Al-Kāfi - The Book of Wills

Chapter: Charities of the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, Fatimah and ‘A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam 13- عَنْهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ أَعْتَقَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َوْتِهِ شِرَارَهُ٠ْ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَهْ تُعْتِقُ هَؤُلاءِ وَتُ٠ْسِكُ هَؤُلاءِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ٠ْ قَدْ أَصَابُوا ٠ِنِّي ضُرّاً فَيَكُونُ هَذَا بِهَذَا.

I asked, ‘Father, do you free these and keep these?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘These were subjected to my disciplining, thus, this is for that.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/91))