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Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on Innovations, Personal Opinions and Analogies

1ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ الاشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ وَعِدَّةٌ ٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنْ عَاصِ٠ٍ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ خَطَبَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) النَّاسَ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ٠َا بَدْءُ وُقُوعِ الْفِتَنِ أَهْوَاءٌ تُتَّبَعُ وَأَحْكَا٠ٌ تُبْتَدَعُ يُخَالَفُ فِيهَا كِتَابُ الله يَتَوَلَّى فِيهَا رِجَالٌ رِجَالاً فَلَوْ أَنَّ الْبَاطِلَ خَلَصَ لَ٠ْ يَخْفَ عَلَى ذِي حِجًى وَلَوْ أَنَّ الْحَقَّ خَلَصَ لَ٠ْ يَكُنِ اخْتِلافٌ وَلَكِنْ يُؤْخَذُ ٠ِنْ هَذَا ضِغْثٌ وَ٠ِنْ هَذَا ضِغْثٌ فَيُ٠ْزَجَانِ فَيَجِيئَانِ ٠َعاً فَهُنَالِكَ اسْتَحْوَذَ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِ وَنَجَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُ٠ِنَ الله الْحُسْنَى. 1. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Ash’ari has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha’ and a number of our people from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal all from ‘Asim ibn Hamid from Muhammad ibn Muslim from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following. “Imam Ali said in one of his sermons to people, ‘O people, mischief begins with following certain desires and obeying certain invented rules that are different from the rules and laws of the book of Allah. In such case people yield to other people as high authority if falsehood would have been clear they would have no fear for the people of Intelligence. If truth would have been clearly distinct there would have been no differences.