Hadith 579
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Hadith.3696 - Ali ibn Ri'ab narrated from Sulayman ibn Khalid who said
I asked Abu Abdillah (as) about a man who owed me money but denied it and swore an oath. Then, some of his money came into my possession. Should I take it in place of what he took from me and swear an oath as he did?
Imam (as) said: "If he has betrayed you, do not betray him, and do not commit what you criticized him for."
3696 - وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ رِئَابٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ وَقَعَ لِي عِنْدَهُ مَالٌ فَكَابَرَنِي عَلَيْهِ وَ حَلَفَ ثُمَّ وَقَعَ لَهُ عِنْدِي مَالٌ أَ فَآخُذُهُ مَكَانَ مَالِيَ اَلَّذِي أَخَذَهُ وَ أَحْلِفُ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا صَنَعَ هُوَ فَقَالَ "إِنْ خَانَكَ فَلاَ تَخُنْهُ وَ لاَ تَدْخُلْ فِيمَا عِبْتَهُ عَلَيْهِ".
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