قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) رَجُلٌ عَلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ إِنْ حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَ إِنْ وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ وَ إِنِ ائْتُمِنَ خَانَ مَا مَنْزِلَتُهُ قَالَ هِيَ أَدْنَى الْمَنَازِلِ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَ لَيْسَ بِكَافِرٍ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from hasan Bin Atiyya, from Yazeed Al Sa’ig who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A man of this matter (<span class="iTxt">Al-Willayah</span>), if he narrates he lies, and if he promises he breaks, and if he is entrusted he betrays. What is his status?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is the closest of the levels from the disbelief, but he is not a disbeliever’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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