Mention of the Signed Letters (tawqi‘at) Issued by the qa'im
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 43
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma
Book 2, Chapter 43
Mention of the Signed Letters (tawqi‘at) Issued by the qa'im
17- حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ قَالَ: كَانَتْ لِلْغَرِيمِ ع عَلَيَّ خَمْسُمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَأَنَا لَيْلَةً بِبَغْدَادَ وَ بِهَا رِيحٌ وَ ظُلْمَةٌ وَ قَدْ فَزِعْتُ فَزَعاً شَدِيداً وَ فَكَّرْتُ فِيمَا عَلَيَّ وَ لِي وَ قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي حَوَانِيتُ اشْتَرَيْتُهَا بِخَمْسِمِائَةٍ وَ ثَلَاثِينَ دِينَاراً وَ قَدْ جَعَلْتُهَا لِلْغَرِيمِ ع بِخَمْسِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ فَجَاءَنِي مَنْ يَتَسَلَّمُ مِنِّي الْحَوَانِيتَ وَ مَا كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ أُطْلِقَ بِهِ لِسَانِي وَ لَا أَخْبَرْتُ بِهِ أَحَداً.
17 - Narrated to me my father: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah from Muhammad bin Harun that he said:
“I owed five hundred dinars to the Gharim عليه السلام. One night I was in Baghdad and mighty winds were blowing and it was very dark. I felt extreme terror and thought about myself and said to myself, “I have these stores I have bought for five hundred and thirteen dinars. I set them aside for the Gharim عليه السلام for his five hundred dinars.” Later someone came to me and took the stores from me. I had not written anything about it before nor had I spoken to anyone.”