فكل هؤلاء يفسدون مساعيهم و أعمالهم بترك متمماتها فالعالم بترك النشر يفسد علمه و ذو المال يفسد ماله بترك الحزم و كذا الذي يأمن ذا المكر يفسد ماله و نفسه و عزه و دينه و السيد الفظ الغليظ يفسد سيادته و دولته أو إحسانه إلى الخلق و الأم تفسد رأفتها و مساعيها بولدها و كذا الأخيران.

with one's brothers in faith, which destroys a man's labour and striving. Thus a scholar who does not spread his knowledge has ruined it; a man of wealth ruins his wealth by abandoning prudence and caution; and likewise by feeling safe from men of guile he ruins his wealth, his life, his honour and his religion. "Al-sayyid al-fazz" — harshness is the ruin of lordship and of fortune, or of kindness to people. And a mother, by disclosing her child's secret, loses her tenderness and her labour for her child and for others.

«15»- ل، الخصال الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام عَشَرَةٌ يُعَنِّتُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ غَيْرَهُمْ ذُو الْعِلْمِ الْقَلِيلِ يَتَكَلَّفُ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَ النَّاسَ كَثِيراً وَ الرَّجُلُ الْحَلِيمُ ذُو الْعِلْمِ الْكَثِيرِ لَيْسَ بِذِی فِطْنَةٍ وَ الَّذِي يَطْلُبُ مَا لَا يُدْرِكُ وَ لَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ وَ الْكَادُّ غَيْرُ الْمُتَّئِدِ وَ الْمُتَّئِدُ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ مَعَ تُؤَدَتِهِ عِلْمٌ وَ عَالِمٌ غَيْرُ مُرِيدٍ لِلصَّلَاحِ وَ مُرِيدٌ لِلصَّلَاحِ وَ لَيْسَ بِعَالِمٍ وَ الْعَالِمُ يُحِبُّ الدُّنْيَا وَ الرَّحِيمُ بِالنَّاسِ يَبْخَلُ بِمَا عِنْدَهُ وَ طَالِبُ الْعِلْمِ يُجَادِلُ فِيهِ مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ فَإِذَا عَلَّمَهُ لَمْ يَقْبَلْ مِنْهُ.

Al-Khisal: Imam 'Ali, peace be upon him, said: Ten bring hardship upon themselves and upon others and cast them into toil: a man of little knowledge who wants to teach people much; a forbearing and learned man who has no shrewdness; one who pursues what he cannot obtain and does not deserve; one who labours much and has no rest; one who has rest but no knowledge or insight; a scholar in whose head there is no thought of what is right; one who thinks of what is right but is no scholar; a scholar who loves the world; one who is kind to people yet miserly with what he himself has, and wishes to be generous to people out of others' purses; and a student who disputes with one more learned than himself and, when that one teaches him the matter, will not accept it from him.

توضيح: قال الفيروزآبادي العنت محركة الفساد و الإثم و الهلاك و دخول المشقة على الإنسان و أعنته غيره قوله ليس بذي فطنة أي حصل علما كثيرا لكن ليس بذي فطانة و فهم يدرك حقائقها فهو ناقص في جميعها و التؤدة الرزانة و التأني و الفعل اتأد و توأد أي من يكد و يجد في تحصيل أمر لكن لا بالتأني بل بالتسرع و عدم التثبت فهؤلاء لا يحصل لهم في سعيهم سوى العنت و المشقة.

Al-Fayruzabadi said: "al-'anat" is that which stirs up corruption, sin and ruin and brings hardship upon a man. "Bi-dhi fitna": much knowledge but without shrewdness and understanding of realities is deficient; one who toils and strives in a matter without pause and thought, but acts in haste and hurry, gains nothing but hardship.

«16»- سن، المحاسن أَبِي عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام سُئِلَ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ فَأَجَابَ فِيهَا فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنَّ الْفُقَهَاءَ لَا يَقُولُونَ هَذَا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي وَيْحَكَ إِنَّ الْفَقِيهَ الزَّاهِدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا الرَّاغِبُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ الْمُتَمَسِّكُ بِسُنَّةِ النَّبِيِّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله.

Al-Mahasin: Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, was asked about a question and answered it. The questioner said: The jurists do not say so! My father said to him: Woe to you! The jurist is surely one who is abstinent in this world, desirous of the Hereafter, and holds fast to the practice of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family.

«17»- سن، المحاسن الْوَشَّاءُ عَنْ مُثَنَّى بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام يَقُولُ كَانَ فِي خُطْبَةِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ يَا مُبْتَغِيَ الْعِلْمِ لَا يَشْغَلُكَ أَهْلٌ وَ مَالٌ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ أَنْتَ يَوْمَ تُفَارِقُهُمْ كَضَيْفٍ بِتَّ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ غَدَوْتَ عَنْهُمْ إِلَى غَيْرِهِمْ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةُ كَمَنْزِلٍ تَحَوَّلْتَ مِنْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ وَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَوْتِ وَ الْبَعْثِ إِلَّا كَنَوْمَةٍ نِمْتَهَا ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظْتَ

Al-Mahasin: Abu Basir said: I heard Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, say: Among the words of Abu Dharr — may God have mercy on him — was this: O seekers of knowledge, let not your family or your wealth hold you back from seeking knowledge; be among them like a guest about to set out on a journey. One day you will part from them, and then this world will pass into another's hand. This world and the Hereafter are like two lodgings: you move from one to the other, and the span between death and the rising on the Day of Resurrection is no more than a short sleep.