٢ - حدثنا أبي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا علي بن محمد بن قتيبة، عن حمدان ابن سليمان، عن نوح بن شعيب، عن محمد بن إسماعيل، عن صالح بن عقبة، عن علقمة، عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليهما السلام)، قال: جاء أعرابي إلى النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) فادعى عليه سبعين درهما ثمن ناقة، فقال له النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): يا أعرابي، ألم تستوف مني ذلك؟ فقال: لا. فقال له النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): إني قد أوفيتك. قال الاعرابي: قد رضيت برجل يحكم بيني وبينك.  فقام النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) معه، فتحاكما إلى رجل من قريش. فقال الرجل للاعرابي: ما تدعي على رسول الله؟ قال: سبعين درهما ثمن ناقة بعتها منه. فقال: ما تقول يا رسول الله؟ فقال: قد أوفيته. فقال القرشي: قد أقررت له يا رسول الله بحقه، فإما أن تقيم شاهدين يشهدان بأنك قد أوفيته، وإما أن توفيه السبعين التي يدعيها عليك. فقام النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) مغضبا يجر رداءه، وقال: والله لاقصدن من يحكم بيننا بحكم الله تعالى ذكره، فتحاكم معه إلى أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام)، فقال للاعرابي: ما تدعي على رسول الله؟ قال: سبعين درهما ثمن ناقة بعتها منه. فقال: ما تقول يا رسول الله. قال: قد أوفيته. فقال يا أعرابي، إن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) يقول: قد أوفيتك، فهل صدق؟ قال: لا، ما أوفاني. فأخرج أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) سيفه من غمده وضرب عنق الاعرابي. فقال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): يا علي، لم قتلت الاعرابي؟ قال: لانه كذبك يا رسول الله، ومن كذبك فقد حل دمه ووجب قتله. فقال النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): يا علي، والذي بعثني بالحق نبيا، ما أخطأت حكم الله تبارك وتعالى فيه، فلا تعد إلى مثلها (١).
My father (rh) narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Muhammad b. Qutayba narrated to us from Hamdan b. Sulayman from Nuh b. Shu`ayb from Muhammad b. Isma`il from Salih b. `Uqba from `Alqama from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: A Bedouin came to the Prophet (s) and demanded seventy silver coins from him – the price of a she-camel. So, the Prophet (s) said to him: O Bedouin! Have you not collected that from me already? So, he said: No. So, the Prophet (s) said to him: Surely, I have already paid you. So, the Bedouin said: I want a man to judge between you and me. So, the Prophet (s) went with him and they appointed a man from Quraysh. So, the man said to the Bedouin: What is your claim against the Messenger of Allah? He said: Seventy silver coins – the price of a she-camel that I sold for him. So, he said: What do you say, O Messenger of Allah? So, he said: I have paid him. So, the Qurayshi man said: If you have given him his right, O Messenger of Allah, then either produce two witnesses to testify that you have paid him, or pay him the seventy [coins] that he has demanded from you. So, the Prophet (s) stood up in anger, dragging his cloak. He said: By Allah! I will choose someone who will judge between us by the judgment of Allah. So, they appointed Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib , who said to the Bedouin: What is your claim against the Messenger of Allah? He said: Seventy silver coins – the price of a she-camel that I sold for him. He said: What do you say, O Messenger of Allah? He said: I have paid him. So, he said: O Bedouin! Surely, the Messenger of Allah (s) says that he has paid you. Is he telling the truth? He said: No, he did not pay me. So, Amir al-Mu’minin  unsheathed his sword from its scabbard and struck the neck of the Bedouin. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said: O `Ali! Why did you kill the Bedouin? He said: Because he belied you, O Messenger of Allah, and when one belies you, his blood becomes permissible and his killing becomes obligatory. So, the Prophet (s) said: O `Ali! By He who raised me as a prophet in truth, you have not made a mistake in applying the judgment of Allah regarding him. [However,] do not repeat this again.