For example...

For example, عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ‏ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ الْعِجْلِيِّ قَالَ قِيلَ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ لَجَمَاعَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ فَلَوْ أَمَرْتَهُمْ لَأَطَاعُوكَ وَ اتَّبَعُوكَ It has been narrated by Aban Ibn Tagheeb, who from Rabbi who from Bureed Al-Jayali who says: ‘It was said to Abu Ja’far -asws , ‘Our companions at Al-Kufa are a large community, so if you -asws were to order them (rise against government), they would obey you -asws and follow you -asws ’.

قَالَ يَجِي‏ءُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى كِيسِ أَخِيهِ فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ حَاجَتَهُ فَقَالَ لَا Imam -asws said: ‘Does one of you come to a money-bag of his brother, and he takes from it as per his need?’ He said, ‘No’ (they are not like that!).

فَقَالَ هُمْ بِدِمَائِهِمْ أَبْخَلُ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ فِي هُدْنَةٍ نُنَاكِحُهُمْ وَ نُوَارِثُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا قَامَ الْقَائِمُ جَاءَتِ الْمُزَايَلَةُ وَ أَتَى الرَّجُلُ إِلَى كِيسِ أَخِيهِ فَيَأْخُذُ حَاجَتَهُ فَلَا يَمْنَعُهُ Imam -asws said: ‘They are (then going to be) more stingy with their blood’ (i.e., how will they sacrifice lives for each other?). Then he -asws said: ‘Surely, the people are in a truce.

[17] أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنِ ابْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَا يَكُونُ الَّذِي تَمُدُّونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْيُنَكُمْ حَتَّى تُمَيَّزُوا وَ تُمَحَّصُوا وَ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا الْأَنْدَرُ It has been reported by Ibn Ahmed Ibn Idris, who from Ibn Daqebah, who from Ibn Shazan, who has reported from Bazanati: ‘Abu Al-Hassan -asws said: ‘But, by Allah -azwj !