[14] In another Hadith...
[14] In another Hadith, مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ غِيَاثِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِذَا مَرَّ بِجَمَاعَةٍ يَخْتَصِمُونَ لَا يَجُوزُهُمْ حَتَّى يَقُولَ ثَلَاثاً اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَه Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ghiyatb ibn Ibrahim who has said: Abu Abd Allah -asws upon coming across a group of people having an argument would not pass by without always saying three times loudly: ‘You must maintain piety in the presence of Allah -azwj .’ [15] Amir Al-Momineen -asws Stops Ammr from Debating: وَ قَالَ ع لِعَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ وَ قَدْ سَمِعَهُ يُرَاجِعُ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ كَلَاماً دَعْهُ يَا عَمَّارُ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَأْخُذْ مِنَ الدِّينِ إِلَّا مَا قَارَبَهُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ عَلَى عَمْدٍ لَبَسَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ لِيَجْعَلَ الشُّبُهَاتِ عَاذِراً لِسَقَطَاتِهِ Amir Al-Momineen Imam Ali -asws , after hearing Ammr ibn Yasir asking and answering questions from Mughara Ibn Shaaba, said: ‘O Ammr!
Leave this man alone; he has only taken that part of the religion which he had required for the worldly benefits, (for the rest of the religion) he has, on purpose, embraced ambiguities so that he could justify his wrongdoing.
[16] Debating from the books of others is Discouraged: سر، السرائر أَبَانُ بْنُ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّا نَأْتِي هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ فَنَسْمَعُ مِنْهُمُ الْحَدِيثَ يَكُونُ حُجَّةً لَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ Aban Bin Taglub, from Ali Bin Al Hakam Bin Al Zubeyr, from Aban Bin Usman, from Haroun Bin Kharajat who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘We go to those adversaries, and we hear the Hadeeth from them, would these happen to be an argument for us against them?’ قَالَ لَا تَأْتِهِمْ وَ لَا تَسْمَعْ مِنْهُمْ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ لَعَنَ مِلَلَهُمُ الْمُشْرِكَةَ The Imam -asws said: ‘Don’t go to them, nor hear from them.
May Allah -azwj Curse them, and Curse their community, the Polytheists’.
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