التَّقِيُّ الطَّالِبُ لِلثَّوَابِ الْجَزِيلِ اللَّازِمُ لِلْعُلَمَاءِ التَّابِعُ للحكماء ١[لِلْحُلَمَاءِ] الْقَابِلُ عَنِ الْحُكَمَاءِ.
is the God-fearing one, the seeker of the abundant reward, who keeps close to the scholars, who follows the sages (1) [the forbearing], who receives from the wise.
«110»- وَ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ فِي السُّورَةِ السَّابِعَةَ عَشَرَ مِنْهُ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ سَمِعَ بِالْعِلْمِ وَ لَمْ يَطْلُبْهُ كَيْفَ يُحْشَرُ مَعَ الْجُهَّالِ إِلَى النَّارِ اطْلُبُوا الْعِلْمَ وَ تَعَلَّمُوهُ فَإِنَّ الْعِلْمَ إِنْ لَمْ يُسْعِدْكُمْ لَمْ يُشْقِكُمْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَرْفَعْكُمْ لَمْ يَضَعْكُمْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُغْنِكُمْ لَمْ يُفْقِرْكُمْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَنْفَعْكُمْ لَمْ يَضُرَّكُمْ وَ لَا تَقُولُوا نَخَافُ أَنْ نَعْلَمَ فَلَا نَعْمَلَ وَ لَكِنْ قُولُوا نَرْجُو أَنْ نَعْلَمَ وَ نَعْمَلَ وَ الْعِلْمُ يَشْفَعُ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ لَا يُخْزِيَهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْعُلَمَاءِ مَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ ظَنُّنَا أَنْ تَرْحَمَنَا وَ تَغْفِرَ لَنَا فَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى فَإِنِّي قَدْ فَعَلْتُ إِنِّي اسْتَوْدَعْتُكُمْ حِكْمَتِي لَا لِشَرٍّ أَرَدْتُهُ بِكُمْ بَلْ لِخَيْرٍ أَرَدْتُهُ بِكُمْ فَادْخُلُوا فِي صَالِحِ عِبَادِي إِلَى جَنَّتِي وَ رَحْمَتِي.
«110»- And in the Gospel, in the seventeenth chapter of it: Woe to him who has heard of knowledge and has not sought it! How shall he be gathered with the ignorant to the Fire? Seek knowledge and learn it; for knowledge, if it does not make you felicitous, will not make you wretched; and if it does not raise you, will not lower you; and if it does not enrich you, will not impoverish you; and if it does not profit you, will not harm you. And do not say: we fear that we shall know and shall not act; but say: we hope that we shall know and shall act. And knowledge intercedes for its possessor, and it is incumbent upon God that He not disgrace him. Indeed God will say on the Day of Resurrection: O company of the scholars, what is your opinion of your Lord? And they will say: our opinion is that You will have mercy upon us and forgive us. And He, exalted be He, will say: Then indeed I have done so. I entrusted My wisdom to you not for an evil I intended by you, but for a good I intended by you. So enter among My righteous servants, into My Garden and My mercy.
«111»- وَ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: بَابٌ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ تَتَعَلَّمُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْنَا مِنْ أَلْفِ رَكْعَةٍ تَطَوُّعاً وَ قَالَ سَمِعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله يَقُولُ إِذَا جَاءَ الْمَوْتُ طَالِبَ الْعِلْمِ وَ هُوَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَالِ مَاتَ شَهِيداً.
«111»- And from Abu Dharr, God be pleased with him, who said: A door of knowledge that you learn is more beloved to us than a thousand cycles of voluntary prayer. And he said: We heard the Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — saying: When death comes to the seeker of knowledge while he is in this state, he dies a martyr.
«112»- كِتَابُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام يَقُولُ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً عليه السلام كَانَ يَقُولُ اقْتَرِبُوا اقْتَرِبُوا وَ اسْأَلُوا فَإِنَّ الْعِلْمَ يُقْبَضُ قَبْضاً وَ يَضْرِبُ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ وَ يَقُولُ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا هُوَ مَمْلُوٌّ شَحْماً وَ لَكِنَّهُ مَمْلُوٌّ عِلْماً وَ اللَّهِ مَا مِنْ آيَةٍ نَزَلَتْ فِي رَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَ لَا فِي الْأَرْضِ فِي بَرٍّ وَ لَا بَحْرٍ وَ لَا سَهْلٍ وَ لَا جَبَلٍ إِلَّا أَنَا أَعْلَمُ فِيمَنْ نَزَلَتْ وَ فِي أَيِّ يَوْمٍ وَ فِي أَيِّ سَاعَةٍ نَزَلَتْ.
«112»- The book of Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Shurayh, from Humayd b. Shu'ayb, from Jabir al-Ju'fi, who said: I heard Abu 'Abd Allah, peace be upon him, saying: Indeed 'Ali, peace be upon him, used to say: Draw near, draw near, and ask; for knowledge is being seized away, a seizing. And he would strike his hand upon his belly and say: Nay, by God, it is not filled with fat, but it is filled with knowledge. By God, there is no verse that came down concerning a man of Quraysh, nor upon the earth, in land or in sea, in plain or in mountain, but that I know concerning whom it came down, and on what day and in what hour it came down.
باب 2 أصناف الناس في العلم و فضل حب العلماء
Chapter 2: The classes of people with respect to knowledge, and the merit of loving the scholars
«1»- ل، الخصال ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ ٢عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ
«1»- l, al-Khisal: Ibn al-Walid, from al-Saffar, from Ibn 'Isa, from al-Washsha' (2), from Ahmad b.