Ibn ‘Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “Some among my people will become learned in religion, will recite the Qur’an, and say that they will go to princes and get some of their worldly goods, but withdraw from them with their religion. That cannot be; for, as what is gathered from tragacanth trees consists only of thorns, so what is gathered from drawing near to them consists only of . . . ” Muhammad b. as-Sabbah said that he obviously meant “sins." Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 255). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 262).
النصيحة للراعي والرعية للتبريزي (30)ناسا من أمتي سيتفقهون في الدين ، ويقرءون القرآن ويقولون نأتي الأمراء فنصيب من دنياهم وتعزلهم بديننا ؛ ولا يكون ذلك كما لا يجتنى من القتاد إلا الشوك ؛ كذلك لا يجتنى من قربهم إلا الخطايا