بَشَّاراً الْأَشْعَرِيَّ ١ وَ حَمْزَةَ الْبَرْبَرِيَّ ٢ وَ صَائِدَ النَّهْدِيِّ ٣فَقَالَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ إِنَّا لَا نَخْلُو مِنْ كَذَّابٍ يَكْذِبُ عَلَيْنَا أَوْ عَاجِزِ الرَّأْيِ كَفَانَا اللَّهُ مَئُونَةَ كُلِّ كَذَّابٍ وَ أَذَاقَهُمْ حَرَّ الْحَدِيدِ.

Bashshar al-Ash'ari, Hamza al-Barbari and Sa'id al-Nahdi; and he went on to say: May God curse them. We are never free of a liar who lies against us, or of a weak-willed man. May God keep us from the evil of liars and make them taste the heat of iron.

«13»- كِتَابُ صِفَاتِ الشِّيعَةِ لِلصَّدُوقِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: هَمُّكُمْ مَعَالِمُ دِينِكُمْ وَ هَمُّ عَدُوِّكُمْ بِكُمْ وَ أُشْرِبَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لَكُمْ بُغْضاً يُحَرِّفُونَ مَا يَسْمَعُونَ مِنْكُمْ كُلَّهُ وَ يَجْعَلُونَ لَكُمْ أَنْدَاداً ثُمَّ يَرْمُونَكُمْ بِهِ بُهْتَاناً فَحَسْبُهُمْ بِذَلِكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَعْصِيَةً.

Kitab Sifat al-Shi'a of al-Saduq: Al-Mufaddal b. Ziyad al-'Abdi related from Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he said: Your concern (O Shi'a) is to acquire the traces (the sciences) of your religion; while your enemies' concern is to harass you, and their hearts are mixed with hatred and rancour towards you. Everything they hear from you they distort, and they ascribe to you the setting up of partners (with God), and then by this very fabrication they slander and accuse you. This very deed suffices as a sin and disobedience (to send them to Hell) before God.

«14»- أَقُولُ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْهِلَالِيِّ، أَنَّ أَبَانَ بْنَ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ رَاوِي الْكِتَابِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرُ عليه السلام لَمْ نَزَلْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ مُنْذُ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله نُذَلُّ وَ نُقْصَی وَ نُحْرَمُ وَ نُقْتَلُ وَ نُطْرَدُ وَ وَجَدَ الْكَذَّابُونَ لِكَذِبِهِمْ مَوْضِعاً يَتَقَرَّبُونَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ وَ قُضَاتِهِمْ وَ عُمَّالِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ بَلْدَةٍ يُحَدِّثُونَ عَدُوَّنَا وَ وُلَاتِهِمُ الْمَاضِينَ بِالْأَحَادِيثِ الْكَاذِبَةِ الْبَاطِلَةِ وَ يُحَدِّثُونَ وَ يَرْوُونَ عَنَّا مَا لَمْ نَقُلْ تَهْجِيناً مِنْهُمْ لَنَا وَ كَذِباً مِنْهُمْ عَلَيْنَا وَ تَقَرُّباً إِلَى وُلَاتِهِمْ وَ قُضَاتِهِمْ بِالزُّورِ وَ الْكَذِبِ وَ كَانَ عُظْمُ ذَلِكَ وَ كَثْرَتُهُ فِي زَمَنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ الْحَسَنِ عليه السلام ثُمَّ قَالَ عليه السلام بَعْدَ كَلَامٍ تَرَكْنَاهُ وَ رُبَّمَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يُذْكَرُ بِالْخَيْرِ وَ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونُ وَرِعاً صَدُوقاً يُحَدِّثُ بِأَحَادِيثَ عَظِيمَةٍ عَجِيبَةٍ مِنْ تَفْضِيلِ بَعْضِ مَنْ قَدْ مَضَى مِنَ الْوُلَاةِ لَمْ يَخْلُقِ اللَّهُ مِنْهَا شَيْئاً قَطُّ وَ هُوَ يَحْسَبُ أَنَّهَا حَقٌّ لِكَثْرَةِ مَنْ قَدْ سَمِعَهَا مِنْهُ مِمَّنْ لَا يُعْرَفُ بِكَذِبٍ وَ لَا بِقِلَّةِ وَرَعٍ وَ يَرْوُونَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام أَشْيَاءَ قَبِيحَةً وَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ عليه السلام مَا يَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُمْ رَوَوْا فِي ذَلِكَ الْبَاطِلَ وَ الْكَذِبَ وَ الزُّورَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ سَمِّ لِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئاً قَالَ رِوَايَتُهُمْ هُمَا سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ مُحَدَّثٌ وَ أَنَّ الْمَلَكَ يُلَقِّنُهُ وَ أَنَّ السَّكِينَةَ تَنْطِقُ عَلَى لِسَانِهِ وَ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَسْتَحْيِي مِنْهُ وَ اثْبُتْ حَرَى فَمَا عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ وَ صِدِّيقٌ وَ شَهِيدٌ حَتَّى عَدَّدَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَتَيْ رِوَايَةٍ ٤ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهَا حَقٌّ فَقَالَ هِيَ وَ اللَّهِ كُلُّهَا كَذِبٌ وَ زُورٌ قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ

I found in Kitab Sulaym b. Qays al-Hilali that Aban b. Abi 'Ayyash, the narrator of this book, said: Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, said: We, the People of the House, ever since the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, departed this world, have been abased, exiled and deprived, killed and driven away; and we fear for our own blood and for the blood of all who love us. By contrast, the liars have found a field for their lying, by which they draw near to the chiefs, the judges and their agents in every city. They relate to our enemies false and baseless hadiths concerning their own past rulers. And they relate from us words we never said, so as to make us look bad and to lie against us, and so as to draw near to their chiefs and judges with false and lying words. The peak of this and its greatest frequency was in the time of Mu'awiya and after the death of Imam al-Hasan, peace be upon him. Then, after words which we have not given here, he said: Often we see a man who is well spoken of, who may be God-fearing and truthful, relating great and strange hadiths concerning the merits of certain past rulers, the like of which God never created; and they suppose that these are true. For this reason many of those who have heard these hadiths from them — from people not known for lying or for lack of God-fearing — relate ugly things about the Commander of the Faithful and relate things about Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Husayn which God knows to be falsehood, lies and slander. Aban says: I said to Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him: May God set you aright, mention some of them to me. He said: They have related that "the two masters of the elders of the people of Paradise are Abu Bakr and 'Umar"! And that "'Umar is inspired and the angels teach him speech"! And that "tranquillity speaks upon his tongue"! And that "the angels are shy before 'Uthman"! And that "I have a minister from the people of heaven and a minister from the people of earth"! And "follow those who come after me"! And "O mount Hira', be still, for upon you there is none but a prophet, a truthful one and a martyr". Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, enumerated more than a hundred narrations which people suppose to be true, and said: By God, all of these are falsehood and baseless. I said: May God set you aright!