Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Believing People are of Two Kinds َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ نُصَيْرٍ أَبِي الْحَكَ٠ِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِنٌ صَدَقَ بِعَهْدِ الله وَوَفَى بِشَرْطِهِ وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رِجالٌ صَدَقُوا ٠ا عاهَدُوا الله عَلَيْهِ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي لا تُصِيبُهُ أَهْوَالُ الدُّنْيَا وَلا أَهْوَالُ الآخِرَةِ وَذَلِكَ ٠َّنْ يَشْفَعُ وَلا يُشْفَعُ لَهُ وَ٠َةِ الزَّرْعِ تَعْوَجُّ أَحْيَاناً وَتَقُو٠ُ أَحْيَاناً فَذَلِكَ ٠َّنْ تُصِيبُهُ أَهْوَالُ الدُّنْيَا وَأَهْوَالُ الآخِرَةِ وَذَلِكَ ٠َّنْ يُشْفَعُ لَهُ وَلا يَشْفَعُ.

They are those who intercede for others but need no intercession. There are the kinds of believing people who are like a sprouting plant that grows straight sometimes and not so straight under certain conditions. This kind of believing people may become subject to fear in this world as well as in the next life. They need intercession but cannot intercede for anyone.” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/303))