٣- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبِي عَقِيلٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِنَّ لِي خَصْماً يَتَكَثَّرُ عَلَيَّ بِالشُّهُودِ الزُّورِ وَقَدْ كَرِهْتُ مُكَافَأَتَهُ مَعَ أَنِّي لا أَدْرِي أَيَصْلُحُ لِي ذَلِكَ أَمْ لا قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي أَمَا بَلَغَكَ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لا تُؤْسِرُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَ أَمْوَالَكُمْ بِشَهَادَاتِ الزُّورِ فَمَا عَلَى امْرِئٍ مِنْ وَكَفٍ فِي دِينِهِ وَلا مَأْثَمٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِ أَنْ يَدْفَعَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ كَمَا أَنَّهُ لَوْ دَفَعَ بِشَهَادَتِهِ عَنْ فَرْجٍ حَرَامٍ وَسَفْكِ دَمٍ حَرَامٍ كَانَ ذَلِكَ خَيْراً لَهُ وَكَذَلِكَ مَالُ الْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ.
3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il from Mansur from Yunus from Musa ibn Bakr from al-Hakam ibn abu ‘Aqil who has narrated the following: “I once said to abu ‘ Abd Allah , that my opponent brings a great deal of false testimony against me and I dislike to fight back. I do not know if it is the right thing that I do. He (the Imam) said to me, ’Have you not noticed that ’ Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, Alayhi al-Salam, would say, “Do not leave yourselves and assets hostage to the false testimonies.” If it is not an offense in religion and a sin against his Lord, then there is nothing wrong for a man to defend himself. It is like preventing unlawful sexual relations and unlawful bloodshed by one’s testimony which is good, so also is the case with defending one’s assets.’” 