Al-Tawḥīd - Content

Chapter: The Prohibition of Discussing, Debating, and Arguing about Allah 11 - وبهذا الإسناد، عن ابن أبي ع٠ران، عن أبي عبيدة الحذاء، قال: قال لي أبو جعفر عليه السلاÙ: يا زياد إياك والخصو٠ات فإنها تورث الشك وتحبط الع٠ل وتردي صاحبها، وعسى أن تكل٠بالشئ فلا يغفر له، إنه كان في٠ا وكلوا به وطلبوا عل٠ا كفوه حتى انتهى كلا٠إلى الله عز وجل فتحيروا، فإن كان الرجل ليدعى ٠ن بين يديه فيجيب Ù 11.

And with the same chain of transmission, on the authority of Ibn Abu `Umayr, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Humran, on the authority of Abu `Ubaydah al-Hadhdha’ that Abu Ja`far al-Baqir (A)S said: O Ziyad! Beware of quarrels. Verily, its legacy is doubt and the loss of good deeds. A quarrelling person gets ruined. It may be that he talks about something for which he will not be forgiven.

Verily, he may become lie the people of the past, who avoided the knowledge they were given, thinking that their knowledge would suffice. Their speech ended with Allah, the Mighty and High. Thus, they became so much bewildered that when a man was called from the front, he would answer from behind, and if he was called from behind, he would answer from in front.