كَتَبَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَلَا تُجَادِلِ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَ لَا تُمَارِ السُّفَهَاءَ فَيُبْغِضَكَ الْعُلَمَاءُ وَ يَشْتِمَكَ السُّفَهَاءُ وَ لَا تَكْسَلْ عَنْ مَعِيشَتِكَ فَتَكُونَ كَلًّا عَلَى غَيْرِكَ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> wrote to a man from his<sup>asws</sup> companions: ‘After this, so do not argue with the scholars nor debate with the fools, for the scholars would hate you and the fools would (verbally) abuse you; and do not be lazy about your livelihood for you would become a burden upon others’, or said: ‘Upon your family’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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