نامه 43: به مصقله بن هبیره · Letter 43

و من كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلي مصقلة بن هبيرة الشيباني و هو عامله علي أردشير خُرة

بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أَمْرٌ إِنْ كُنْتَ فَعَلْتَهُ فَقَدْ أَسْخَطْتَ إِلَهَكَ وَ عَصَيْتَ إِمَامَكَ أَنَّكَ تَقْسِمُ فَيْءَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الَّذِي حَازَتْهُ رِمَاحُهُمْ وَ خُيُولُهُمْ وَ أُرِيقَتْ عَلَيْهِ دِمَاؤُهُمْ فِيمَنِ اعْتَامَكَ مِنْ أَعْرَابِ قَوْمِكَ فَوَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَ بَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ لَئِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ حَقّاً لَتَجِدَنَّ لَكَ عَلَيَّ هَوَاناً وَ لَتَخِفَّنَّ عِنْدِي مِيزَاناً فَلَا تَسْتَهِنْ بِحَقِّ رَبِّكَ وَ لَا تُصْلِحْ دُنْيَاكَ بِمَحْقِ دِينِكَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالًا أَلَا وَ إِنَّ حَقَّ مَنْ قِبَلَكَ وَ قِبَلَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي قِسْمَةِ هَذَا الْفَيْءِ سَوَاءٌ يَرِدُونَ عِنْدِي عَلَيْهِ وَ يَصْدُرُونَ عَنْهُ.

I have come to know concerning you a matter which if you have done it you have displeased your Allah and disobeyed your Imam. You are distributing among the Arabs (Bedouins) of your kin who tend towards you the property of the Muslims which they collected by dint of their spears and horses and on which their blood was shed. By Allah Who germinated the seed and created living beings, if this is true you will be humbled in my view and you will become light in weight. Therefore, do not treat lightly the obligations of your Lord and do not reform your world by ruining your religion, since then you will be among losers by the way of (your) actions. Know that the right of those Muslims who are around you and those who are around me in this property is equal. For that reason they come to me and take from it.