سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِيَّاكُمْ وَ هَؤُلَاءِ الرُّؤَسَاءَ الَّذِينَ يَتَرَأَّسُونَ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا خَفَقَتِ النِّعَالُ خَلْفَ رَجُلٍ إِلَّا هَلَكَ وَ أَهْلَكَ .
Translation
A number of our companinons, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira, from Abdullah Bin Muskan who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘Beware of those leaders who are assuming the leadership, for by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, no slipper would tap behind a man (i.e., have one follower) except that he would be destroyed and cause destruction (to him - the leader)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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