The Sufficient (Vol 7) · Hadith 873 (#Ḥadīth #4)

4- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ نَجِيَّةَ الْعَطَّارِ قَالَ سَافَرْتُ مَعَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَأَمَرَ غُلامَهُ بِشَيْءٍ فَخَالَفَهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ وَاللهِ لأضْرِبَنَّكَ يَا غُلامُ قَالَ فَلَمْ أَرَهُ ضَرَبَهُ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّكَ حَلَفْتَ لَتَضْرِبَنَّ غُلامَكَ فَلَمْ أَرَكَ ضَرَبْتَهُ فَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ وَأَنْ تَعْفُوا أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوى.

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Qasim ibn Yahya from his grandfather al-Hassan ibn Rashid from Najiyah al-‘Attar who has narrated the following: “I once travelled with abu Ja‘far , to Makkah and he (the Imam) commanded his slave to do something but he disobeyed and abu Ja’far , said, ‘By Allah, I will beat you, O ghulam (servant).’ I however, did not see him beating the ghulam, thus, I asked, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, you swore to beat him but I did not see you do so.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Is it not a fact that Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, says, “If you forgive it is closer to piety.” (2:237)’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).