Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-802b
"عَنْ أبى وائل قَالَ: خطب عليٌّ الناس بالكوفة، فسمعته يقول في خطبته: أيها الناس إنه مِن يتفقر افتقر، ومن يعمر يبتلى، ومن لا يستعد للبلاء إذا ابتلى لا يصبر، ومن ملك استأثر، ومن لا يستشير يندم، وكان يقول: مِن وراء هذا الكلام يوشك أن لا يبقى مِن الإسلام إلا اسمه، ومن القرآن إلا رسمه، وكان يقول: ألا لا يستحى الرجل أن يتعلم، ومن يُسْأل عما لا يعلم أن يقول: لا أعلم، مساجدكم يومئذ عامرة، وقلوبكم وأبدانكم خرِبة مِن الهدى، شر مِن تحت ظل السماء فقهاؤكم، منهم تبدو الفتنة، وفيهم تعود، فقام رجل فَقَالَ: ففيم يا أمير المؤمنين؟ قال: إذا كان الفقيه في رذ الكم، والفاحشة في خياركم، والملك في صغاركم، فعند ذلك تقوم الساعة".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Bá Wāʾl
- Khṭb ʿLy al-Nās Bi-al-Kwfh Fsmʿth
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Abu Wa'il, who said: 'Ali addressed the people in Kufa, and I heard him say in his sermon: O people, whoever is made poor will become poor; whoever is given long life will be tested; whoever is not prepared for trial when it comes will not be patient; whoever possesses something will be stingy with it; and whoever does not consult will regret. He used to say: Beyond this speech, it is near that nothing of Islam will remain except its name, and nothing of the Quran except its outline. He also used to say: Let no man be ashamed to learn, and whoever is asked about what he does not know should say: I do not know. Your mosques on that day will be full, but your hearts and bodies will be empty of guidance. The worst of those under the shade of the sky are your jurists; from them sedition emerges and to them it returns. A man stood and said: Why is that, O Commander of the Faithful? He said: When the jurist is among your lowest, debauchery among your best, and rule among your youngest, then the Hour will be established."
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Notes
[هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان
machine translation[Hab] Al-Bayhaqī in Shuʿab al-Īmān
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