أَعْتَقَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) مِنْ غِلْمَانِهِ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ شِرَارَهُمْ وَ أَمْسَكَ خِيَارَهُمْ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَهْ تُعْتِقُ هَؤُلَاءِ وَ تُمْسِكُ هَؤُلَاءِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمْ قَدْ أَصَابُوا مِنِّي ضُرّاً فَيَكُونُ هَذَا بِهَذَا .
Translation
From him, from Abdullah Bin Jabala and someone else, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> emancipated (liberated) the mischievous ones from his<sup>asws</sup> slaves, during his<sup>asws</sup> passing away, and retained the good ones of them’. So I<sup>asws</sup> said, ‘O father<sup>asws</sup>! You<sup>asws</sup> are freeing these ones and retaining those ones’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘They had been subjected to disciplining from me<sup>asws</sup>, so that happened by this’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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