Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Narration Against a Believer 3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ ٠ُخْتَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َا جَاءَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ عَوْرَةُ الْ٠َا هُوَ أَنْ يَنْكَشِفَ فَتَرَى ٠ِنْهُ شَيْئاً إِنَّ٠َا هُوَ أَنْ تَرْوِيَ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ تَعِيبَهُ.

It is to make certain narrations against him to reproach and defame him.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (11/3))