Publicity of Confidentialities

Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 160
Al-Kāfi

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 160

Publicity of Confidentialities

6ـ يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) وَتَلا هَذِهِ الآيَةَ ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِ‏آياتِ الله وَيَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ ذلِكَ بِما عَصَوْا وَكانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ قَالَ وَالله مَا قَتَلُوهُمْ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَلا ضَرَبُوهُمْ بِأَسْيَافِهِمْ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا أَحَادِيثَهُمْ فَأَذَاعُوهَا فَأُخِذُوا عَلَيْهَا فَقُتِلُوا فَصَارَ قَتْلاً وَاعْتِدَاءً وَمَعْصِيَةً.
6. Yunus has narrated from ibn Sinan from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following: “The Imam recited this verse: . . for they denied the evidence (of the existence of Allah) and murdered His Prophets without reason; they were disobedient transgressors.’ (2:61) The Imam said, ‘By Allah they did not murder them with their hands or swords but they would hear their Hadith and publicize them, causing them to be captured and murdered. It then became murder, transgression and disobedience.’”
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