شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) جَاراً لِي وَ مَا أَلْقَى مِنْهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِيَ ادْعُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئاً فَعُدْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَشَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لِيَ ادْعُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئاً فَقَالَ كَيْفَ دَعَوْتَ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ إِذَا لَقِيتُهُ دَعَوْتُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ ادْعُ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا أَدْبَرَ وَ إِذَا اسْتَدْبَرَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ حَتَّى أَرَاحَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Yahya Bin Al Mubarak, from Abdullah Bin Jabala, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I complained to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> of a neighbour of mine and what I tend to face from him. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘Supplicate against him’. He (he narrator) said, ‘So I did, but I did not see anything’. So I returned to him<sup>asws</sup> and complained to him<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘Supplicate against him’. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! I have done so, but I did not see anything’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘How did you supplicate against him?’ So I said, ‘When I met him, I supplicated against him’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Supplicate against him when he turns around’; and when he did turn around so I did it, and it was not long before Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Gave me rest from him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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