Ḍallāl or Zalla (ضلال)

The Straying

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ مَنْ عَلَّمَ بَابَ هُدًى فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ وَ لَا يُنْقَصُ أُولَئِكَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئاً وَ مَنْ عَلَّمَ بَابَ ضَلَالٍ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ أَوْزَارِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ وَ لَا يُنْقَصُ أُولَئِكَ مِنْ أَوْزَارِهِمْ شَيْئاً

And by this chain, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed, from Al A’ala Bin Razen, from Abu Ubeyda Al Haza’a,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘The one who teaches a door (subject) of guidance, for him would be a Recompense similar to the one who acts by it and there would not be any reduction from Recompense (of those who act upon it); and the one who teaches a door (subject) of ‘ضَلَالٍ’ straying, there would be upon him a burden similar to the one who acts by it, and there would not be any reduction in their burdens – by anything’.[1]


[1] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Intellect and Ignorance CH 4 H 4

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