كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا أَصَابَ الرَّجُلَ مِنَّا الضَّيْقُ أَوِ الشِّدَّةُ فَيُدْعَى إِلَى الْبِنَاءِ يَبْنِيهِ أَوِ النَّهَرِ يَكْرِيهِ أَوِ الْمُسَنَّاةِ يُصْلِحُهَا فَمَا تَقُولُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَا أُحِبُّ أَنِّي عَقَدْتُ لَهُمْ عُقْدَةً أَوْ وَكَيْتُ لَهُمْ وِكَاءً وَ إِنَّ لِي مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا لَا وَ لَا مَدَّةً بِقَلَمٍ إِنَّ أَعْوَانَ الظَّلَمَةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي سُرَادِقٍ مِنْ نَارٍ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ .
Translation
Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Basheer, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> when a man came over from our companions, so he said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Keep you<sup>asws</sup> well! Sometimes the man from among us is hit by the (financial) straitness, or the difficulty, and he is summoned (by the unjust governor) to the construction which he builds, or the canal which he digs, or the dam which he corrects. So what are you<sup>asws</sup> saying regarding that?’ So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> do not like it that I<sup>asws</sup> should tie a knot for them, or tie up a bag for them, and that for me<sup>asws</sup> is what is between its final (end result). No, and not (even) for a circumflex (a mark on a letter like <span class="iTxt">Fatah</span>, <span class="iTxt">Kisra</span> etc.) with a pen. The supporters of the unjust, on the Day of Judgement, would be in pavilions of Fire until Allah<sup>azwj</sup> has Judged between the (other) servants’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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