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Hadith 124
Hadith #
124
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
5
Section
28
Part
The Book of Jihad (Serving in the Army)
Chapter
Commanding others what is Obligatory and to Prohibit them from doing Evil
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ali ibn Asbat from abu Ishaq al-Khurasaniy from certain persons of his people who has said the following
“He (the Imam) has said, ‘Allah, the most Majestic, the most Glorious, sent revelation to Dawud (David) (a.s.), that said, ‘I forgave your sins and placed the blame thereof on the Israelites.’ He (Dawud) asked, ‘How can that be, O Lord? You do not do injustice. He (the Lord) replied, ‘Because they did not express disappointment for what you had done.’” (This Hadith is addressed to Dawud but it is meant to apply to others. It is one of the cases where the popular expression, ‘I address you O slave-girl, but you, the neighbor woman listen.’)
7- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ قَالَ
إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَوْحَى إِلَى دَاوُدَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ ذَنْبَكَ وَجَعَلْتُ عَارَ ذَنْبِكَ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ يَا رَبِّ وَأَنْتَ لا تَظْلِمُ قَالَ إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُعَاجِلُوكَ بِالنَّكَرَةِ.
Tags Enjoining Good/Forbidding EvilProphet Dawud (David)Justice

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