دَخَلَ ابْنُ قَيْسٍ الْمَاصِرِ وَ عَمْرُو بْنُ ذَرٍّ وَ أَظُنُّ مَعَهُمَا أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَتَكَلَّمَ ابْنُ قَيْسٍ الْمَاصِرِ فَقَالَ إِنَّا لَا نُخْرِجُ أَهْلَ دَعْوَتِنَا وَ أَهْلَ مِلَّتِنَا مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ فِي الْمَعَاصِي وَ الذُّنُوبِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) يَا ابْنَ قَيْسٍ أَمَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَقَدْ قَالَ لَا يَزْنِي الزَّانِي وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ لَا يَسْرِقُ السَّارِقُ وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَاذْهَبْ أَنْتَ وَ أَصْحَابُكَ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ .
Translation
Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ali Bin Al Zayyat, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara who said, ‘Ibn Qays Al-Masir and Amro Bin Zarr and I think with the two of them was Abu Haneefa, came over to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>. So Ibn Qays Al-Masir spoke and he said, ‘We do not expel the people of our calling, and the people of our religion from the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> regarding the disobedience and the sins’. So Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘O Ibn Qays! As for Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>, so he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘The adulterer would not commit adultery while he is a <span class="iTxt">Momin</span>, nor would the thief steal while he is a <span class="iTxt">Momin</span>’. So you and your companions can go wherever you so desire to’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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