if someone were to say how dare you claim to be pious and devout when one of its conditions is to be free of wealth so that one does not take a qirat except from what is lawful and does not leave it except in a place where it is likely to be deserved and the messenger of allah may allah bless him and grant him peace said fear the fire even if it is with half a date. and piety is not complete by adhering to the obligatory duties and avoiding the major and fatal sins rather the foundation of this matter is justice and avoiding injustice in both the giving and taking sides. if you claim that this condition has been met hearts will be repelled from believing and if you admit that the matter is flawed in it then what you claim will be breached. obtaining piety and fear of god. we said we will first break the chapter of this question then we will point out a secret that is the ultimate in fairness. we say that the objection came from an internalist so perhaps if his friend who is loyal to him had consulted and studied what he had witnessed of these conditions in him he would have been disgraced in his claims and modesty would have been better for him than what he brings up and shows. and if the question came from one of the scholars of the era who believe that the time is devoid of an imam due to the loss of his condition.
فان قال قائل كيف تجاسرتم على دعوى التقوى والورع ومن شرطه التجرد عن الاموال حتى لاياخذ قيراطا الا من حله ولا يدعه الا في مظنة استحقاقه وقد قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم اتقوا النار ولو بشق تمرة وليس يتم الورع بالمواظبة على الفرائض واجتناب الموبقات والكبائر بل عماد هذا الامر العدل واجتناب الظلم في طرفي الاعطاء والاخذ فان ادعيتم حصول هذا الشرط نفرت القلوب عن التصديق وان اعترفتم باختلال الامر فيه انخرم ما ادعيتموه من حصول الورع والتقوى قلنا هذا السؤال نكسر اولا سورته ثم ننبه على سر هو منتهى الانصاف فنقول ان صدر الاعتراض عن باطني فلعله لو راجع صاحبه الذي يواليه واستقرى ما شاهده من هذه الاحوال فيه افتضح في دعاويه وكان الحياء خيرا له مما يورده ويبديه وان صدر السؤال عن احد علماء العصر الذين يعتقدون خلو الزمان عن الامام لفقد شرطه