Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief 13ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ ٠َرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) إِنَّنِي آكُلُ الطَّعَا٠َ الطَّيِّبَ وَأَشَ٠ُّ الرِّيحَ الطَّيِّبَةَ وَأَرْكَبُ الدَّابَّةَ الْفَارِهَةَ وَيَتْبَعُنِي الْغُلا٠ُ فَتَرَى فِي هَذَا شَيْئاً ٠ِنَ التَّجَبُّرِ فَلا أَفْعَلَهُ فَأَطْرَقَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َا الْجَبَّارُ الْ٠َصَ النَّاسَ وَجَهِلَ الْحَقَّ قَالَ عُ٠َّا الْحَقُّ فَلا أَجْهَلُهُ وَالْغَ٠َنْ حَقَّرَ النَّاسَ وَتَجَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ٠ْ فَذَلِكَ الْجَبَّارُ.

He then said, ‘A condemned tyrant is one who ignores people and disregards the truth.’ ‘Umar has said that he then said, ‘I do not disregard the truth, but ignoring people is not clear for me.’ The Imam said, ‘Tyranny is when one considers people insignificant and acts among them repressively, such person is a tyrant.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/212))