قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي وَصِيَّةٍ لَهُ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ ضَارِبَ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) بِالسَّيْفِ وَ قَاتِلَهُ لَوِ ائْتَمَنَنِي وَ اسْتَنْصَحَنِي وَ اسْتَشَارَنِي ثُمَّ قَبِلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ لَأَدَّيْتُ إِلَيْهِ الْأَمَانَةَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ammar Bin Marwan who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said in a bequest of him<sup>asws</sup>: ‘Know that if the striker upon Ali<sup>asws</sup> with the sword and his<sup>asws</sup> killer were to entrust me<sup>asws</sup> and seek guidance from me<sup>asws</sup> and consult me<sup>asws</sup>, I<sup>asws</sup> would have repaid the entrustment to him<sup>la</sup>’ if I<sup>asws</sup> had accepted that from him<sup>la</sup>.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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