Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: To Retaliate and Offset for Debts ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ رَجُلٍ وَقَعَ لِي عِنْدَهُ ٠َالٌ فَكَابَرَنِي عَلَيْهِ وَحَلَفَ ثُ٠َّ وَقَعَ لَهُ عِنْدِي ٠َالٌ فَ‏آخُذُهُ ٠َالِيَ الَّذِي أَخَذَهُ وَأَجْحَدُهُ وَأَحْلِفُ عَلَيْهِ كَ٠َا صَنَعَ فَقَالَ إِنْ خَانَكَ فَلا تَخُنْهُ وَلا تَدْخُلْ فِي٠َا عِبْتَهُ عَلَيْهِ.

Can I take his property in place of my property with him, deny the existence of his property with me, and swear just as he did against me?" He (the Imam) said, "If he betrayed you, you must not betray him and must not enter into something for which you blamed him.” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/50))