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Seeking fame is condemened عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ الشُّهْرَةُ خَيْرُهَا وَ شَرُّهَا فِي النَّارِ . A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Usman Bin Isa, from the one who mentioned it, from; Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The fame (seeker), the good of it and the evil of it, are in the Fire’.
Evilest of the people in status in the Presence of Allah ‑azwj on the Day of Qiyamah is a scholar not benefitted with his knowledge, and one who seeks knowledge in order to turn faces of the people by it towards him (seeking fame) will not feel the breeze of Paradise. (An extract).
[2] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ شِدَّةَ الْخَوْفِ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ إِنَّما يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبادِهِ الْعُلَماءُ وَ قَالَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ فَلا تَخْشَوُا النَّاسَ وَ اخْشَوْنِ وَ قَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ مَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجاً A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from one of his companions, from Salih Bin Hamza, raising it, said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘From the worship is the intense fear from Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic.
Allah -azwj is Saying [35:28] but rather it is those of His servants only who have knowledge who fear Allah .