1083 - أصنافُ مَن يُسَمّى‏ بِالشِّيعَةِ

1083. Types of Those Who are Called Shia

3427.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : شِيعَتُنا ثلاثةُ أصنافٍ : صِنفٌ يَأكُلُونَ الناسَ بنا ، وصِنفٌ كالزُّجاجِ يَنُمُ‏¹، وصِنفٌ كالذَّهَبِ الأحمَرِ كُلَّما اُدخِلَ النارَ ازدادَ جَودَةً .²

3427.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Our Shia are of three types: one type dupe people in our name, one type are like glass which discloses everything that is inside it³ , and one type are like red gold, which the more it is brandished in the fire, the purer it becomes.’⁴

3428.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الشِّيعَةُ ثلاثٌ : مُحِبٌّ وادٌّ فهُو مِنّا ، ومُتَزَيِّنٌ بنا ونحنُ زَينٌ لِمَن تَزَيَّنَ بنا، ومُستَأكِلٌ بِنَا الناسَ ، ومَنِ استَأكَلَ بِنَا افتَقَرَ .⁵

3428.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The Shia are of three types: one type who loves us and shows affection towards us, and he is one of us. The other type is he who adorns himself through us, and we will serve as an adornment for whoever adorns himself through us. And the third type seeks to cheat people and enrich himself in our name, and whoever does this will be impoverished.’⁶