وَ لَا خَيْرَ فِي دُنْيَا لَا تَدَبُّرَ فِيهَا وَ لَا خَيْرَ فِي نُسُكٍ لَا وَرَعَ فِيهِ.

and there is no good in worship in which there is no God-fearing.

«20»- سن، المحاسن عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَسَّانَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ وَ الْبَزَنْطِيُّ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام مَا حَقُّ اللَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ قَالَ حَقُّ اللَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ أَنْ يَقُولُوا مَا يَعْلَمُونَ وَ يَكُفُّوا عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ وَ اللَّهِ أَدَّوْا إِلَيْهِ حَقَّهُ.

Al-Mahasin: Zurara says: I asked Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: What is God's right over His creation? He said: That they say what they know and hold themselves back from what they do not know; in that case they have intended God's right.

«21»- سن، المحاسن أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: إِيَّاكَ وَ خَصْلَتَيْنِ مُهْلِكَتَيْنِ أَنْ تُفْتِيَ النَّاسَ بِرَأْيِكَ أَوْ تَقُولَ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُ.

Al-Mahasin: Ibn al-Hajjaj relates from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he said: Beware of two qualities that destroy: first, giving rulings by personal opinion; second, saying what you do not know.

«22»- سن، المحاسن ابْنُ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام عَنْ مُجَالَسَةِ أَصْحَابِ الرَّأْيِ فَقَالَ جَالِسْهُمْ وَ إِيَّاكَ وَ خَصْلَتَيْنِ هَلَكَ فِيهِمَا الرِّجَالُ أَنْ تَدِينَ بِشَيْ ءٍ مِنْ رَأْيِكَ أَوْ تُفْتِيَ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ.

Al-Mahasin: Ibn al-Hajjaj says: I asked Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, about sitting with the people of personal opinion. He said: There is no objection to it, but beware of two qualities that have destroyed men: first, do not hold a belief about God, or worship Him, by your own opinion; second, do not give people rulings without knowledge.

بيان: أن تدين أي تعتقد أو تعبد اللّٰه.

Elucidation: "An tadina": that is, beware of believing, or of worshipping God, by personal opinion.

«23»- سن، المحاسن ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ: مَنْ أَفْتَى النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَ لَا هُدًى مِنَ اللَّهِ لَعَنَتْهُ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ مَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ وَ لَحِقَهُ وِزْرُ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِفُتْيَاهُ.

Al-Mahasin: Abu 'Ubayda relates from Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, that he said: Whoever gives people rulings without knowledge and without God's guidance — the angels of mercy and of punishment curse him, and the burden and sin of those who act upon his ruling rest upon his neck.

بيان: بغير علم أي من اللّٰه بغير واسطة بشر كما للنبي و بعض علوم الأئمة عليهم السلام و الهدی كسائر علومهم و علوم سائر الناس و يحتمل أن يكون المراد بالهدى الظنون المعتبرة شرعا و يحتمل التأكيد و الفتيا بالضم الفتوى.

Elucidation: "Without knowledge": that is, without knowledge from God that comes without a human intermediary, as was the case with the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, and with some of the sciences of the Imams, peace be upon them. "And guidance": like the rest of the Imams' sciences, peace be upon them, and the sciences of other people. It is possible that what is meant by "guidance" is suppositions that are valid in law; and it is possible that "guidance" is an emphatic repetition of "knowledge".

«24»- سن، المحاسن أَبِي عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ١قَالَ: مَا أَذْكُرُ حَدِيثاً سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عليهما السلام إِلَّا كَادَ يَتَصَدَّعُ قَلْبِي قَالَ قَالَ أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله قَالَ ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ وَ أُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ مَا كَذَبَ أَبُوهُ عَلَى جَدِّهِ وَ لَا كَذَبَ جَدُّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مَنْ عَمِلَ بِالْمَقَايِيسِ فَقَدْ هَلَكَ وَ

Al-Mahasin: Ibn Shubruma says: I know a hadith from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, which, whenever I recall it, nearly tears my heart apart; and on the other hand I swear by God that neither he nor his forefathers lied against the Prophet. That hadith is this, that the Prophet said: Whoever acts by analogy has destroyed himself and destroyed others too;