يؤوونها و ينصرونها.

who give the seditions shelter and support them.

«15»- غو، غوالي اللئالي رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله أَنَّهُ قَالَ: الْفُقَهَاءُ أُمَنَاءُ الرُّسُلِ مَا لَمْ يَدْخُلُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا دُخُولُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا قَالَ اتِّبَاعُ السُّلْطَانِ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَاحْذَرُوهُمْ عَلَى دِينِكُمْ.

'Awali al-La'ali: It is related from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, that he said: The jurists are the trustees of the messengers, so long as they have not entered into this world. It was said: O Messenger of God, what is their entering into this world? He said: Following the ruler. So when they follow the ruler, fear them for your religion.

«16»- ختص، الإختصاص قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ عِلْماً لِيُمَارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ أَوْ لِيُبَاهِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ أَوْ يَصْرِفَ بِهِ النَّاسَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ يَقُولُ أَنَا رَئِيسُكُمْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ إِنَّ الرِّئَاسَةَ لَا تَصْلُحُ إِلَّا لِأَهْلِهَا فَمَنْ دَعَا النَّاسَ إِلَی نَفْسِهِ وَ فِيهِمْ مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَنْظُرِ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.

Al-Ikhtisas: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, said: Whoever acquires knowledge in order to boast of it before scholars, or to dispute with the foolish, or to draw people's attention to himself — let him prepare his place in Hell. Truly leadership is fit for none but those worthy of it. Whoever calls people to himself while among them is one more knowing than he — God will not look upon him with the gaze of mercy on the Day of Resurrection.

«17»- نهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام رُبَّ عَالِمٍ قَدْ قَتَلَهُ جَهْلُهُ وَ عِلْمُهُ مَعَهُ لَا يَنْفَعُهُ.

Nahj al-Balagha: And he said: How many a scholar his own ignorance has killed, while his knowledge is with him yet profits him nothing.

بيان: قيل أراد العلماء بما لا نفع فيه من العلوم كالسحر و النيرنجات و غير ذلك و يحتمل أن يراد بالجهل الأهواء الباطلة و الشهوات الفاسدة فإنها ربما غلبت العقل و العلم.

Elucidation: It is said that what he meant was scholars who gain no benefit from their own sciences, such as the science of magic, conjuring and the like; and it is possible that what is meant by ignorance is false desires and corrupt appetites, for it is these that overcome intellect and knowledge.

«18»- كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً وَ أَعْظَمُهُمْ عَنَاءً مَنْ بُلِیَ بِلِسَانٍ مُطْلَقٍ وَ قَلْبٍ مُطْبَقٍ فَهُوَ لَا يُحْمَدُ إِنْ سَكَتَ وَ لَا يُحَسَّنُ إِنْ نَطَقَ.

Kanz al-Karajaki: Imam 'Ali, peace be upon him, said: The most afflicted of people and the most toil-worn of them is one who has a loose tongue and a closed heart: if he keeps silent he is not praised, and if he speaks he does not speak well.

«19»- وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ انْتِزَاعاً يَنْتَزِعُهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَ لَكِنْ يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ بِقَبْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يَبْقَ عَالِمٌ اتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُؤَسَاءَ جُهَّالًا فَسُئِلُوا فَأَفْتَوْا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَضَلُّوا وَ أَضَلُّوا.

The Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, said: Truly God does not seize knowledge away, but God seizes knowledge by the death of the scholars, until no scholar remains and people choose ignorant leaders and question them, and they give rulings without knowledge; so they themselves are astray and they lead others astray too.

«20»- مُنْيَةُ الْمُرِيدِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله قَالَ: إِنِّي لَا أَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مُؤْمِناً وَ لَا مُشْرِكاً فَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ فَيَحْجُزُهُ إِيمَانُهُ وَ أَمَّا الْمُشْرِكُ فَيَقْمَعُهُ كُفْرُهُ ١ وَ لَكِنْ أَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْكُمْ مُنَافِقاً عَلِيمَ اللِّسَانِ يَقُولُ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ وَ يَعْمَلُ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ.

Munyat al-Murid: The Prophet, may God bless him and his family, said: I fear for my community neither a believer nor an idolater, for the believer's faith guards him and the idolater's unbelief and ingratitude bring about his ruin; but I greatly fear for you the hypocrite, the two-faced man who is a glib-tongued scholar: he says things you recognise as good, yet in practice does deeds you count as ugly.

«21»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدِي كُلُّ مُنَافِقٍ عَلِيمِ اللِّسَانِ.

The Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, said: What I fear most for you after me is the smooth-tongued hypocrite.

«22»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله أَلَا إِنَّ شَرَّ الشَّرِّ شِرَارُ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَ إِنَّ خَيْرَ الْخَيْرِ خِيَارُ الْعُلَمَاءِ.

The Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, said: Know that the worst of the worst are evil-natured scholars, and the best of the best are pure-natured scholars.

«23»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مَنْ قَالَ أَنَا عَالِمٌ فَهُوَ جَاهِلٌ.

And he also said: If anyone says "I am a scholar", know that he is nothing but ignorant.