كُنْتُ شَاهِداً عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ وَ رَجُلٌ يُنَادِي بِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورِ وَ هُوَ يَطُوفُ وَ يَقُولُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ طَرَقَا أَخِي لَيْلًا فَأَخْرَجَاهُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا صَنَعَا بِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا مَا صَنَعْتُمَا بِهِ فَقَالَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَلَّمْنَاهُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا وَافِيَانِي غَداً صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ فَوَافَوْهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ وَ حَضَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) وَ هُوَ قَابِضٌ عَلَى يَدِهِ يَا جَعْفَرُ اقْضِ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْضِ بَيْنَهُمْ أَنْتَ فَقَالَ لَهُ بِحَقِّي عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا قَضَيْتَ بَيْنَهُمْ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ جَعْفَرٌ ( عليه السلام ) فَطُرِحَ لَهُ مُصَلَّى قَصَبٍ فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْخُصَمَاءُ فَجَلَسُوا قُدَّامَهُ فَقَالَ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ طَرَقَا أَخِي لَيْلًا فَأَخْرَجَاهُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ وَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا صَنَعَا بِهِ فَقَالَ مَا تَقُولَانِ فَقَالَا يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ كَلَّمْنَاهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ ( عليه السلام ) يَا غُلَامُ اكْتُبْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كُلُّ مَنْ طَرَقَ رَجُلًا بِاللَّيْلِ فَأَخْرَجَهُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ فَهُوَ لَهُ ضَامِنٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقِيمَ الْبَيِّنَةَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ رَدَّهُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ يَا غُلَامُ نَحِّ هَذَا فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَنَا قَتَلْتُهُ وَ لَكِنِّي أَمْسَكْتُهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ هَذَا فَوَجَأَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَنَا ابْنُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ يَا غُلَامُ نَحِّ هَذَا وَ اضْرِبْ عُنُقَ الْآخَرِ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهِ مَا عَذَّبْتُهُ وَ لَكِنِّي قَتَلْتُهُ بِضَرْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَأَمَرَ أَخَاهُ فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِالْآخَرِ فَضَرَبَ جَنْبَيْهِ وَ حَبَسَهُ فِي السِّجْنِ وَ وَقَّعَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ يُحْبَسُ عُمُرَهُ وَ يُضْرَبُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ خَمْسِينَ جَلْدَةً.
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from one of his companions, from Muhammad Bin Al Fuzayl, from Amro Bin Abu Al Miqdam who said, ‘I was present at the Sacred House (Kabah) and a man called out to Abu Ja’far Al Mansour (the Caliph), and he was circumambulating, and he was saying, ‘O commander of the faithful! These two men went to my brother at night and took him out from his house, and he has not returned to me. By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I do not know what these two have done with him’. So he said to the two, ‘What did you two do to him?’ So they both said, ‘O commander of the faithful! We (only) spoke to him and returned him back to his home’. So he said to them both, ‘Meet me tomorrow after Al-Asr Prayer, and this very place’. So they both came the next day after Al-Asr Prayer, and he was present. So he said to Ja’far Bin Muhammad<sup>asws</sup>, and he had grabbed his<sup>asws</sup> hand, ‘O Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>! Judge between them’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said, ‘O commander of the faithful, you judge between them’. So he said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘By my right upon you<sup>asws</sup>, (it shall not be) except that you<sup>asws</sup> would judge between them’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> came out, and a Prayer mat of reeds was spread out for him<sup>asws</sup>, and he<sup>asws</sup> sat upon it. Then the disputants came over, so they sat facing him<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘What are you saying? ‘He said, ‘O son<sup>asws</sup> of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! These two went over to my brother at night, so they brought him out from his home. By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, he has not returned to me, and by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, I do not know what they both did to him’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So what are you two saying?’ So they both said, ‘O son<sup>asws</sup> of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! We spoke to him, then he returned to his home’. So Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O slave, write! In the Name of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> the Beneficent, the Merciful! Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Everyone who comes to a man at night, so he brings him out from his home, so he is responsible for him except if the proof is established that he has returned him to his home’. O slave! Seize this one, so strike his neck!’ So he said, ‘O son<sup>asws</sup> of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, it was not I that killed him, but I restrained him, then this one came over, so he ambushed him and killed him’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> am son<sup>asws</sup> of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>, O slave! Seize this one, and strike the neck of the other one’. So he (the other one) said, ‘O son<sup>asws</sup> of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, I did not torment him, but I killed him with one strike’. So he<sup>asws</sup> ordered his (deceased’s) brother, so he struck off his neck. Then he<sup>asws</sup> ordered for the other one, so he struck his side, and to be withheld in the prison, and wrote upon his head: ‘To be held for his life, and he should be whipped every year with fifty lashes’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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