Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on Those who use their Knowledge to Fill their Stomach and are Boastful for it َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَ٠َّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْ٠َ لِيُبَاهِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَ٠َارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ أَوْ يَصْرِفَ بِهِ وُجُوهَ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ ٠ِنَ النَّارِ إِنَّ الرِّئَاسَةَ لا تَصْلُحُ إِلا لاهْلِهَا.

Indeed, leadership is not suitable except for those who deserve it." يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/150))