قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) حَدِيثٌ رُوِيَ لَنَا أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ إِذَا عَرَفْتَ فَاعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ فَقَالَ قَدْ قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ إِنْ زَنَوْا أَوْ سَرَقُوا أَوْ شَرِبُوا الْخَمْرَ فَقَالَ لِي إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَنْصَفُونَا أَنْ نَكُونَ أُخِذْنَا بِالْعَمَلِ وَ وُضِعَ عَنْهُمْ إِنَّمَا قُلْتُ إِذَا عَرَفْتَ فَاعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ قَلِيلِ الْخَيْرِ وَ كَثِيرِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُقْبَلُ مِنْكَ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from the one who mentioned it, from Ubed Bin Zurara, from Muhammad Bin Marid who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A Hadeeth has been reported to us that you<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When you recognise (Al-Wilaya) so you can do whatever you so desire to’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> have said that’. I said, ‘And even if they commit adultery, or are stealing, or drinking the wine?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘We are from Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and to Him<sup>azwj</sup> we are returning. By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! They have not been fair to us<sup>asws</sup>, that we<sup>asws</sup> would be Seized with the deed and it has been Dropped from them? But rather, I<sup>asws</sup> said, ‘When you recognise (Al-Wilayah), so do whatever you so desire to, be it from the little goodness and more, for it would be Accepted from you’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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