The Reducers
قَالَ ع يَا جَابِرُ خَالِفْ ظَنَّكَ وَ قَصِّرْ رَأْيَكَ أُولَئِكَ الْمُقَصِّرُونَ وَ لَيْسُوا لَكَ بِأَصْحَابٍ قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ مَنِ الْمُقَصِّرُ قَالَ الَّذِينَ قَصَّرُوا فِي مَعْرِفَةِ الْأَئِمَّةِ وَ عَنْ مَعْرِفَةِ مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ وَ رُوحِهِ
(In a lengthy Hadith from the 6th Imam-asws): He-asws said: ‘O Jabir! Oppose your guess and shorten your view. They are the reducers and aren’t companions of yours’. I said, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! And who is the reducer?’ He-asws said: ‘Those who are deficient in recognition of the Imams-asws and from recognising what Allah-azwj has Obligated upon them-asws from His-azwj Command and His-azwj Spirit (an extract).[1]
وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى إِلَيْنَا يَرْجِعُ الْغَالِي وَ بِنَا يَلْحَقُ الْمُقَصِّرُ
And in another report (from the 6th Imam-asws) ‘To us-asws the exaggerator will return, and with us the reducer will join up’.[2]
NB: https://hubeali.com/ghulu-ghali-fabrication-and-taqseer-muqassir-ignorance/
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 26, The book of Imamate, P 3 Ch 14 H 2
[2] بحار الأنوار (ط – بيروت)، ج22، ص: 441, H. 1