Hadith 51
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11. He said: Abul Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Hasan reported to me from his father, from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from Muhammad ibn Sinan, from Musa ibn Bakr, who said
Someone who heard from Abu Abdillah Ja’far ibn Muhammad (as) reported to me that he said: "One who acts without any understanding and vision, is like a person walking behind a mirage on a levelled desert, the faster he runs the farthest he ends up.
11 - قال: أخبرني أبو الحسن أحمد بن محمد الحسن، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن محمد بن سنان، عن موسى بن بكر قال: حدثني من
سمع أبا عبد الله جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام يقول: العامل على غير بصيرة كالسائر على سراب بقيعة لا تزيده سرعة سيره إلا بعدا.
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Intellect/Reason
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