1357 - وجوب العمل بالعلم‏

1357. THE NECESSITY OF PRACTISING UPON ONE’S KNOWLEDGE

4540.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : تَناصَحوا فِي العِلمِ ؛ فإنَّ خِيانَةَ أحَدِكُم في عِلمِهِ أشَدُّ مِن خِيانَتِهِ في مالِهِ ، وإنَّ اللَّهَ سائلُكُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ .¹

4540.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Advise each other with knowledge, for verily your betrayal of someone in their knowledge is worse than your betraying him in their wealth, and verily Allah will question you on the Day of Resurrection.’²

4541.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : هِمَّةُ العُلَماءِ الوِعايَةُ ، وهِمَّةُ السُّفَهاءِ الرِّوايَةُ .³

4541.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The ambition of knowledgeable people is greater awareness, whereas the ambition of fools is telling stories.’⁴

4542.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : يَطَّلِعُ قَومٌ مِن أهلِ الجَنَّةِ عَلى‏ قَومٍ مِن أهلِ النّارِ فيَقولونَ : ما أدخَلَكُمُ النَّارَ وقَد دَخَلنا الجَنَّةَ لِفَضلِ تَأديبِكُم وتَعليمِكُم ؟ ! فيَقولونَ : إنّا كُنّا نَأمُرُ بِالخَيرِ ولا نَفعَلُهُ .⁵

4542.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A group from among the dwellers of Paradise will look down upon a group from among the inmates of Hell, saying, ‘What brought you into the Fire when we ourselves entered Paradise by virtue of your education and instruction?!’ upon which they will reply, ‘Verily we used to enjoin good but did not act upon it.’⁶

4543.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: إنَّما زَهَّد النّاسَ في طَلَبِ العِلمِ كَثرَةُ ما يَرَونَ مِن قِلَّةِ مَن عَمِلَ بِما عَلِمَ .⁷

4543.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily people abstain from gaining knowledge because of the numerous instances they witness of the people’s lack of action in accordance with what they know.’⁸

4544.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الدّنيا كُلُّها جَهلٌ إلّا مَواضِعَ العِلمِ ، وَالعِلمُ كُلُّه حُجَّةٌ إلّا ما عُمِلَ بِهِ .⁹

4544.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The whole world is ignorance apart from the areas of knowledge, and all of knowledge will be held punishable apart from that which is acted upon.’¹⁰

4545.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : العِلمُ بِلا عَمَلٍ وَبالٌ ، العَمَلُ بِلا عِلمٍ ضَلالٌ .¹¹

4545.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Knowledge without action is a curse, and action without knowledge is straying in error.’¹²

4546.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : قَصَمَ ظَهري عالِمٌ مُتَهَتِّكٌ، وجاهِلٌ مُتَنَسِّكٌ ، فالجاهِلُ يَغُشُّ النّاسَ بِتَنَسُّكِهِ ، والعالِمُ يُنَفِّرُهُم بِتَهَتُّكِهِ .¹³

4546.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘[To see] An impudent yet knowledgeable man and a religious but ignorant man is a mortal blow to me, for the ignorant man dupes people with his religiosity whilst the knowledgeable man drives them away through his impudence.’¹⁴

4547.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اعقِلوا الخَبَرَ إذا سَمِعتُموهُ عَقلَ رِعايَةٍ لا عَقلَ رِوايَةٍ ؛ فإنَّ رُواةَ العِلمِ كَثيرٌ ورُعاتَهُ قَليلٌ .¹⁵

4547.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When you hear a narration, think of putting it into practise and not with the reasoning of just narrating it, for verily the narrators of knowledge are many but those who attend to it are few.’¹⁶

4548.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن نَصَبَ نَفسَهُ لِلنّاسِ إماماً فعَلَيهِ أن يَبدَأ بِتَعليمِ نَفسِهِ قَبلَ تَعليمِ غَيرِهِ ، وَليَكُن تَأديبُهُ بِسيرَتِهِ قَبلَ تَأديبِهِ بِلِسانِهِ ، ومُعَلِّمُ نَفسِهِ ومُؤَدِّبُها أحَقُّ بِالإجلالِ مِن مُعَلِّمِ النّاسِ ومُؤَدِّبِهِم .¹⁷

4548.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who appoints himself a leader of people must begin by teaching himself before teaching others. And his discipline of them must be through his own example rather than through his words. The one who teaches and disciplines himself is more worthy of esteem than the one who teaches and disciplines people.’¹⁸

4549.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : عَلَى العالِمِ أن يَعمَلَ بِما عَلِمَ ، ثُمَّ يَطلُبَ تَعَلُّمَ ما لَم يَعلَمْ .¹⁹

4549.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It is incumbent upon the knowledgeable man to act upon what he knows, and then to seek to learn that which he does not know.’²⁰

4550.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : العِلمُ مَقرونٌ بِالعَمَلِ ، فمَن عَلِمَ عَمِلَ، والعِلمُ يَهتِفُ بِالعَمَلِ، فإن أجابَهُ وإلّا ارتَحَلَ عَنهُ.²¹

4550.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Knowledge is linked to action, so he who knows acts. And knowledge calls for action, so if one answers [the call] it remains, and if not it departs from him.’²²