كَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ يَقُولُ لِأَبِي يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ لَوْ أَخَذْتَ دِينَاراً وَ الصَّرْفُ بِثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ فَدُرْتَ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى أَنْ تَجِدَ مَنْ يُعْطِيكَ عِشْرِينَ مَا وَجَدْتَهُ وَ مَا هَذَا إِلَّا فِرَاراً وَ كَانَ أَبِي يَقُولُ صَدَقْتَ وَ اللَّهِ وَ لَكِنَّهُ فِرَارٌ مِنْ بَاطِلٍ إِلَى حَقٍّ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Muhammad Bin Al-Munkadar was saying to my father, ‘O Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy on you<sup>asws</sup>! We know that if you<sup>asws</sup> were to take Dinars and the exchange rate was with eighteen, so you<sup>asws</sup> would go around Al-Medina upon that if you<sup>asws</sup> would find one who would give you<sup>asws</sup> twenty, you<sup>asws</sup> would not find him, and what is this except for the fleeing?’ And my<sup>asws</sup> father was saying: ‘You speak the truth, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, but, fleeing it from falsehood to the truth’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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