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لَهُ يَا أَبَتِ تُعْتِقُ هَؤُلَاءِ وَ تُمْسِكُ هَؤُلَاءِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمْ قَدْ أَصَابُوا مِنِّي ضَرْباً فَيَكُونُ هَذَا بِهَذَا.
English translationBab Ul Qaim Publications
Hadith.5548 - Muhammad ibn Ya'qub Al-Kulayni, may Allah (swt) be pleased with him, narrated from Humayd ibn Ziyad from Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama'ah from Abdullah ibn Jabalah and others from Ishaq ibn Ammar from Abu Basir from Abu Abdullah (as), who said: "Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), freed the worst of his servants at the time of his death and kept the best of them. I (Al-Sadiq (as)) said to him (Al-Baqir (as)): 'O' my father, you are freeing these and keeping those?' He (Al Baqir (as)) replied: ''They have suffered beatings from me, so this is to balance that (their wrongdoings).'"
Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.