Hadith 1064
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4. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Abdillah b. Ja’far from Muhammad b. al-Hussain from al-Hassan b. Mahbub from Ishaq b. Ammar from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said
Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) relates that the ruler of the time of a prophet was unjust. The Almighty Allah revealed on His prophet, “Go and tell your ruler that he is not being made the ruler to oppress people. He is made the ruler to stop injustice to the people. Surely I am not going to forgive the injustice done to the subjects even if they are disbelievers.”
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَوْحَی إِلَی نَبِیٍّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِیَاءِ فِی مَمْلَکَهِ جَبَّارٍ مِنَ الْجَبَابِرَهِ أَنِ ائْتِ هَذَا الْجَبَّارَ فَقُلْ لَهُ إِنِّی لَمْ أَسْتَعْمِلْکَ عَلَی سَفْکِ الدِّمَاءِ وَ اتِّخَاذِ الْأَمْوَالِ وَ إِنَّمَا أَسْتَعْمِلُکَ لِتَکُفَّ عَنِّی أَصْوَاتَ الْمَظْلُومِینَ فَإِنِّی لَنْ أَدَعَ ظُلَامَتَهُمْ وَ إِنْ کَانُوا کُفَّاراً.
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