Punishment of Assuming the responsibility of the community in spite of the presence of learned scholars and jurists

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 7

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

Book 3, Chapter 7

Punishment of Assuming the responsibility of the community in spite of the presence of learned scholars and jurists
1 Ḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِیسَی عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَوْهَرِیِّ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ أَبِی الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِی الْعَزْرَمِیِّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ رَفَعَ الْحَدِیثَ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: مَنْ أَمَّ قَوْماً وَ فِیهِمْ مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْهُ وَ أَفْقَهُ لَمْ یَزَلْ أَمْرُهُمْ إِلَی سقال [سَفَالٍ] إِلَی یَوْمِ الْقِیَامَهِ.

1. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “One who assumes the responsibility of the community in spite of the presence of learned scholars and jurists, shall be in the base level (of Hell).”