Al-Kafi 14628

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Usman, from a man, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws that a man came down from the mountain for Hajj and with him was a slave of his. So he sinned, so his master struck him. So he said, ‘You are not my master, but I am your master’. So this one did not cease to threaten that one, and that one did not cease to threaten this one, and he was saying, ‘You wait until we come to Al-Kufa, O enemy of Allah^azwj, so I shall go with you to Amir Al-Momineen^asws’. So when they both came to Al-Kufa, they both came to Amir Al-Momineen^asws. So the one who struck the slave said, ‘May Allah^azwj Keep you^asws well! This is a slave of mine, and he sinned, so I struck him, but he leapt upon me’. And the other one said, ‘By Allah^azwj, he is a slave of mine, My father had sent me with him for him to teach me, and he leapt upon me to claim and go away with my wealth’. He^asws said: ‘So this one swore an oath, and this one to swear an oath, and this one to belied this one, and this one to belied this one’. So he^asws said: ‘Go away both of you, so be truthful in this night of your, and do not come to me except with the truth’. He^asws said: ‘So when it was the morning, Amir Al-Momineen^asws said to Qanbar: ‘Pierce two holes in the wall’. So when it was morning he^asws Prayed and Glorified until the sun came out to (the length of a) spear. So the two men came over, and the people gathered, saying, ‘A judgement has been referred to him^asws the like of which has not been referred to (before). He^asws would not be able to come out from it’. So he^asws said to both of them: ‘What are you both saying?’ So this one swore on oath that this one was his slave, and this one swore that this one was his slave. So he^asws said to both of them: ‘Arise, both of you, for I do not see both of you speaking the truth’. Then he^asws said to one of the two: ‘Enter your head in the hole (in the wall)’. Then he^asws said to the other one: ‘Enter your head in this hole (in the wall)’. Then he^asws said: ‘O Qanbar! (Bring) to me^asws the sword of Rasool-Allah^saww quickly, I^asws want to strike off the neck of the slave from these two’. So the slave brought out his head first. So Ali^asws said to the slave: ‘Are you not alleging that you are not a slave?’ And the other one remained in the hole. So he said, ‘Yes, but he struck me and exceeded upon me’. So Amir Al-Momineen^asws authenticated (a document) for him and handed it over to him (the master)’.

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