دِينِ اللَّهِ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْهُ أَثَرٌ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله رَدُّوهُ إِلَی اللَّهِ وَ إِلَی الرَّسُولِ وَ إِلی أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنْبِطُونَهُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الَّذِينَ مَنَعَهُمْ مِنْ طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ مِنَّا الْعَدَاوَةُ وَ الْحَسَدُ لَنَا وَ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا حَسَدَ مُوسَى الْعَالِمَ وَ مُوسَی نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ حَيْثُ لَقِيَهُ وَ اسْتَنْطَقَهُ وَ عَرَفَهُ بِالْعِلْمِ وَ لَمْ يَحْسُدْهُ كَمَا حَسَدَتْنَا هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله عِلْمَنَا وَ مَا وَرِثْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله وَ لَمْ يَرْغَبُوا إِلَيْنَا فِي عِلْمِنَا كَمَا رَغِبَ مُوسَى إِلَى الْعَالِمِ وَ سَأَلَهُ الصُّحْبَةَ لِيَتَعَلَّمَ مِنْهُ الْعِلْمَ وَ يُرْشِدَهُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ سَأَلَ الْعَالِمَ ذَلِكَ عَلِمَ الْعَالِمُ أَنَّ مُوسَى لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ صُحْبَتَهُ وَ لَا يَحْتَمِلُ عِلْمَهُ وَ لَا يَصْبِرُ مَعَهُ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ الْعَالِمُ وَ كَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلى ما لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ خُبْراً فَقَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى وَ هُوَ خَاضِعٌ لَهُ يَسْتَنْطِقُهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ كَيْ يَقْبَلَهُ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شاءَ اللَّهُ صابِراً وَ لا أَعْصِي لَكَ أَمْراً وَ قَدْ كَانَ الْعَالِمُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مُوسَى لَا يَصْبِرُ عَلَى عِلْمِهِ فَكَذَلِكَ وَ اللَّهِ يَا إِسْحَاقَ بْنَ عَمَّارٍ قُضَاةُ هَؤُلَاءِ وَ فُقَهَاؤُهُمْ وَ جَمَاعَتُهُمُ الْيَوْمَ لَا يَحْتَمِلُونَ وَ اللَّهِ عِلْمَنَا وَ لَا يَقْبَلُونَهُ وَ لَا يُطِيقُونَهُ وَ لَا يَأْخُذُونَ بِهِ وَ لَا يَصْبِرُونَ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا لَمْ يَصْبِرْ مُوسَى عَلَى عِلْمِ الْعَالِمِ حِينَ صَحِبَهُ وَ رَأَى مَا رَأَی مِنْ عِلْمِهِ وَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ مُوسَى مَكْرُوهاً وَ كَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ رِضًا وَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَ كَذَلِكَ عِلْمُنَا عِنْدَ الْجَهَلَةِ مَكْرُوهٌ لَا يُؤْخَذُ وَ هُوَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْحَقُّ.

If they are asked about a matter in God's religion and there is no report about it from the Messenger of God, they refer it back to God, to His Messenger and to those in authority. Those who have learned knowledge from the family of Muhammad know its answer. What keeps them from seeking knowledge with us is enmity and envy towards us. No, by God, Moses did not envy that learned man. Moses, peace be upon him, was a prophet to whom revelation came, and for this reason he met him and sought to speak with him and learned of his knowledge; indeed he acknowledged his knowledge before him and did not envy him — unlike this community after the Messenger of God, who envied our knowledge and our inheritance from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, and had no desire for our learning, in the way Moses desired that learned man and asked leave to accompany him so as to learn knowledge from him and be guided by him. When he asked leave to accompany him, that learned man knew that Moses could not accompany him and did not know that he had such knowledge, and that he would not be patient with him. So that learned man said to him: "You will never be able to have patience with me." Moses said to him: Why should I not be patient? The learned man said to him: "And how can you have patience with what you do not encompass in knowledge?" With humility and gentleness Moses asked him to accept him: "You will find me, God willing, patient, and I shall not disobey you in any matter." But the learned man knew that Moses would not be patient. O Ishaq! By God, today the state of the judges, the jurists and their followers is just the same. By God, they have no awareness of our knowledge, do not accept it, do not bear it and do not profit from it; and just as Moses, peace be upon him, was not patient with that learned man's knowledge while accompanying him, neither are these patient. Moses knew what kind of knowledge he had. The learned man's deeds were disagreeable to Moses, yet God was pleased with them and they were the very truth; likewise our knowledge is disliked among the ignorant and they do not profit from it, while with God it is the truth.

«101»- نی، الغيبة للنعماني مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ مَعاً عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام خَبَرٌ تَدْرِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ ١ تَرْوِيهِ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ حَقِيقَةٍ حَقّاً وَ لِكُلِّ صَوَابٍ نُوراً ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّا وَ اللَّهِ لَا نَعُدُّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا فَقِيهاً حَتَّى يُلْحَنَ لَهُ فَيَعْرِفَ اللَّحْنَ.

Al-Ghayba of al-Nu'mani: Al-Mufaddal b. 'Umar says: Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: One report that you understand is better than ten reports that you merely relate. Truly every truth has a reality and every right thing has a light. Then he said: By God, we do not count any of our Shi'a a jurist until something is said to him in hints and he grasps the hint.

«102»- كش، رجال الكشي جَبْرَئِيلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْيَقْطِينِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام يَا جَابِرُ حَدِيثُنَا صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ أَمْرَدُ ذَكْوَانُ وَعْرٌ أَجْرَدُ لَا يَحْتَمِلُهُ وَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ أَوْ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ أَوْ مُؤْمِنٌ مُمْتَحَنٌ فَإِذَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْكَ يَا جَابِرُ شَيْ ءٌ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا فَلَانَ لَهُ قَلْبُكَ فَاحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَ إِنْ أَنْكَرْتَهُ فَرُدَّهُ إِلَيْنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ لَا تَقُلْ كَيْفَ جَاءَ هَذَا وَ كَيْفَ كَانَ وَ كَيْفَ هُوَ فَإِنَّ هَذَا وَ اللَّهِ الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ.

Rijal al-Kashshi: Jabir b. Yazid says: Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, said: O Jabir, our hadith is hard and difficult, unveiled, unruly, sharp and keen. By God, none can bear it but a prophet sent with a mission, or an angel brought near, or a tested believer. O Jabir, when something of our walaya is related to you and your heart softens to that matter, praise God; and if your heart denies it, refer it back to us, the People of the House, and do not say: How did this hadith come? How was it? How is it? By God, that is associating partners with God the Great.