Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Asbat, from his uncle Yaqoub Bin Salim, from Dawood Bin Farqad who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘My -asws father -asws was saying: ‘Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic does not Capture the knowledge after having Sent it down, but He -azwj Causes the death of a scholar, so he goes away with whatever he knew and the vanities follow them (the people), so they would be straying and causing others to be straying, and there is no goodness in something which does not originate from its source (the Divine Knowledge)’.
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Muawiya Bin Wahab who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far -asws , ‘What is the sign of the Imam -azwj who is to be after the (current) Imam -asws ?’ So he -asws said: ‘Clean of birth, and good upbringing, ‘وَ لَا يَلْهُو وَ لَا يَلْعَبُ’ and he -asws would neither indulge in vanities nor playfulness’.
[23] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ قَالَ أَعْطَانِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) هَذَا الدُّعَاءَ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Abdul Rahman Bin Sayaba who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws gave me this supplication: رَبِّ دَعَتْنِي دَوَاعِي الدُّنْيَا فَأَجَبْتُهَا سَرِيعاً وَ رَكَنْتُ إِلَيْهَا طَائِعاً وَ دَعَتْنِي دَوَاعِي الْآخِرَةِ فَتَثَبَّطْتُ عَنْهَا وَ أَبْطَأْتُ فِي الْإِجَابَةِ وَ الْمُسَارَعَةِ إِلَيْهَا كَمَا سَارَعْتُ إِلَى دَوَاعِي الدُّنْيَا وَ حُطَامِهَا الْهَامِدِ وَ هَشِيمِهَا الْبَائِدِ وَ سَرَابِهَا الذَّاهِبِ Lord -azwj !