I wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him to write a book for me, but to keep certain things from me. He said, "A sincere son. I will select matters carefully for him and conceal some things from him."He then called for the judicial rulings of Ali and began copying things from it. Whenever he came across a particular item, he would say, "By Allah, Ali never ruled in this manner, unless he had gone astray."
حدثنا داود بن عمرو الضبي، حدثنا نافع بن عمر،
كتبت إلى ابن عباس أسأله أن يكتب، لي كتابا ويخفي عني. فقال ولد ناصح أنا أختار له الأمور اختيارا وأخفي عنه. قال فدعا بقضاء علي فجعل يكتب منه أشياء ويمر به الشىء فيقول والله ما قضى بهذا علي إلا أن يكون ضل.
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