حَدَّثَنَا كَرَّامٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِيَّاكَ وَ الرِّئَاسَةَ وَ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَطَأَ أَعْقَابَ الرِّجَالِ قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَمَّا الرِّئَاسَةُ فَقَدْ عَرَفْتُهَا وَ أَمَّا أَنْ أَطَأَ أَعْقَابَ الرِّجَالِ فَمَا ثُلُثَا مَا فِي يَدِي إِلَّا مِمَّا وَطِئْتُ أَعْقَابَ الرِّجَالِ فَقَالَ لِي لَيْسَ حَيْثُ تَذْهَبُ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَنْصِبَ رَجُلًا دُونَ الْحُجَّةِ فَتُصَدِّقَهُ فِي كُلِّ مَا قَالَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hasan Bin Ayoub, from Abu Aqela Al Sayrafi who said, ‘Karram narrated to me from Abu Hamza Al Sumaly who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘Beware of the leadership, and beware of following the heels of men!’ I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! As for the leadership, so I have recognised it, and as for following the heels of men, so there is no two-thirds of whatever there is in my hands except that it is from following the heels of men’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘This is not where you are going with it. Beware of establishing a man besides the Proof<sup>asws</sup>, so you ratify him with regards to everything what he says (blind following)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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