٥ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ الْعِجْلِيِّ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) عَنْ رَجُلٍ شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ شُهُودٌ أَنَّهُ أَفْطَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ قَالَ يُسْأَلُ هَلْ عَلَيْكَ فِي إِفْطَارِكَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ إِثْمٌ فَإِنْ قَالَ لا فَإِنَّ عَلَى الإِمَامِ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ وَإِنْ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَى الإِمَامِ أَنْ يَنْهَكَهُ ضَرْباً.
5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from Burayd al- ‘ Ij liy who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far , about the case of a man against whom witnesses testify that he has destroyed his fast of the month of Ramadan for three days. He (the Imam) said, ‘He is asked, ‘Is there a sin upon you because of destroying your fast of the month of Ramadan?’ If he says, ‘No, there is no sin,’ then it is the responsibility of the Imam to execute him. If he says, ‘Yes, there is sin, then it is the responsibility of the Imam to reprimand him.”’ 