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

1082 - مَن لَيسَ مِن شيعَةِ أهلِ البَيتِ عليهم السلام‏

1082. THOSE WHO ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE SHIA

3422.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لَيسَ مِن شِيعَتِنا مَن قالَ بِلِسانِهِ وخالَفَنا في أعمالِنا وآثارِنا .¹

3422.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘One who claims to follow us with his tongue, but does the opposite to our actions and deeds is not from among our Shia.’²

3423.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : قَومٌ يَزعُمُونَ أ نّي إمامُهُم ، واللَّهِ ما أنا لَهُم بِإمامٍ ، لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ ، كُلَّما سَتَرتُ سِتراً هَتَكُوهُ ، أقولُ : كذا وكذا ، فيقولونَ : إنّما يَعني كذا وكذا ، إنّما أنا إمامُ مَن أطاعَني .³

3423.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘There is a group of people who claim that I am their Imam, but by Allah, I am no Imam of theirs – may Allah curse them – every time I conceal a secret, they disclose it. Every time I explain a matter, they retort, saying, ‘Actually that means such and such.’ I am only the Imam of those who obey me.’⁴

3424.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ليسَ مِن شِيعَتِنا مَن أنكَرَ أربَعةَ أشياءَ: المِعراجَ ، والمُساءَلَةَ فِي القَبرِ ، وخَلقَ الجَنَّةِ وَالنارِ ، وَالشَّفاعَةَ .⁵

3424.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The one who rejects four things is not from among our Shia. They are: the Prophet’s Ascension to the heavens, the questioning in the grave, the creation of Heaven and Hell, and intercession.’⁶

3425.الكافي عن محمّدِ بنِ عجلان : كنتُ عِند أبي عَبدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام فَدخلَ رَجَلٌ فَسَلَّمَ، فَسألَهُ : كيفَ مَن خُلّفْتَ مِن إخوانِكَ؟ قالَ : فأحسنَ الثناءَ وزكّى‏ وأطرى‏ . قالَ لهُ : كيفَ عِيادَةُ أغنِيائهِم على‏ فُقَرائهِم ؟ فقالَ : قَليلَةٌ ، قالَ : وكيفَ مُشاهَدَةُ أغنيائهِم لِفُقَرائهِم ؟ قالَ : قَليلةٌ ، قالَ : فكيفَ صِلَةُ أغنيائهِم لِفُقَرائهِم في ذاتِ أيدِيهِم ، فقالَ : إنّك لَتَذكُرُ أخلاقاً قَلَّ ما هِي فِيمَن عِندَنا . قالَ : فقالَ : فكيفَ تَزعُمُ هؤلاءِ أ نَّهُم شِيعَةٌ ؟!⁷

3425. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) once asked a man about his tribe and brothers whom he had left back home, which the latter replied by praising them, attesting to their integrity and extolling them. Then Imam (AS) asked, ‘Do the rich among them visit the poor when they are ill?’ He replied, ‘Not much.’ ‘Do the rich frequent the poor at all?’ asked Imam. The man replied, ‘Not much.’ ‘Then, do the rich maintain relations with the poor?’ The man replied, ‘Verily you are listing virtues that people amongst us rarely possess.’ Imam said, ‘Then how can these people claim to be Shia?!’⁸

3426.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام : ليسَ مِن شيعَتِنا مَن خَلا ثُمّ لَم يَرُعْ قلبُهُ .⁹

3426.Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘One who goes into retreat [in order to achieve spiritual upliftment] and who does not attain piety in his heart as a result is not from among our Shia.’¹⁰