Ignorance vs Illusion
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking
[Most people don’t know what they’re talking about. They move their mouth and say things because they don’t want to admit they don’t know. Or they think they know, but it’s just confabulation {confabulation refers to the production or creation of false or erroneous memories without the intent to deceive, sometimes called "honest lying".} and biases. So ignore them unless what they say resonates with some real wisdom inside of you. Assume they’re a fool and find out the truth for yourself.] Derek Sivers
Imam Musa Kazim AS saying, “If I select my Shias, I will not find any but talkative ones and if I test them, I will not find them but apostates (traitor, double agent). If I choose among them not even one in a thousand would reach the desired criterion. And if I eliminate (such characters from them) none shall remain except those who are my selected ones. Their condition is such that they sit reclining on the sofa and say that they are Shias of Ali (a.s). Ali’s Shia is only one whose actions match his speech.”
On the second of Moharram 61 A.H. Imam Hussain AS turned towards his companions and said, “People are the slaves of this world and Religion is only a lip-service for them, and they will take care of it until it is pleasurable, and when the crucible [A crucible is a severe test or trial or an extremely challenging experience. This figurative sense of crucible is based on the literal meaning of the word: a heat-resistant container used to melt metals.] of trials approaches, only a few religious ones remain.”
Imam Hussain AS said: "Verily, people are the slaves of the world and their religion is superficial, only on their tongues. They are attentive to it as long as their material benefits are provided, but when they are tested, the number of true devotees dwindles (shrinks)."
Imam Hassan ibn ‘Ali AS said: "I wonder about the person who contemplates about his nutrition but he does not consider (the food of) his intellect. Thus, he avoids of what hurts him in his stomach but he lets his mind to be filled with what destroys him."
Amir ul Mu'mineen Imam Ali AS said: "Even though miserliness, cowardice and greed are different qualities, yet they are common in having an incorrect idea about Allah."
Imam al-`Aaskari (AS), in his description of evil scholars, said, 'They cause more harm to the weak ones from among our shi`aa than the army of Yazid did to Husayn b. Ali (AS) and his companions, for they snatched away (grab, seize, steal) their lives and their property, whereas these evil scholars … enter doubt and obscurity (ambiguity) into the weak ones from among our shi`aa and lead them astray (wandering).'
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