hadith
4425
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Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘If you take a captive who then cannot walk further, nor have you a carriage for him, then set him free and do not kill him, for you do not know what would be the Imams ruling about him.
الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنْ أخَذْتَ الأسيرَ فعَجَزَ عنِ المَشْيِ ولَم يَكُنْ مَعكَ مَحْمِلٌ فأرْسِلْهُ ولا تَقْتُلْهُ ؛ فإنّكَ لا تَدري ما حُكْمُ الإمامِ فيهِ.
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