سَافَرْتُ مَعَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَأَمَرَ غُلَامَهُ بِشَيْءٍ فَخَالَفَهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) وَ اللَّهِ لَأَضْرِبَنَّكَ يَا غُلَامُ قَالَ فَلَمْ أَرَهُ ضَرَبَهُ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّكَ حَلَفْتَ لَتَضْرِبَنَّ غُلَامَكَ فَلَمْ أَرَكَ ضَرَبْتَهُ فَقَالَ أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ وَ أَنْ تَعْفُوا أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوى .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Qasim Bin Yahya, from his grandfather Al Hassan Bin Rashid, from Najiyya Al Attar who said, ‘I travelled along with Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> to Makkah. So he<sup>asws</sup> ordered his<sup>asws</sup> slave with something, but he opposed him<sup>asws</sup> to something else. So Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I<sup>asws</sup> will strike you, O slave!’ He (the narrator) said, ‘But I did not see him<sup>asws</sup> strike him, so I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! You<sup>asws</sup> had sworn to strike your<sup>asws</sup> slave, but I did not see you strike him’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Is Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic not Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h237"><a href="/books/quran:2#h237">[2:237]</a></a> and if you forgive it would be nearer to piety</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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