بَعَثَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَى بِشْرِ بْنِ عُطَارِدٍ التَّمِيمِيِّ فِي كَلَامٍ بَلَغَهُ فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَسُولُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فِي بَنِي أَسَدٍ وَ أَخَذَهُ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ دَجَاجَةَ الْأَسَدِيُّ فَأَفْلَتَهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فَأَتَوْهُ بِهِ وَ أَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُضْرَبَ فَقَالَ لَهُ نُعَيْمٌ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْمُقَامَ مَعَكَ لَذُلٌّ وَ إِنَّ فِرَاقَكَ لَكُفْرٌ قَالَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ قَالَ لَهُ يَا نُعَيْمُ قَدْ عَفَوْنَا عَنْكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ السَّيِّئَةَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ إِنَّ الْمُقَامَ مَعَكَ لَذُلٌّ فَسَيِّئَةٌ اكْتَسَبْتَهَا وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ إِنَّ فِرَاقَكَ لَكُفْرٌ فَحَسَنَةٌ اكْتَسَبْتَهَا فَهَذِهِ بِهَذِهِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ أَنْ يُخَلَّى عَنْهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> sent someone to Bishr Bin Utaradi Al-Tameemy regarding a speech which reached him<sup>asws</sup>. So the messenger of Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> passed by him among the Clan of Asad and seized him. So Nuaym Bin Dajaja Al-Asady stood up to him and had him released. So Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> sent someone to him, so he came up with him, and he<sup>asws</sup> ordered for him to be whipped. So Nuaym said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘But, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, the staying with you<sup>asws</sup> is a disgrace, and in separation from you<sup>asws</sup> is infidelity’. So when he<sup>asws</sup> heard that from him, he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘O Nuaym! We<sup>asws</sup> have excused you, for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:23#h96"><a href="/books/quran:23#h96">[23:96]</a></a> Repel evil by what is best</span>. As for your words that, ‘Staying with you<sup>asws</sup> is disgrace’, so it is an evil which you have attained; and as for your words, ‘In separation from you<sup>asws</sup> is infidelity’, so it is a good deed which you have attained. So this here (compensates) for this’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> ordered that he be released from it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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