و قال امام صادق (علیه‌السلام):

من شيعتنا من لا يعدو صوته سمعه و لا شحنه أذنه، و لا يمتدح بنا معلنا، و لا يواصل لنا مبغضا، و لا يخاصم لنا ولّيا، و لا يجالس لنا عائبا.

🍃قال له مهزم: فكيف أصنع بهؤلاء المتشيّعة؟

🍃قال عليه السلام: فيهم التّمحيص، و فيهم التّمييز، و فيهم التّنزيل، تأتي عليهم سنون تفنيهم، و طاعون يقتلهم، واختلاف يبدّدهم، شيعتنا من لا يهرّ هرير الكلب، و لا يطمع طمع الغراب، و لا يسأل و إن مات جوعا.

🍃 قلت: فأين أطلب هؤلاء ؟

🍃قال عليه السلام: اطلبهم في أطراف الأرض، أولئك الخفيض عيشهم، المنتقلة دارهم، الَّذِين إن شهدوا لم يعرفوا، و إن غابو لم يفتقدُوا، و إن مرضوا لم يعادوا، و إن خطبوا لم يزوّجوا، و إن رأوا منكرا انكروا، و إن خاطبهم جاهل سلّموا، و إن لجأ إليهم ذو الحاجة منهم رحموا، و عند الموت هم لا يحزنون، لم تختلف قلوبهم و إن رأيتهم اختلفت بهم البلدان.

Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (peace be with him):

🍃”Our followers are such that their voices do not exceed beyond their ears, detestation does not burst beyond their bodies (they swallow their frustration), do not praise us declaredly, refrain from befriending our enemies, avoid antagonizing themselves with our friends, and prohibit themselves from sitting in gatherings in which we are misspoken about.

🍃Mahzam said: ‘then what do I do about those who claim to be your follower (but are not)’?

🍃Imam, peace be with him, said: difficulty, trials, and infliction of misfortunes is for them. In some years to come, disastrous droughts, deadly plagues, and excessive disagreements shall scatter them. Our followers are those who do not bark like dogs (speak loudly and arrogantly), and do not caw as crows do (speak in disrespectful and annoying manner), and if they die of starvation they will still not beg.

🍃Mahzam said: ‘where shall I find such people?’

🍃Imam, peace be with him, replied: search for them in the outskirts and corners of the land, for they have just enough (savings) to live on, their homes always moving, and if they are present (amongst the people) they are not recognized, and if they are absent from them they are never asked about their whereabouts.

🍃If they are sick none go to visit them, if they seek to ask for marriage they will be rejected, and if they see evil misdeeds they will see it with disgust, and when the ignorant dispute with them they reply with ‘salaam’, when a needy seeks their asylum he is compassionate to them, at the coming of death they (truly) do not grieve, and their hearts are not separated from each other even though they may be in different regions of the world”.

📚 Reference 📚

Tuhaf al-Uqul, Short Sayings of Imam Ja’far Sadiq, no. 169