كَانَتْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ مُعَامَلَةٌ فَخَانَنِي بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ فَقَدَّمْتُهُ إِلَى الْوَالِي فَأَحْلَفْتُهُ فَحَلَفَ وَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ حَلَفَ يَمِيناً فَاجِرَةً فَوَقَعَ لَهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي أَرْبَاحٌ وَ دَرَاهِمُ كَثِيرَةٌ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقْتَصَّ الْأَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ الَّتِي كَانَتْ لِي عِنْدَهُ وَ حَلَفَ عَلَيْهَا فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ أَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنِّي قَدْ أَحْلَفْتُهُ فَحَلَفَ وَ قَدْ وَقَعَ لَهُ عِنْدِي مَالٌ فَإِنْ أَمَرْتَنِي أَنْ آخُذَ مِنْهُ الْأَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ الَّتِي حَلَفَ عَلَيْهَا فَعَلْتُ فَكَتَبَ ( عليه السلام ) لَا تَأْخُذْ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ ظَلَمَكَ فَلَا تَظْلِمْهُ وَ لَوْ لَا أَنَّكَ رَضِيتَ بِيَمِينِهِ فَحَلَّفْتَهُ لَأَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَهَا مِنْ تَحْتِ يَدِكَ وَ لَكِنَّكَ رَضِيتَ بِيَمِينِهِ فَقَدْ مَضَتِ الْيَمِينُ بِمَا فِيهَا فَلَمْ آخُذْ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً وَ انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى كِتَابِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Abu Abdullah Al Jamourany, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abdullah Bin Wazzah who said, ‘There was a deal between me and a man from the Jews, so he betrayed me by a thousand Dirhams. So I brought him to the governor, and he made him swear an oath, and I knew he had sworn a false oath. Then there occurred, after that, profits and many Dirhams. So I intended that I should avenge by a thousand Dirhams which were for me with him, and he had sworn over it. So I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> and informed him<sup>asws</sup> that I have made him swear an oath, so he had sword, and there had occurred some wealth for him, with me. So If you<sup>asws</sup> were to order me that I should take a thousand Dirhams from it which he had sworn upon, so I would do it’. So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote: ‘Do not take anything from it. If he has been unjust to you, so you do not be unjust to him. And had it not been that you were pleased with him taking the oath, so he took it, I<sup>asws</sup> would have ordered you that you can take it from (what is) under your hand (control), but you were pleased with his oath. Thus the oath has gone with what was in it, therefore do not take anything from it’. And I was prevented by the letter of Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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