him</span>. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It means the executor, if he fears injustice on the part of the testator with regards to what he has bequeathed with to him from what Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is not Pleased with, being opposite to the right, so there is no blame upon him, i.e., upon the executor, that he changes it to the right and to what Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is Pleased with, from the way of the Goodness’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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