قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ الشِّيعَةَ عِنْدَنَا كَثِيرٌ فَقَالَ فَهَلْ يَعْطِفُ الْغَنِيُّ عَلَى الْفَقِيرِ وَ هَلْ يَتَجَاوَزُ الْمُحْسِنُ عَنِ الْمُسِيءِ وَ يَتَوَاسَوْنَ فَقُلْتُ لَا فَقَالَ لَيْسَ هَؤُلَاءِ شِيعَةً الشِّيعَةُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ هَذَا .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Salim, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Abu Ismail who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! The Shias in our presence are numerous’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So are the rich ones being kind upon the poor, and do the righteous ones overlook (the faults) from the sinners, and are they helping each other?’ So I said, ‘No’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘They are not Shia. The Shia is the one who does this’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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