أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ:
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أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ص بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي ثَعْلَبَةَ قَدْ تَنَصَّرَ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ فَشَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَا يَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ الشُّهُودُ قَالَ صَدَقُوا وَ أَنَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ كَذَّبْتَ الشُّهُودَ لَضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَكَ وَ قَدْ قَبِلْتُ مِنْكَ وَ لَا تَعُدْ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ رَجَعْتَ لَمْ أَقْبَلْ مِنْكَ رُجُوعاً بَعْدَهُ.
Read English translationHide English translationHubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Salim, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a man from the Clan of Sa’alba who had become Christian after his Islam, so they testified against him. So, Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘What are theses witnesses saying?’ He said, ‘They are speaking the truth, and I have returned to Al-Islam’. So he asws said: ‘But, had you belied the witnesses, I asws would have struck your neck, and I asws have accepted from you, and do not repeat, for if you were to return, I asws will not accept the returning from you, after it’.
Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.