دَانَ بِفِرْيَةِ بَاطِلٍ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ لَا دِينَ لِمَنْ دَانَ بِجُحُودِ شَيْ ءٍ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ.

and one who serves God in religion by denying something of God's signs has no religion.

«39»- كش، رجال الكشي حَمْدَوَيْهِ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ابْنَا نُصَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ النَّحْوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: قَالَ لِي بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَقْعُدُ فِي الْجَامِعِ فَتُفْتِي النَّاسَ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ وَ قَدْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِنِّي أَقْعُدُ فِي الْجَامِعِ فَيَجِی ءُ الرَّجُلُ فَيَسْأَلُنِي عَنِ الشَّيْ ءِ فَإِذَا عَرَفْتُهُ بِالْخِلَافِ لَكُمْ أَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ وَ يَجِي ءُ الرَّجُلُ أَعْرِفُهُ بِحُبِّكُمْ أَوْ بِمَوَدَّتِكُمْ فَأُخْبِرُهُ بِمَا جَاءَ عَنْكُمْ وَ يَجِي ءُ الرَّجُلُ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ وَ لَا أَدْرِي مَنْ هُوَ فَأَقُولُ جَاءَ عَنْ فُلَانٍ كَذَا وَ جَاءَ عَنْ فُلَانٍ كَذَا فَأُدْخِلُ قَوْلَكُمْ فِيمَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِيَ اصْنَعْ كَذَا فَإِنِّي أَصْنَعُ كَذَا.

Rijal al-Kashshi: Mu'adh al-Nahwi related from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he said to me: I have heard that you sit in the congregational mosque and give people rulings? I said: Yes! And I wished to ask you about this before I left here: I sit in the congregational mosque, and someone comes and asks me about something; when I recognise him as one of your opponents, I inform him according to their own ruling. And someone comes whom I know to be your friend, or who claims to be your friend, so I inform him with your hadiths. And someone else comes whom I do not know, so I say: from so-and-so such a hadith has come and from so-and-so such; and in the midst of the discussion I bring in your hadith. He said to me: I do the same; carry on with your work.

«40»- نَوَادِرُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عليهم السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مَنْ أَفْتَى بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ لَعَنَتْهُ مَلَائِكَةُ السَّمَاءِ ١وَ مَلَائِكَةُ الْأَرْضِ.

Nawadir al-Rawandi: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, said: Whoever gives rulings without knowledge and learning, the angels of heaven and earth curse him.

«41»- نهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام مَنْ تَرَكَ قَوْلَ لَا أَدْرِي أُصِيبَتْ مَقَاتِلُهُ.

Nahj al-Balagha: And he said: Whoever abandons saying "I do not know" delivers himself to slaughter.

بيان: أي من أجاب عن كل سؤال هلك و في بعض النسخ أصبيت كلمته بتقديم الموحدة أي أميلت كلمته في الجواب إلى الجهل.

Elucidation: That is, whoever answers every question perishes. In some copies it reads "usibat kalimatuhu" — that is, his words in answering are drawn towards ignorance.

«42»- نهج، نهج البلاغة لَا تَقُلْ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُ بَلْ لَا تَقُلْ كُلَّ مَا تَعْلَمُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ قَدْ فَرَضَ عَلَى جَوَارِحِكَ كُلِّهَا فَرَائِضَ يَحْتَجُّ بِهَا عَلَيْكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.

Nahj al-Balagha: And he said: Do not say what you do not know; rather, do not say everything you do know. For God has made certain things obligatory upon your limbs, and on the Day of Rising He will bring proof against you by those limbs.

«43»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام عَلَامَةُ الْإِيمَانِ أَنْ تُؤْثِرَ الصِّدْقَ حَيْثُ يَضُرُّكَ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ حَيْثُ يَنْفَعُكَ وَ أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ فِي حَدِيثِكَ فَضْلٌ عَنْ عِلْمِكَ وَ أَنْ تَتَّقِيَ اللَّهَ فِي حَدِيثِ غَيْرِكَ.

And he said: The sign of faith is that you prefer truthfulness, even though it harm you, to falsehood, even though it profit you; and that your words not exceed your deeds; and that when you speak of another, the fear of God come into your heart.

بيان: لعل الضرر محمول على ما لا يبلغ حدا يجب فيه التقية و حديث الغير يحتمل الرواية و الغيبة و أشباههما أو المراد عدم مبادرة كلام الغير بالرد و إنكاره مع العلم بحقيته حسدا و مراء.

Elucidation: "Harm" here may be taken as harm that does not reach the point where dissimulation becomes obligatory. "Hadith al-ghayr" may be taken to mean relating from others, or backbiting and the like; or what is meant is not hastening, out of envy and wrangling, to reject and deny another's words while knowing well the truth of what the other says.

«44»- نهج، نهج البلاغة فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ لِلْحَسَنِ عليه السلام لَا تَقُلْ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُ وَ إِنْ قَلَّ مَا تَعْلَمُ.

Nahj al-Balagha: In his counsel to al-Hasan, peace be upon him, he said: Do not say what you do not know, even though what you do know be little.

«45»- كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام لَوْ سَكَتَ مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ سَقَطَ الِاخْتِلَافُ.

Kanz al-Karajaki: Were the ignorant to keep silent, disagreement would disappear.