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Hadith 217
Hadith #
217
Book
Al-Khiṣāl
Volume
1
Section
86
Part
Part 2: On Two-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter
What the Commander of the Faithful (as) Said about Two People Who Broke His Back
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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2-103 Ahmad ibn Harun al-Fami - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Ja’far ibn Bat’tat known as Mil quoted Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah al-Barqy, who linked it up through a chain of narrators to the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB)
“Two men will break my back in this world: the corrupt but eloquent, and the ignorant worshipper. The first group use their tongue to cover up their corruption and the second group use their worshipping to cover up their ignorance. Therefore, beware of the corrupt scholars and ignorant worshippers. They are the ones who cause all sedition. I heard God’s Prophet (MGB) say, ‘O Ali! My nation will be destroyed by eloquent hypocrites.’”
2-103 حدثنا أحمد بن هارون الفامي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر ابن بطة المعروف بميل قال: حدثنا أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أبيه باسناده يرفعه إلى أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
أنه قال: قطع ظهري رجلان من الدنيا: رجل عليم اللسان فاسق، ورجل جاهل القلب ناسك، هذا يصد بلسانه عن فسقه، وهذا بنسكه عن جهله، فاتقوا الفاسق من العلماء والجاهل من المتعبدين، أولئك فتنة كل مفتون، فاني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: ياعلي هلاك امتي على يدي [كل] منافق عليم اللسان
Tags HypocrisyDisbelief/Kufr

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