وبهذا الاسناد...

وبهذا الاسناد، عن معلى بن محمد، عن الحسن بن علي قال: حدثنا حماد ابن عثمان، عن بشير العطار قال: سمعت أبا عبدالله عليه السلام يقول: نحن قوم فرض الله طاعتنا وأنتم تأتمون بمن لا يعذر الناس بجهالته It is narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali who has said that Hammad ibn ‘Uthman narrated to us from Bashir al-‘Attar who has said the following: “I heard Imam Abu Abdullah -asws saying, ‘ We are the people, obedience to whom is obligatory by the Command of Allah -azwj , and the obligation of following ‘A’immah -asws do not cease because of people’s ignorance and not knowing them -asws .’ [6] Finally, a guide selection by the opinion of people or as recommended by others, as is the case of the Taqleed of a Maraj’s, is extremely dangerous option for the next life; if one acts upon the directions of a leader chosen by people that has to be reconsidered after reading Ahadith, as quoted Appendix IV.

APPENDIX I The Hadith on Taqleed of a Faqeeh قال الامام العسكري عليه السلام: «فأما من كان من الفقهاء صائنا لنفسه، حافظا لدينه، مخالفا على هواه، مطيعا لأمر مولاه، فللعوام أن يقلدوه، وذلك لا يكون إلا بعض فقهاء الشيعة لا كلهم، The Imam Al-Askari -asws said: ‘So as for the ones who were from the ‘al-Fuqha’ (jurists) who was protective of his own self, preserving of his religion, opposing to his (personal) desires, obedient to the orders of his Master -asws , so it is for the ordinary people that they emulate him, and that cannot happen except for some of the jurists of the Shias, not all of them.

فإن من ركب من القبايح والفواحش مراكب علماء العامة، فلا تقبلوا منهم عنا شيئاً ولا كرامة، وإنما كثر التخليط فيما يتحمل عنا أهل البيت لذلك، لأن الفسقة يتحملون عنا، فيحرفونه بأسره لجهلهم، ويضعون الأشياء على غير وجهها لقلة معرفتهم، وآخرون يتعمدون الكذب علينا ليجرّوا من عرض الدنيا ما هو زادهم إلى نار جهنم.

So, the one who indulges in the ugly deeds and the immoralities indulged in by the scholars of the general Muslims, so do not be accepting from them anything (emanating) from us -asws , and there is no prestige.