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Usul al-Kafi
Book 2: The Book of Excellence of Knowledge

Chapter 15

Traditions 98 to 101
Accountability of the religious scholars and its severity

98. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): Seventy sins of an ignorant person will be forgiven before one single sin of a learned person (is forgiven).(B2, C15, T1)

99. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): Prophet Isa (Jesus) (p) said: Woe be unto the wrong-doing scholar! How severely the flames of Hell will envelop him.(B2, C15, T2)

100. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p) pointing his hand towards his throat: When the last breath reaches here, the time for repentance for the learned men will be over.
Then the Imam (p) quoted the verse: Verily, God would accept the repentance of those who commit wrong deeds in ignorance and then are quick to repent…. (Q, 4:17)(B2, C15, T3)

101. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (p) Commenting on the verse: Then they will all be thrown headlong therein (Hell) along with their followers who went astray (Q, 26:94) said: There are people who speak highly about equity and justice in mere words and then act against it.(B2, C15, T4)