سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْقَسَامَةِ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ فَقَالَ هِيَ حَقٌّ وَ هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ عِنْدَنَا وَ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ لَقَتَلَ النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً ثُمَّ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ وَ إِنَّمَا الْقَسَامَةُ نَجَاةٌ لِلنَّاسِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the compurgation (sworn endorsements), how it was to be?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is truth, and it is written with us<sup>asws</sup>. And had it not been for that, the people would have killed each other, then nothing would happen. But rather, the compurgation (sworn endorsements) is a salvation for the people’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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