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Had I not disliked...

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جَمِيلٌ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ع قَالَ

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قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ لَوْ لَا أَنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُقَالَ إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً اسْتَعَانَ بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى إِذَا ظَفِرَ بِعَدُوِّهِ قَتَلَهُمْ لَضَرَبْتُ أَعْنَاقَ قَوْمٍ كَثِيرٍ.

Read English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn

544. Jameel, from Zurara, from one of them (asws) (Fifth or Sixth Imam (asws)) having said: ‘The Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘Had it not been for my (saww) disliking that they would say, ‘Muhammad (saww) sought support of the people so that he (saww) would be victorious over his (saww) enemies’, I (saww) would have killed a lot of people by striking their necks’.

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

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  • ضعيفAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/508)
  • لم يخرجهShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi