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Chapter: Disagreement among the Shia during the disappearance د بن يعقوب الكليني قال: حدثني عدة ٠عت أبا الحسن يقول ال٠أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يُتْرَكُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا آ٠ْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ ث٠ا الفتنة؟ فقلت: جعلت فداك، الذي عندنا أن الفتنة في الدين.

فقال: يفتنون ك٠(2) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob al-Kulayni narrated from some of his companions from Ahmad bin Muhammad that Ma’mar bin Khallad had said: I heard Abul Hasan (Imam Ali) (as) reciting, “Alif Lam Mim. Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We believe, and not be tried (with sedition)?” and then he asked: What is sedition?” I said: “May I die for you! We think that sedition is in religion.” He said: “People are tried as gold is tried.