أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُرَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَوْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ هُوَ يُحَاسِبُ وَكِيلًا لَهُ وَ الْوَكِيلُ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا خُنْتُ وَ اللَّهِ مَا خُنْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا هَذَا خِيَانَتُكَ وَ تَضْيِيعُكَ عَلَيَّ مَالِي سَوَاءٌ لِأَنَّ الْخِيَانَةَ شَرُّهَا عَلَيْكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ هَرَبَ مِنْ رِزْقِهِ لَتَبِعَهُ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَهُ كَمَا أَنَّهُ إِنْ هَرَبَ مِنْ أَجَلِهِ تَبِعَهُ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَهُ مَنْ خَانَ خِيَانَةً حُسِبَتْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ رِزْقِهِ وَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ وِزْرُهَا .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Salih Bin Abu Hammad, from Ahmad Bin Hammad who said, ‘Muhammad Bin Murazim informed me from his father or his uncle who said, ‘I witnessed Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> and he<sup>asws</sup> was accounting a representative of his<sup>asws</sup>, and was frequently saying, ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I have not betrayed! By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I have not betrayed!’ So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘O you! Your betrayal and your wastage upon my wealth is the same, because the betrayal, its evil is upon you’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘If one of you were to flee from his sustenance, it would pursue him until it reaches him, just as if he were to flee from his death, it would pursue him until it apprehends him (falls on him). The one who betrays (cheats), so it would be Deducted him from his sustenance, and (also) its burden would be Written against him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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