The Philosophy
الْعَلَّامَةُ الْأَرْدَبِيلِيُّ فِي حَدِيقَةِ الشِّيعَةِ، نَقْلًا عَنِ السَّيِّدِ الْمُرْتَضَى بْنِ الدَّاعِي الْحُسَيْنِيِّ الرَّازِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الشَّيْخِ الْمُفِيدِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ الْإِمَامِ الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَبِي هَاشِمٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ يَا أَبَا هَاشِمٍ سَيَأْتِي زَمَانٌ عَلَى النَّاسِ وُجُوهُهُمْ ضَاحِكَةٌ مُسْتَبْشِرَةٌ وَ قُلُوبُهُمْ مُظْلِمَةٌ مُتَكَدِّرَةٌ السُّنَّةُ فِيهِمْ بِدْعَةٌ وَ الْبِدْعَةُ فِيهِمْ سُنَّةٌ الْمُؤْمِنُ بَيْنَهُمْ مُحَقَّرٌ وَ الْفَاسِقُ بَيْنَهُمْ مُوَقَّرٌ أُمَرَاؤُهُمْ جَاهِلُونَ جَائِرُونَ وَ عُلَمَاؤُهُمْ فِي أَبْوَابِ الظَّلَمَةِ سَائِرُونَ أَغْنِيَاؤُهُمْ يَسْرِقُونَ زَادَ الْفُقَرَاءِ وَ أَصَاغِرُهُمْ يَتَقَدَّمُونَ عَلَى الْكُبَرَاءِ وَ كُلُّ جَاهِلٍ عِنْدَهُمْ خَبِيرٌ وَ كُلُّ مُحِيلٍ عِنْدَهُمْ فَقِيرٌ لَا يُمَيِّزُونَ بَيْنَ الْمُخْلِصِ وَ الْمُرْتَابِ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ الضَّأْنِ مِنَ الذِّئَابِ عُلَمَاؤُهُمْ شِرَارُ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ لِأَنَّهُمْ يَمِيلُونَ إِلَى الْفَلْسَفَةِ وَ التَّصَوُّفِ وَ ايْمُ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعُدُولِ وَ التَّحَرُّفِ يُبَالِغُونَ فِي حُبِّ مُخَالِفِينَا وَ يُضِلُّونَ شِيعَتَنَا وَ مُوَالِيَنَا إِنْ نَالُوا مَنْصَباً لَمْ يَشْبَعُوا عَنِ الرِّشَاءِ وَ إِنْ خُذِلُوا عَبَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَى الرِّيَاءِ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ قُطَّاعُ طَرِيقِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الدُّعَاةُ إِلَى نِحْلَةِ الْمُلْحِدِينَ فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَهُمْ فَلْيَحْذَرْهُمْ وَ لْيَصُنْ دِينَهُ وَ إِيمَانَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا هَاشِمٍ هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ آبَائِهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع وَ هُوَ مِنْ أَسْرَارِنَا فَاكْتُمْهُ إِلَّا عَنْ أَهْلِهِ
It has been narrated from the above chain of narrators that the Holy Imam Hasan Al Askari-asws said to Hashim Al Ja’fari: ‘O Abu Hashim! There will come a time upon the people when their faces will be smiling and hopeful and their hearts will be in darkness and sad. The Noble Sunnah within them will be considered as innovation while the innovation will be considered as the Noble Sunnah. The believer among them will be degraded and the mischievous one will be honoured. The wealthy among them will be ignorant and unjust while their scholars will be the doors of darkness. The generous ones will steal the resources of the poor and their young ones will move ahead of their seniors. All of their ignorant ones will become experts and those in charge will not distinguish between the sincere and the insincere, the sheep from the wolves. Their scholars will be the most evil of the creatures of Allah-azwj on the face of the earth because they will lean towards philosophy and mysticism and by Allah-azwj they will be from their people of justice (judiciary). They will exaggerate in their praise of our opponents and they will mislead our Shiites and our slaves. If they get into positions (of power) they will not be satisfied and when they come down from it they worship Allah-azwj to show off. They are the highway robbers of the believers and the advocates of the atheists. Whoever realises them as such will keep away from them and preserve his religion and his faith. Then he-asws said: ‘O Abu Hashim! This is what my father related to me from his father from Ja’far Bin Muhammad-asws and this is from our secrets. Hide these except from its deserving ones’.[1]
[1] MUSTADRIK AL WASAAIL – VOL 11 H 13308