أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْعُرَنِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ اسْتَعْمَلَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَلَى بَانِقْيَا وَ سَوَادٍ مِنْ سَوَادِ الْكُوفَةِ فَقَالَ لِي وَ النَّاسُ حُضُورٌ انْظُرْ خَرَاجَكَ فَجِدَّ فِيهِ وَ لَا تَتْرُكْ مِنْهُ دِرْهَماً فَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى عَمَلِكَ فَمُرَّ بِي قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي إِنَّ الَّذِي سَمِعْتَ مِنِّي خُدْعَةٌ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَضْرِبَ مُسْلِماً أَوْ يَهُودِيّاً أَوْ نَصْرَانِيّاً فِي دِرْهَمِ خَرَاجٍ أَوْ تَبِيعَ دَابَّةَ عَمَلٍ فِي دِرْهَمٍ فَإِنَّمَا أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَأْخُذَ مِنْهُمُ الْعَفْوَ .
Translation
A number of our companins, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from Ahmad Bin Ma’mar who said, ‘Abu Al Hassan al Urny informed me saying, ‘Ismail Bin Ibrahim narrated to me, from Muhajir, from a man from Saqeyf who said, ‘Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Abu Talib<sup>asws</sup> utilised me (as a <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> collector) upon Baniqiya, and an outskirt from the outskirts of Al-Kufa, and he<sup>asws</sup> said to me, and the people were present: ‘Look after your taxes (collected), and be careful regarding it, and do not neglect even one Dirham from it. So when you want to divert yourself towards your work, so pass by me<sup>asws</sup>’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So I went over to him<sup>asws</sup>, and he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘That which you heard from me<sup>asws</sup> were principles. Beware of striking a Muslim, or a Jew, or a Christian regarding a Dirham of tax, or pursuing a working animal regarding a Dirham. But rather, we<sup>asws</sup> order that we<sup>asws</sup> should observe tolerance for them’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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