1-49 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God have Mercy upon him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Bakr ibn Salih, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali, on the authority of Abdullah , on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Yazid al-Nawfaly, on theauthority of Isma’il ibn Abi Zyad , on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his forefathers, on the authority of Ali (MGB) that the
Prophet (MGB) said, “The most wicked people in my nation are those who are respected for fear of their wickedness. Whoever the people respect due to fear of his wickedness is not from my nation.”