سَأَلْتُهُ قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مَوَالِيكَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ لِرَجُلٍ مُخَالِفٍ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَعْسُرَهُ وَ يَحْبِسَهُ وَ قَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ وَ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَيْسَ لِغَرِيمِهِ بَيِّنَةٌ هَلْ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يَحْلِفَ لَهُ لِيَدْفَعَهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ حَتَّى يُيَسِّرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ الشُّهُودُ مِنْ مَوَالِيكَ قَدْ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ لَا يَقْدِرُ هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا يَنْوِيَ ظُلْمَهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Sa’ad Bin Sa’d, from Muhammad Bin Al Qasim Bin Al Fuzayl, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al Hassan<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A man from your<sup>asws</sup> Wilayah, upon him is a debt of a man (from the) adversaries. He wants to bankrupt him and have him imprisoned, and it is known that there is nothing with him, and he has no ability over (paying) it, and there is no proof for his creditors. Is it allowed for him that he should swear an oath in order to repel them from himself until Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Makes solvency for him, and if there are witnesses from the ones in your<sup>asws</sup> Wilayah who recognise that he has no ability (to pay), is it allowed for them that they would be testifying upon it?’ He<sup>asws</sup> It is not allowed that they should be testifying upon it, and he (the creditor) is not intending injustice to him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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