hadith
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Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Our Shiaa are of three types: one type dupe people in our name, one type are like glass which discloses everything that is inside it [that they, like glass, cannot keep hidden that which is placed in their trust, like secrets (ed.)], and one type are like red gold, which the more it is brandished in the fire, the purer it becomes.
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): شِيعَتُنا ثلاثةُ أصنافٍ: صِنفٌ يَأكُلُونَ الناسَ بنا ، وصِنفٌ كالزُّجاجِ يَنُمُّ، وصِنفٌ كالذَّهَبِ الأحمَرِ كُلَّما اُدخِلَ النارَ ازدادَ جَودَةً.
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