كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( صلوات الله عليه ) يَقُولُ لِوُلْدِهِ اتَّقُوا الْكَذِبَ الصَّغِيرَ مِنْهُ وَ الْكَبِيرَ فِي كُلِّ جِدٍّ وَ هَزْلٍ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا كَذَبَ فِي الصَّغِيرِ اجْتَرَى عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ أَ مَا عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ مَا يَزَالُ الْعَبْدُ يَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يَكْتُبَهُ اللَّهُ صِدِّيقاً وَ مَا يَزَالُ الْعَبْدُ يَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يَكْتُبَهُ اللَّهُ كَذَّاباً .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ismail Bin Mihran, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from the one who narrated it, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> was saying to his<sup>asws</sup> children: ‘Fear the lies, the small ones from it and the big ones during every serious and laughable matters, for the man, when he lies during the small (matter) becomes audacious upon the big (lies). Do you not know that Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘(So long as) the servant does not cease to speak the truth until Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Writes him as a truthful, and (so long as) the servant does not cease to lie until Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Writes him as a liar’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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