حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن حماد بن عثمان، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل: " الشعراء يتبعهم الغاوون " قال: هل رأيت شاعرا يتبعه أحد؟ إنما هم قوم تفقهوا لغير الدين، فضلوا وأضلوا.
19.	We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Muuhammed bin Hussain bin Abi’l-Khattab, from Hasan bin Mahbub, from Hammad bin Uthman, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «The poets, they are followed by the deviators.» (26:224) He said: Have you seen a poet being followed by anyone? They are only a people who gained (religious) knowledge for other than (the sake of) religion, and hence, they aberred and have caused aberration.