الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 7, page 463

16. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn al-Husayn from ‘Amr ibn Sa‘id from Musaddiq ibn Sadaqah from ‘Ammar al-Sabatiy who has narrated the following: “About the case of a man who makes it upon himself to free a slave then sets free a paralyzed or lame one, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, Tf he is sellable, it is sufficient unless he has specified, in which case he must meet the condition.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

17. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ’Isma‘il ibn Marrar from Yunus from certain persons of his people who has narrated the following: “About the case of a man who swears because of taqiyah (fear), one of the two Imam, (abu Ja‘far or abu ‘Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, has said, Tf you fear for your belongings or life, you can swear if it can spare it; but if you see that it cannot avert anything, then do not swear.”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

18. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan Shammun from ‘ Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al- Rahman al-Asamm from Misma‘ ibn ‘Abd al-Malik who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali (a.s.), was asked about a man who makes a vow and commitment without specifying anything, has said, ‘If he wants he can perform two Rak‘at Salat (prayer) or fast for one day or give one loaf of bread for charity.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

19. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfaliy from al-Sakuniy who has narrated the following: “This is about the case of a man who after being asked, ‘Did you do such and such work?’ says, ‘No, by Allah, I have not done it’ when in fact he has done it. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amz’r al-Mu’minin, Ali (a.s.), has said, ‘It is a lie that he has spoken and he must ask Allah for forgiveness.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

20. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Nawfaliy from ‘Isa ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Umar ibn Ali from his father from his grandfather who has narrated the following: “Of the oath of the Messenger of Allah (sw) was his saying, ‘No, and I ask Allah for forgiveness.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

21. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from certain persons of his people whom he has mentioned who has narrated the following: “Al-Mutawakkil specified a vow and commitment that if he recovers he will give in charity kathir (a great deal of) assets. When he recovered, he asked the scholars of law about the limit of kathir (great deal) but they had different opinions. Certain ones among them said that it is a hundred thousand; others said that it is ten thousand, and they cited different things as proof in the matter. It all became confusing for him. One of his officers called Saf‘an said, ‘Why do you not send this black to ask him about it?’ Al-Mutawakkal asked, ‘Who do you mean thereby? Woe upon you!’ He replied, ‘I mean ibn al-Rida’.’ He asked, ‘Is he good in it?’ He (the officer) replied, ‘If he takes you out of this, you then must pay me so and so much; or you can whip me one hundred times.’ Al-Mutawakkal said, ‘I agree. O Ja‘far ibn Mahmud, go to him and ask him about the limit of kathir (a great deal of asset).’ Ja‘far ibn Mahmud went to abu al-Hassan, Ali ibn Muhammad, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, and asked him about the limit of al-Kathir (great deal of assets). He (the Imam) said, ‘It is eighty.’ Ja‘far asked, ‘O my master, he will ask me for a reason.’ Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), said, ‘Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, says, ‘We have helped you in Mawatin al-Kathirah (in a great many places)’ and we counted them, they were eighty such places.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.