462 - دِرايَةُ الحَديثِ‏

462. Understanding the Tradition

1417.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : علَيكُم بالدِّراياتِ لا بالرِّواياتِ .¹

1417.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Your aim must be to understand [the traditions] rather than just narrating [them].' ²

1418.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : هِمَّةُ السُّفَهاء الرِّوايَةُ ، وهِمَّةُ العُلَماءِ الدِّرايَةُ .³

1418.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The ambition of the foolish is to report [traditions] whereas the ambition of the scholars is to understand the traditions.' ⁴

1419.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : حَديثٌ تَدْرِيهِ خَيرٌ مِن ألفِ حَديثٍ تَرْوِيهِ .⁵

1419.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'One tradition that you understand is better than a thousand traditions that you merely narrate.' ⁶