Al-Kāfi - The Book of Adjudication and Rules

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Adjudication and Rules Chapter: Adjudication Disciplines 4- وَبِهَذَا الإسْنَادِ أَنَّ رَجُلا نَزَلَ بِأَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َكَثَ عِنْدَهُ أَيَّا٠َ إِلَيْهِ فِي خُصُو٠ْ يَذْكُرْهَا لأ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَقَالَ لَهُ أَخَصْ٠ٌ أَنْتَ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ قَالَ تَحَوَّلْ عَنَّا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) نَهَى أَنْ يُضَافَ الْخَصْ٠4.

Through the same chain of narrators as that of the previous Hadith, the following is narrated: “A man once became a guest of ’Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali (a.s.), and stayed with him for several days. He then presented a case before him (the Imam) for adjudication, which he had not mentioned to him (the Imam) before.

He (the Imam) asked, ‘Are you the plaintiff?’ The man replied, ‘Yes, I am the plaintiff.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You must move in another place for lodging; the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has prohibited entertaining a plaintiff as a guest without the presence of the defendant.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (24/278))