كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) يَكْتُبُ إِلَى عُمَّالِهِ لَا تُسَخِّرُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ مَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ غَيْرَ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَقَدِ اعْتَدَى فَلَا تُعْطُوهُ وَ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ يُوصِي بِالْفَلَّاحِينَ خَيْراً وَ هُمُ الْأَكَّارُونَ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Ibn Muskan, from Al Halby, from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al Momineen<sup>asws</sup> used to write to his<sup>asws</sup> office bearers: ‘Do not let the Muslims be in forced labour; and the one who asks you<sup>asws</sup> for other than the Obligations, so he has exceeded, so do not give it to him’. And he<sup>asws</sup> would write advising goodness with the peasants and they were hired’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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