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150 - الرئاسة

150. LEADERSHIP

779 - ذَمُّ الرِّئاسَةِ

779. THE CENSURE OF [THE LOVE OF] LEADERSHIP

2451.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : لا تَطلُبَنَّ أن تكونَ رَأساً فتكونَ ذَ نَباً .1

2451.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Do not ever desire to be a leader for in doing so you will only be a follower.' 2

2452.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام: إيّاكُم وهؤلاءِ الرؤساءَ الذينَ يَتَرأّسُونَ ، فَوَاللَّهِ ما خَفَقَتِ النِّعالُ خَلفَ رَجُلٍ إلّا هَلَكَ وأهلَكَ .3

2452.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Beware of those leaders who are taking up the reins of leadership, for by Allah, no sooner does the sound of footsteps from behind them [following them] reach their ears than they themselves perish and destroy others along with them.' 4

2453.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن طَلَبَ الرئاسةَ هَلَكَ .5

2453.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'One who seeks after leadership perishes.' 6

2454.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام - بعد ما ذَكَرَ الإمامُ عليه السلام رجُلاً وقالَ : إنَّهُ يُحِبُّ الرئاسةَ - : ما ذِئبانِ ضارِيانِ في غَنَمٍ قد تَفَرَّقَ رِعاؤها بِأضَرَّ في دِينِ المُسلمِ مِنَ الرئاسةِ .7

2454. Imam al-Rida (AS) said with reference to someone, 'Indeed he loves leadership', and then said, 'Two rapacious wolves hunting a lamb that has been separated from its shepherd and herd is not nearly as hazardous and perilous as seeking after leadership is to the faith of a Muslim.' 8

1.الكافي : ۲ / ۳۳۸ / ۱ .

2.al-Kafi, v. ۲, p. ۳۳۸, no. ۱

3.الكافي : ۲ / ۲۹۷ / ۳ .

4.Ibid. p. ۲۹۷, no. ۳

5.الكافي : ۲ / ۲۹۷ / ۲ .

6.Ibid. no. ۲

7.الكافي : ۲ / ۲۹۷ / ۱ .

8.Ibid. no. ۱

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