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Shia hadith/Al-Khiṣāl 1

Al-Khiṣāl 1, record 217 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · What the Commander of the Faithful (as) Said about Two People Who Broke His Back

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Arabic text

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

Translation

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.’”

Translation: Dr. Ali Peiravi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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  1. 2-103 Ahmad ibn Harun al-Fami - may God be pleased with him - narrated
  2. 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)

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