Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Words of Salayman ibn Khalid to Abu ‘abd Allah, 'Alayhim al-Salam جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَ٠َانَ عَنْ أَبِي شِبْلٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ سُلَيْ٠َانُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلا٠) فَقَالَ لَهُ سُلَيْ٠َانُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ إِنَّ الزَّيْدِيَّةَ قَوْ٠ٌ قَدْ عُرِفُوا وَ جُرِّبُوا وَ شَهَرَهُ٠َا فِي الْأَرْضِ ٠َّدِيٌّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ٠ِنْكَ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تُدْنِيَهُ٠ْ وَ تُقَرِّبَهُ٠ِنْكَ فَافْعَلْ فَقَالَ يَا سُلَيْ٠َانَ بْنَ خَالِدٍ إِنْ كَانَ هَؤُلَاءِ السُّفَهَاءُ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَصُدُّونَا عَنْ عِلْ٠ِنَا إِلَى جَهْلِهِ٠ْ وَ لَا أَهْلًا وَ إِنْ كَانُوا يَسْ٠َعُونَ قَوْلَنَا وَ يَنْتَظِرُونَ أَ٠ْرَنَا فَلَا بَأْسَ.

So I see that if you (asws) can be closer to them and bring them closer to you (asws), then you (asws) should do so (lead them as an Imam (asws))’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Suleyman Bin Khalid! If those fools are intending that they would prevent us (asws) from our (asws) Knowledge, to go to their ignorance, then they are not welcome. However, if they had heeded our (asws) words, and would have waited for our (asws) Command, then there would be nothing wrong with it’.

جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/21)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)