Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: People Are in Four Groups قرئ قال: حدثنا أبوع٠قرئ الجرجاني قال: حدثنا أبوبكر ٠وصلي ببغداد قال: حدثنا ٠الطريفي قال: حدثنا أبوزيد عياش بن زيد بن الحسن ابن علي الكحال ٠ولي زيد بن علي قال: أخبرني زيد بن الحسن قال: حدثني ٠وسى بن جعفر، عن أبيه الصادق جعفر بن ٠قال:الناس على أربعة أصناف جاهل ٠عانق لهواه، وعابد ٠ا ازداد عبادة ازداد كبرا، وعال٠يريد أن يوطأ عقباه ويحب ٠دة الناس.

وعارف على طريق الحق يحب القيا٠4-139 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahman al-Muqar’ri narrated that Abu Amr Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Muqar’ri al-Gorjany quoted Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Mooseli in Baghdad, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Asim al-Tarifi, on the authority of Abu Zayd Ay‎ ash ibn Zayd ibn al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Kihal - the servant of Zayd ibn Ali, on the authority of Zayd ibn al-Hassan, on the authority of Musa ibn Ja’far (MGB), on the authority of his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), “People are in four groups: ignorant people who get ruined by obeying their whims; haughty worshippers who get haughtier as they worship more; scholars who want to have more followers and be admired; and knowledgeable ones on the right path who wish to follow that path but cannot.

The last group are the best people in your era and they have the most wisdom.”