«32»- رُوِيَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عليهما السلام اجْلِسْ حَتَّى نَتَنَاظَرَ فِي الدِّينِ فَقَالَ يَا هَذَا أَنَا بَصِيرٌ بِدِينِي مَكْشُوفٌ عَلَيَّ هُدَايَ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ جَاهِلًا بِدِينِكَ فَاذْهَبْ وَ اطْلُبْهُ مَا لِي وَ لِلْمُمَارَاةِ وَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَيُوَسْوِسُ لِلرَّجُلِ وَ يُنَاجِيهِ وَ يَقُولُ نَاظِرِ النَّاسَ فِي الدِّينِ كَيْلَا يَظُنُّوا بِكَ الْعَجْزَ وَ الْجَهْلَ ثُمَّ الْمِرَاءُ لَا يَخْلُو مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَوْجُهٍ إِمَّا أَنْ تَتَمَارَى أَنْتَ وَ صَاحِبُكَ فِيمَا تَعْلَمَانِ فَقَدْ تَرَكْتُمَا بِذَلِكَ النَّصِيحَةَ وَ طَلَبْتُمَا الْفَضِيحَةَ وَ أَضَعْتُمَا ذَلِكَ الْعِلْمَ أَوْ تَجْهَلَانِهِ فَأَظْهَرْتُمَا جَهْلًا وَ خَاصَمْتُمَا جَهْلًا أَوْ تَعْلَمُهُ أَنْتَ فَظَلَمْتَ صَاحِبَكَ بِطَلَبِكَ عَثْرَتَهُ أَوْ يَعْلَمُهُ صَاحِبُكَ فَتَرَكْتَ حُرْمَتَهُ وَ لَمْ تُنْزِلْهُ مَنْزِلَتَهُ وَ هَذَا كُلُّهُ مُحَالٌ فَمَنْ أَنْصَفَ وَ قَبِلَ الْحَقَّ وَ تَرَكَ الْمُمَارَاةَ فَقَدْ أَوْثَقَ إِيمَانَهُ وَ أَحْسَنَ صُحْبَةَ دِينِهِ وَ صَانَ عَقْلَهُ ١.
A man said to Imam al-Husayn, peace be upon him: Sit down that we may discuss religion. He said: I know my religion and guidance has been disclosed to me; and if you are ignorant of your religion, go and seek it and search for it. What have I to do with disputing in religion? Satan whispers to a man and says in his ear: Debate with people about religion, lest people suppose that you are incapable of debate and ignorant. Now wrangling does not fall outside four cases: either you dispute with someone while both of you have knowledge — in that case you have abandoned sincere counsel, brought disgrace and wasted that knowledge; or neither of you knew that knowledge — then you have displayed ignorance and been at enmity with each other out of ignorance; or you alone know — then you wrong your companion by exposing his slips; or you do not know and your friend knows it — in that case you have not kept your companion's honour and have lowered his standing. All of these are inadmissible. So whoever deals justly, accepts the truth and abandons wrangling has truly made his faith firm, made his religious conduct good, and guarded his intellect.
«33»- سر، السرائر مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَشِيخَةِ لِابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا شِيعَتُنَا الْخُرْسُ.
Al-Sara'ir: Abu Hamza says: I heard Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, say: Our Shi'a are mute (they guard their tongues).
«34»- سر، السرائر مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَشِيخَةِ لِابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام يَقُولُ يَقُولُونَ يَنْقَادُ وَ لَا يَنْقَادُ يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَ الْكَلَامِ أَمَا لَوْ عَلِمُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ بَدْءُ الْخَلْقِ وَ أَصْلُهُ لَمَا اخْتَلَفَ اثْنَانِ ٢.
Al-Sara'ir: Ibn Sinan says: I heard Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, say, in censure of the theologians: Had they known how the beginning and root of creation was, two of them would not have differed with each other.
«35»- نی، الغيبة للنعماني عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْغِفَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عليهم السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله إِيَّاكُمْ وَ جِدَالَ كُلِّ مَفْتُونٍ فَإِنَّهُ مُلَقَّنٌ حُجَّتَهُ إِلَى انْقِضَاءِ مُدَّتِهِ فَإِذَا انْقَضَتْ مُدَّتُهُ أَلْهَبَتْهُ خَطِيئَتُهُ وَ أَحْرَقَتْهُ ٣.
Al-Ghayba of al-Nu'mani: Abu Muhammad al-Ghifari related from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, from the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, that he said: Beware of debating and disputing with those who are deceived in their religion; for until his time comes to an end he remains upon his rotten proof that reaches him from others, and when his time has passed the flame of his sins envelops him and will burn him.
«36»- جا، المجالس للمفيد الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ الطَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ الْقَزْوِينِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَخْزُومِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَمُّونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: مَنْ أَعَانَنَا بِلِسَانِهِ عَلَى عَدُوِّنَا أَنْطَقَهُ اللَّهُ بِحُجَّتِهِ يَوْمَ مَوْقِفِهِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.
Majalis of al-Mufid: Ja'far b. Muhammad relates from Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, that he said: Whoever helps us against an enemy with his tongue, God will make him eloquent on the Day of Resurrection so that he can state his own case.