13. My father said: `Abd Allah ibn Ja`far al-Himyari said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Ibn al-Fuddal, on the authority of `Ali ibn `Uqbah, on the authority of his father saying that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq said: Leave your matter for Allah, and do not leave it for the people. Whatever is for Allah belongs to Allah alone, and whatever is for the people will not ascend to Allah Do not argue with the people about your religion, for verily arguing is an illness of the heart. Verily, Allah, the Mighty and High, said to His Prophet Surely you cannot guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He pleases. He has also said: Will you then force men till they become believers? Leave the people, for verily the people take their knowledge from each other, while you have your knowledge from the messenger of Allah . Verily, I have heard my father, Muhammad al-Baqir say that `Verily, when Allah, the Mighty and High, writes that a servant should enter a matter, then he is quicker than a bird to its nest.”