1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Harun ibn Muslim from Mas’adah ibn Sadaqah who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You cannot accuse one whom you trust and you must not trust a treacherous person when you have already tried him.’’’

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

2. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Shammun from Muhammad ibn Harun al-Jallab who has said the following: “I once heard abu al-Hassan (a.s.), saying, ‘When injustice is more than the truth, it is not lawful for anyone to think good of anyone until he finds it out to be the case/”

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

3. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Khalaf ibn Hammad Zakariya ibn Ibrahim in a marfu’ manner who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far, once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘One who trusts an untrustworthy one, he does not have good reason and ground before Allah.”’

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

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Mu’ammar ibn Khallad who has said the following: “I once heard abu al-Hassan (a.s.), saying, ‘Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), would say, “A trustworthy person has not betrayed you but you have trusted a treacherous one.’”

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

5. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Kufiy from ‘Ubays ibn Hisham from abu Jamilah from abu Hamzah who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘If one learns that a servant of the servants of Allah has lied in what he had said, disregarded his promise and betrayed his trust with what he was entrusted, then considers such person trustworthy, it becomes a right before Allah, most High to afflict him with it without any recompense or give him any reward for his suffering.’”

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