كُنْتُ عِنْدَ دَاوُدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ فَأُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ لَهُ دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ مَا تَقُولُ قَتَلْتَ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَنَا قَتَلْتُهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ دَاوُدُ وَ لِمَ قَتَلْتَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى مَنْزِلِي بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِي فَاسْتَعْدَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْوُلَاةَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَبْلَكَ فَأَمَرُونِي إِنْ هُوَ دَخَلَ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ فَقَتَلْتُهُ قَالَ فَالْتَفَتَ دَاوُدُ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَرَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَقَرَّ بِقَتْلِ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ فَاقْتُلْهُ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَقُتِلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ أُنَاساً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَانَ فِيهِمْ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ فَقَالُوا يَا سَعْدُ مَا تَقُولُ لَوْ ذَهَبْتَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِكَ فَوَجَدْتَ فِيهِ رَجُلًا عَلَى بَطْنِ امْرَأَتِكَ مَا كُنْتَ صَانِعاً بِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ كُنْتُ وَ اللَّهِ أَضْرِبُ رَقَبَتَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ هُمْ فِي هَذَا الْكَلَامِ فَقَالَ يَا سَعْدُ مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي قُلْتَ أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ قَالَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِالَّذِي قَالُوا وَ مَا قَالَ سَعْدٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ يَا سَعْدُ فَأَيْنَ الشُّهُودُ الْأَرْبَعَةُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَعْدَ رَأْيِ عَيْنِي وَ عِلْمِ اللَّهِ فِيهِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ فَعَلَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِي وَ اللَّهِ يَا سَعْدُ بَعْدَ رَأْيِ عَيْنِكَ وَ عِلْمِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ شَيْ<span class="bTxt">ءٍ حَدّاً وَ جَعَلَ عَلَى مَنْ تَعَدَّى حُدُودَ اللَّهِ حَدّاً وَ جَعَلَ مَا دُونَ الشُّهُودِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ مَسْتُوراً عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ .</span>
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Bin Rabaat, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Makhlad, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, having said, ‘I<sup>asws</sup> was in the presence of Dawood Bin Ali, so they came with a man who had killed a man. So Dawood Bin Ali said to him, ‘What are you saying, having killed this man?’ He said, ‘Yes, I did kill him’. So Dawood said to him, ‘And why did you kill him?’ So he said, ‘He used to enter into my house without my permission. So I made claims against him to the rules who were before you, so they instructed me that if he were to enter without my permission so I should kill him. So I killed him’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So Dawood turned towards me, so he said, ‘O Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>! What are you<sup>asws</sup> saying regarding this?’ So I<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> view that he has confessed with the killing of a Muslim man, so kill him’. So he ordered for it, so he was killed. Then Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There were people from the companions of Rasool-Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and among when was Sa’ad Bin Ubada. So they said, ‘O Sa’ad! What are you saying, if you were to go to your house, so you find in it a man upon the belly of your wife, what would you do with him?’ So Sa’ad said, ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I would strike his neck with the sword’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> came out, and they were in this speech, so he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘O Sa’ad! Who is this one whom you are speaking that, ‘I would strike his neck with the sword?’ So he informed him<sup>saww</sup> with that which they had said, and what Sa’ad had said. So Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said during that: ‘O Sa’ad! So where are the four witnesses whom Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Speaks of?’ So Sa’ad said, ‘O Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! After my having seen with my own eyes, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Knows that he has done it?’ So Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Yes, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, O Sa’ad! After your eyes have seen, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Knows. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic has Made a Limit for everything, and Made for everyone who exceeds the Limits of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> a legal penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>), and Made whatever was less than the four witnesses as a veil upon the Muslims’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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