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Making Use of Other People’s Knowledge
649. Imām Ali (a.s.): “The lost article of a wise person is knowledge. He should seize it anywhere it may be.”1
650. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Knowledge is the lost article of a wise person. Therefore he deserves it more anywhere it may be.”2
651. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Acquire the knowledge wherever you find it. Certainly knowledge is a lost article of the believer.”3
652. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Knowledge is a lost article of the believer. Seek it even though it is in the possession of the evil-doers.”4
653. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Acquire knowledge even from the polytheists.”5
654. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Knowledge is a lost article of the believer. Seize it even from the mouth of the polytheists.”6
655. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Knowledge is a lost article of the believer. Seek it even from the polytheists; as you deserve it more and are more worthily of it.”7
656. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Knowledge is a lost article of the believer. Acquire it even from the mouth of the hypocrites.”8
1.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۵۸۹۷.
2.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۵۸۹۶.
3.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۵۰۴۳, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۲۴۳, h. ۴۶۲۸.
4.. Tuhāf al-`Uqul, p. ۲۰۱.
5.. al-Mahāsin, vol. ۱, p. ۳۶۰, h. ۷۷۱, Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۲, p. ۹۷, h. ۴۱.
6.. Tanbih al-Khawātir, vol. ۱, p. ۸۱.
7.. al-Amāli by al-Tusi, p. ۶۲۵, h. ۱۲۹۰.
8.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۱۸۲۹, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۲۲, h. ۱۴۵.
