دَخَلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) سُوقَ التَّمَّارِينَ فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ قَائِمَةٌ تَبْكِي وَ هِيَ تُخَاصِمُ رَجُلًا تَمَّاراً فَقَالَ لَهَا مَا لَكِ قَالَتْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْ هَذَا تَمْراً بِدِرْهَمٍ فَخَرَجَ أَسْفَلُهُ رَدِيّاً لَيْسَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رُدَّ عَلَيْهَا فَأَبَى حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلَاثاً فَأَبَى فَعَلَاهُ بِالدِّرَّةِ حَتَّى رَدَّ عَلَيْهَا وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ( صلوات الله عليه ) يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُجَلَّلَ التَّمْرُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Khudry, from Abu Sadiq who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> entered the market of the date-sellers, so there was a womain wailing and she was disputing with a male date-seller. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to her: ‘What is the matter with you?’ She said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>! I bought dates from this date-seller with a Dirham, so there came out from its bottom, some spoilt ones, unlike those which I had seen’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘Return it to her’. So he refused until he<sup>asws</sup> had said it three times. But, he still refused. So he<sup>asws</sup> raised his<sup>asws</sup> whip until he returned it to her, and Ali<sup>asws</sup> used to dislike the dates being veiled’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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