Hadith 28-37

حَدَّثَنا أَبي‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ جَعْفَر الحِمْيَريُّ، عَن الرَّيانِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ جَاءَ قَوْمٌ بِخُرَاسَانَ إِلَى الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ قَوْماً مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ يَتَعَاطَوْنَ أُمُوراً قَبِيحَةً فَلَوْ نَهَيْتَهُمْ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ لا أَفْعَلُ فَقِيلَ وَلِمَ فَقَالَ لانِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ النَّصِيحَةُ خَشِنَةٌ.

(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’ (a.s.). They told him (a.s.), ‘Some of the members of your household do bad deeds [35] . It would have been good if you had admonished them.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “I will not do that.” They asked, “Why?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “I heard my father say, ‘Advice is bitter.’”