ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha (s) 37 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ جَعْفَر الحِ٠ْيَريُّ، عَن الرَّيانِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ جَاءَ قَوْ٠ٌ بِخُرَاسَانَ إِلَى الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ قَوْ٠ِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ يَتَعَاطَوْنَ أُ٠ُوراً قَبِيحَةً فَلَوْ نَهَيْتَهُ٠ْ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ لا أَفْعَلُ فَقِيلَ وَلِ٠َ فَقَالَ لانِّي سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ النَّصِيحَةُ خَشِنَةٌ.

28-37 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Himyari quoted on the authority of al-Ryan ibn al-Salt, “A group of people went to Khorasan to see Al-Ridha (s). They told him (s), ‘Some of the members of your household do bad deeds.

It would have been good if you had admonished them.” The Imam (s) said, “I will not do that.” They asked, “Why?” The Imam (s) said, “I heard my father say, ‘Advice is bitter.’”