and the teacher of himself and its discipliner is more worthy of glorification than the teacher of the people and their discipliner."
[3] And what God, Glory be to Him and Exalted is He, revealed to Jesus, transcended his might: "O Jesus, admonish yourself, so if you took heed, then admonish the people, and otherwise, then be ashamed before Me."
[4] And our master Ali bin Musa al-Rida, transcended his might, said: "It is not permissible for the servant to be a slaughterer 1 until he reaches the degree of the slaughterers. It was said to him: And what is that degree? He said: He knows the previous elements of the deeds and he does not err regarding whom he slaughters."
And Safi al-Din bin Mihwar, sanctified God his soul, mentioned what accords with this in the Epistle of Guidance in the Correctness of Belief, so he said what is this its phrasing: Indeed, the reason for the disagreement and the imbalance are two matters; one of them is the entry of the seeker into this matter without a test,