1365 - انحِصارُ العِلمِ الصَّحيحِ بِأهلِ البَيتِ عليهم السلام‏

1365. EXCLUSIVE CONFINEMENT OF TRUE Knowledge to The Household of THE PROPHET (AHL AL-BAYT)

4582.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لَوِ اقتَبَستُمُ العِلمَ مِن مَعدِنِهِ ، وشَرِبتُمُ الماءَ بِعُذوبَتِهِ ، وَادَّخَرتُمُ الخَيرَ مِن مَوضِعِهِ ، وأخَذتُمُ الطَّريقَ مِن واضِحِهِ ، وسَلَكتُم مِنَ الحَقِّ نَهجَهُ ، لَنَهَجَت بِكُمُ السُّبُلُ ، وبَدَت لَكُمُ الأعلامُ .¹

4582.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘If you were to acquire knowledge from its source, and drink water at its freshest, and amass good at its origin, and adopt a path at its clearest point, and adopt the path of truth at its most proper, the paths would open themselves to you indeed and the signs would become manifest to you.’²

4583.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - لسَلَمَةَ بنِ كُهَيلٍ والحَكَمِ ابنِ عُتَيبَةَ - : شَرِّقا وغَرِّبا لَن تَجِدا عِلماً صَحيحاً إلّا شَيئاً يَخرُجُ مِن عِندِنا أهلَ البَيتِ .³

4583. Imam al-Baqir (AS) said to Salama b. Kuhayl and al-Hakam b. Utayba, ‘Go to the east and go to the west but you will never find true knowledge except for what comes from us, the household of the Prophet.’⁴

1364 - أعلَمُ النّاسِ‏

1364. THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE OF PEOPLE

4579.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أعلَمُ النّاسِ مَن جَمَعَ عِلمَ النّاسِ إلى‏ عِلمِهِ .¹

4579.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most knowledgeable of people is he who adds other people’s knowledge to his own.’²

4580.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - لَمّا قيلَ لَهُ : اُحِبُّ أن أكونَ أعلَمَ النّاسِ - : اِتَّقِ اللَّهَ تَكُن أعلَمَ النّاسِ .³

4580. The Prophet (SAWA) was once asked, ‘I would love to be the most knowledgeable of all people’, to which he replied, ‘Be wary of your duty to Allah and you will be the most knowledgeable of people.’⁴

4581.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أعلَمُ النّاسِ المُستَهتَرُ بِالعِلمِ .⁵

4581.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The most knowledgeable of people is he who is infatuated with knowledge.’⁶