قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) رَجُلٌ كَانَ لَهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مَالٌ فَجَحَدَهُ إِيَّاهُ وَ ذَهَبَ بِهِ ثُمَّ صَارَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي ذُهِبَ بِمَالِهِ مَالٌ قِبَلَهُ أَ يَأْخُذُهُ مِنْهُ مَكَانَ مَالِهِ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِهِ مِنْهُ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ لَكِنْ لِهَذَا كَلَامٌ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي آخُذُ هَذَا الْمَالَ مَكَانَ مَالِيَ الَّذِي أَخَذَهُ مِنِّي وَ إِنِّي لَمْ آخُذْ مَا أَخَذْتُ مِنْهُ خِيَانَةً وَ لَا ظُلْماً .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from Abu Bakr al Hazramy who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A man for whom there happened to be some wealth upon a man, so he disputed with him and went away with it. Then, after that, there happened to be for the man whose wealth had been gone away with, some wealth. Can he take from it in place of his wealth which that man had gone away with?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said, ‘Yes, but for it there is a speech. He should be saying, ‘O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I take this wealth in place of my wealth which was taken from me, and I am not taking what I am taking from it as a betrayal, nor as an injustice’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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