Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Love of and Greed for Worldly Things 3ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َا ذِئْبَانِ ضَارِيَانِ فِي غَنَ٠ٍ لَيْسَ لَهَا رَاعٍ هَذَا فِي أَوَّلِهَا وَهَذَا فِي آخِرِهَا بِأَسْرَعَ فِيهَا ٠َالِ وَالشَّرَفِ فِي دِينِ الْ٠3.

It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from abu Ayyub from Muhammad ibn Muslim from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “No two fierce wolves in a flock of sheep without a shepherd, one wolf on either side is as quick (to destroy them) as the love of property and honor (popularity) is to destroy the religion of a believer.” وثق كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/228))