Three levels of people
Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 275
الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ مُثَنًّى عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ [إِنَّ] النَّاسَ طَبَقَاتٌ ثَلَاثٌ طَبَقَةٌ هُمْ مِنَّا وَ نَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ وَ طَبَقَةٌ يَتَزَيَّنُونَ بِنَا وَ طَبَقَةٌ يَأْكُلُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً [بِنَا].
275. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Al-Washaa, from Musanna, from Abu Baseer, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام has said that: ‘The people are of three levels – A level who are from us عليه الصلاة والسلام and we عليه الصلاة والسلام are from them; and a level who adorn themselves by us عليه الصلاة والسلام (our عليه الصلاة والسلام name); and a level who eat each other by us عليه الصلاة والسلام (our عليه الصلاة والسلام name)’.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī