Tyrannical Transgression

Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 133
Al-Kāfi

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 133

Tyrannical Transgression

3ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ مِسْمَعٍ أَبِي سَيَّارٍ أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ فِي كِتَابٍ انْظُرْ أَنْ لا تُكَلِّمَنَّ بِكَلِمَةِ بَغْيٍ أَبَداً وَإِنْ أَعْجَبَتْكَ نَفْسَكَ وَعَشِيرَتَكَ.
3. Ali has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Misma’ abu Sayyar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام once wrote a letter to me in which he had said, ‘Keep in mind not to ever speak a tyrannical and transgressing word even though your own soul and tribe are more captivating to you.’”
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/284)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 112