كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي الزَّمَنِ الْأَوَّلِ إِذَا وَجَدُوا شَيْئاً فَأَخَذُوهُ احْتَبَسَ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يَخْطُوَ حَتَّى يَرْمِيَ بِهِ فَيَجِيءَ طَالِبُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَيَأْخُذَهُ وَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اجْتَرَءُوا عَلَى مَا هُوَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ سَيَعُودُ كَمَا كَانَ .
Translation
Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad and Ali Bin Muhammad Al Qashany, from Salih Bin Abu Hammad, from Al Washa, from Ahmad Bin Aiz, from Abu Khadeeja, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘The people during the former times, whenever they found something, so they would seize it to withhold (as theirs), but they would not be able to take a step until they had to throw it back, so its seeker would come afterwards and he would take it; and the people have become audacious upon what is more than that, and it would be returning just as what was beforehand’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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