الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 8, page 307

477. From him, from his father, from Al-Nowfaly, from Al-Sakuny, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that the Amir-ul- Momineen (asws) said: ‘When the jurists and the scholars used to write to (deal with) each other, they did so in three ways, and there was no fourth. The one who thought of his Hereafter, Allah (azwj) Sufficed for his concerns of the world. And the one who corrected himself in secret, Allah (azwj) Corrected him publicly. And the one who corrected with regards to what was in between him and Allah (azwj), Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Corrected with regards to what was in between him and the people’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

478. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from Sa’daan Bin Muslim, from some of our companions, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘There was a man in Al-Medina who entered the Masjid of the Messenger (saww) and he said, ‘Grant me comfort in my anxiety, and company for my loneliness, and sustenance of a righteous companion’. There was a man seated in the corner of the Masjid. So he greeted him and said to him, ‘Who are you, O servant of Allah (azwj)?’ So he (ar) said: ‘I (ar) am Abu Dharr (ar)’. The man said, ‘Allah (azwj) is Great! Allah (azwj) is Great!’ So Abu Dharr (ar) said: ‘And why did you exclaim that, O servant of Allah (azwj)?’ He said, ‘I entered the Masjid, so I supplicated to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic to Grant me comfort in my anxiety, and company for my loneliness, and sustenance of a righteous companion’. So Abu Dharr (ar) said to him, ‘I (ar) have more right for the exclamation than you are if I (ar) was that companion, for I (ar) heard the Rasool Allah (saww) saying: ‘I (saww) and you (ar) would be upon a canal on the Day of Judgement until the people are free from the Accounting. Arise (and leave) O servant of Allah (azwj) for the authorities have prohibited for anyone to be seated with me (ar)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

479. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al-Nowfaly, from Al-Sakuny, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that the Amir-ul- Momineen (asws) said: ‘The Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘There will come upon the people a time when nothing will remain from the Quran except for its image, and nothing from Al-Islam except for its name. They will be named by it (as Muslims) but they would be far from it. Their Masjid will be well built but would be ruins in matters of guidance. The Jurists of that era would be the most evil jurists under the shadow of the sky. The strife (Fitna) would commence from them and end up to them’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.