كَتَبَ مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) رَجُلٌ يَكُونُ لَهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِائَةُ دِرْهَمٍ فَيَلْزَمُهُ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ أَنْصَرِفُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَى عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَ أَقْضِي حَاجَتَكَ فَإِنْ لَمْ أَنْصَرِفْ فَلَكَ عَلَيَّ أَلْفُ دِرْهَمٍ حَالَّةً مِنْ غَيْرِ شَرْطٍ وَ أَشْهَدَ بِذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ دَعَاهُمْ إِلَى الشَّهَادَةِ فَوَقَّعَ ( عليه السلام ) لَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِصَاحِبِ الدَّيْنِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ إِلَّا الْحَقَّ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya who said, ‘Muhammad wrote to Abu Muhammad<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A man happened to have for him one hundred Dirham (as a debt) upon a man, so he necessitated it (for collection), so he said to him, ‘I shall come to you after ten days and fulfil your need. But, if I do not come to you, so for you would be a thousand Dirhams upon me for immediate payment from without any stipulations’, and he had it witnessed upon it, then called them to the witnessing’. So he<sup>asws</sup> signed: ‘It is not befitting that they testify except with the truth, nor is it befitting for the owner of the debt that he takes anything except for the right (original amount), Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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