أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ عُمَرَ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ عَنْ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مُزَاحِمٍ عَنِ النَّزَّالِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله قَالَ: مَنْ خَرَجَ يَطْلُبُ بَاباً مِنْ عِلْمٍ لِيَرُدَّ بِهِ بَاطِلًا إِلَى حَقٍّ أَوْ ضَلَالَةً إِلَى هُدًى كَانَ عَمَلُهُ ذَلِكَ كَعِبَادَةِ مُتَعَبِّدٍ أَرْبَعِينَ عَاماً.

his father, from Muhammad b. Ya'la, from Abu Nu'aym 'Umar b. Sabih, from Muqatil b. Hayyan, from al-Dahhak b. Muzahim, from al-Nazzal b. Sabra, from 'Ali, peace be upon him, and from 'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud, from the Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — who said: Whoever goes out seeking a door of knowledge, that he may turn back by it a falsehood to a truth or an error to right guidance, that deed of his is like the worship of one who worships forty years.

«73»- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْقَزْوِينِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَهْبَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي غُنْدَرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: كَمَالُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِي ثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ تَفَقُّهٍ فِي دِينِهِ وَ الصَّبْرِ عَلَى النَّائِبَةِ وَ التَّقْدِيرِ فِي الْمَعِيشَةِ.

«73»- ma, the Amali of al-Shaykh al-Tusi: al-Husayn b. Ibrahim al-Qazwini, from Muhammad b. Wahban, from 'Ali b. Hubaysh, from al-'Abbas b. Muhammad b. al-Husayn, from his father, from Safwan, from al-Husayn b. Abi Ghundar, from Ibn Abi Ya'fur, from Abu 'Abd Allah, peace be upon him, who said: The perfection of the believer is in three traits: understanding in his religion, patience in misfortune, and measured management in livelihood.

«74»- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ حَمْدَانَ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ يَا مُبْتَغِيَ الْعِلْمِ لَا تَشْغَلْكَ الدُّنْيَا وَ لَا أَهْلٌ وَ لَا مَالٌ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ أَنْتَ يَوْمَ تُفَارِقُهُمْ كَضَيْفٍ بِتَّ فِيهِمْ ثُمَّ غَدَوْتَ عَنْهُمْ إِلَى غَيْرِهِمْ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةُ كَمَنْزِلٍ تَحَوَّلْتَ مِنْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ وَ مَا بَيْنَ الْبَعْثِ وَ الْمَوْتِ إِلَّا كَنَوْمَةٍ نِمْتَهَا ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظْتَ عَنْهَا يَا جَاهِلُ تَعَلَّمِ الْعِلْمَ فَإِنَّ قَلْباً لَيْسَ فِيهِ شَيْ ءٌ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ كَالْبَيْتِ الْخَرَابِ الَّذِي لَا عَامِرَ لَهُ.

«74»- ma, the Amali of al-Shaykh al-Tusi: a group, from Abu al-Mufaddal, from Raja' b. Yahya, from Hamdan, from Harun b. Muslim, from Mas'ada b. Ziyad, from al-Sadiq, from his father, peace be upon him, who said: Abu Dharr, God be pleased with him, said in a sermon of his: O seeker of knowledge, let not the world, nor family, nor wealth distract you from your own soul. You, on the day you part from them, are like a guest who has passed a night among them and then gone forth in the morning from them to others. This world and the hereafter are like a lodging from which you have moved to another. And between the raising up and death there is nothing but the like of a sleep you have slept and then awoken from. O ignorant one, learn knowledge; for a heart in which there is nothing of knowledge is like the ruined house that has none to dwell in it.

«75»- نُقِلَ مِنْ خَطِّ الْوَزِيرِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَلْقَمِيِّ قَالَ أَمْلَاهُ عَلَيَّ الشَّيْخُ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ أَبْقَاهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي ثَالِثِ صَفَرٍ سَنَةَ ثَمَانٍ وَ أَرْبَعِينَ وَ سِتِّمِائَةٍ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مَنْهُومَانِ لَا يَشْبَعَانِ طَالِبُ عِلْمٍ وَ طَالِبُ دُنْيَا فَأَمَّا طَالِبُ الْعِلْمِ فَيَزْدَادُ رِضَا الرَّحْمَنِ وَ أَمَّا طَالِبُ الدُّنْيَا فَيَتَمَادَى فِي الطُّغْيَانِ.

«75»- It was transmitted from the hand of the vizier Muhammad b. al-'Alqami, who said: The Shaykh al-San'ani — may God the Exalted preserve him — dictated it to me on the third of Safar in the year six hundred and forty-eight. He said: The Prophet — may God bless him and his family — said: Two are insatiable and are never filled: the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of the world. As for the seeker of knowledge, he increases in the good pleasure of the All-Merciful; and as for the seeker of the world, he persists in insolence.

«76»- نهج، نهج البلاغة الْعِلْمُ وِرَاثَةٌ كَرِيمَةٌ وَ الْفِكْرُ مِرْآةٌ صَافِيَةٌ.

«76»- nhj, the Nahj al-Balagha: Knowledge is a noble inheritance, and thought is a clear mirror.

«77»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام قِيمَةُ كُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا يُحْسِنُ.

«77»- And he said, peace be upon him: The worth of every man is what he does well.

قال السيد رضي اللّٰه عنه و هذه الكلمة التي لا تصاب لها قيمة و لا توزن بها حكمة و لا تقرن إليها كلمة.

The Sayyid, God be pleased with him, said: And this is the word for which no worth can be attained, with which no wisdom can be weighed, and to which no word can be paired.

«78»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْقُلُوبَ تَمَلُّ كَمَا تَمَلُّ الْأَبْدَانُ فَابْتَغُوا لَهَا طَرَائِفَ الْحِكْمَةِ.

«78»- And he said, peace be upon him: Indeed these hearts grow weary as bodies grow weary; so seek out for them choice pieces of wisdom.