They take our Shia astray. If they secure a high position, they will not get enough from corruption; if they do not, their acts of worship are nothing but pretence. They are the bandits on the ways of the believers. They are the ones who call for the path of the disbelievers. Beware them! Keep your faith secure from them! Safeguard your faith from them! Oh, Abi Hashim! This had been told to me by my forefathers, so keep what I told you safe and reveal it appropriately.
[32] Some additional Ahadith on the topic are included in Appendices I and II. APPENDIX I: When people mix Ahadith with their own words عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَوَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ صَاحِبُ كَلَامٍ وَ فِقْهٍ وَ فَرَائِضَ وَ قَدْ جِئْتُ لِمُنَاظَرَةِ أَصْحَابِكَ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from the one who mentioned it, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah -asws , and a man from the people of Syria arrived to him -asws .
So he said, ‘I am a man who is a master of theology, and jurisprudence, and the Obligations (a high priest), and I have come to debate your ‑asws companions’.
فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) كَلَامُكَ مِنْ كَلَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَوْ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ فَقَالَ مِنْ كَلَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ مِنْ عِنْدِي فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَأَنْتَ إِذاً شَرِيكُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَسَمِعْتَ الْوَحْيَ عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُخْبِرُكَ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَتَجِبُ طَاعَتُكَ كَمَا تَجِبُ طَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ لَا So Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘Is you speech from the words of Rasool-Allah -saww , or from yourself?’ So he said, ‘From the words of Rasool-Allah -saww and from myself’.
So Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘So then you are a partner of Rasool-Allah -saww ’. He said, ‘No’. He -asws said: ‘So you hear the Revelation from Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Informing you?’ He said, ‘No’. He -asws said: ‘So is obedience to you Obligated, just as the obedience to Rasool-Allah -saww is Obligated?’ He said, ‘No’.