قَتَلَةُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْعَامَّةُ اسْمٌ مُشْتَقٌّ ١مِنَ الْعَمَى مَا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ أَنْ شَبَّهَهُمْ بِالْأَنْعَامِ حَتَّى قَالَ بَلْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
are the killers of the prophets; and al-'amma is a name derived (1) from al-'ama. God was not content for them that He likened them to cattle, until He said: "nay, further astray from the way."
«18»- نهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام إِذَا أَرْذَلَ اللَّهُ عَبْداً حَظَرَ عَلَيْهِ الْعِلْمَ.
«18»- nhj, the Nahj al-Balagha: The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: When God makes a servant base, He debars knowledge from him.
بيان: أي لم يوفقه لتحصيله.
Elucidation: that is, He does not grant him success in the acquiring of it.
«19»- كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام اغْدُ عَالِماً أَوْ مُتَعَلِّماً وَ لَا تَكُنِ الثَّالِثَ فَتَعْطَبَ.
«19»- The Kanz of al-Karajuki: The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: Rise at morning a scholar or a learner, and do not be the third, lest you be destroyed.
«20»- كِتَابُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: اغْدُ عَالِماً خَيْراً أَوْ مُتَعَلِّماً خَيْراً.
«20»- The book of Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Shurayh, from Humayd b. Shu'ayb, from Jabir al-Ju'fi, from Abu 'Abd Allah, from his father, peace be upon him, who said: Rise at morning a scholar of good, or a learner of good.
باب 3 سؤال العالم و تذاكره و إتيان بابه
Chapter 3: Questioning the scholar, studying with him, and coming to his door
الآيات:
The verses:
النحل - الأنبياء: فَسْئَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لا تَعْلَمُونَ
al-Nahl — al-Anbiya': "So ask the people of the Reminder, if you do not know"
«1»- ل، الخصال ابْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: الْعِلْمُ خَزَائِنُ وَ الْمَفَاتِيحُ السُّؤَالُ فَاسْأَلُوا يَرْحَمُكُمُ اللَّهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُؤْجَرُ فِي الْعِلْمِ أَرْبَعَةٌ السَّائِلُ وَ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ ٢وَ الْمُسْتَمِعُ وَ الْمُحِبُّ لَهُمْ.
«1»- l, al-Khisal: Ibn al-Mughira, by his chain, from al-Sakuni, from Ja'far, from his father, peace be upon him, who said: Knowledge is treasuries, and the keys are questioning. So ask — God have mercy upon you — for indeed four are rewarded in knowledge: the questioner, and the speaker (2), and the listener, and the one who loves them.
كنز الكراجكي، عن النبي صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مثله.
The Kanz of al-Karajuki, from the Prophet, may God bless him and his family, the like of it.
«2»- ل، الخصال الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنِ ابْنِ نُبَاتَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام كَانَتِ الْحُكَمَاءُ فِيمَا مَضَى مِنَ الدَّهْرِ تَقُولُ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ الِاخْتِلَافُ إِلَى الْأَبْوَابِ لِعَشَرَةِ أَوْجُهٍ أَوَّلُهَا بَيْتُ اللَّهِ ٣عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِقَضَاءِ نُسُكِهِ وَ الْقِيَامِ بِحَقِّهِ وَ أَدَاءِ فَرْضِهِ وَ الثَّانِي أَبْوَابُ الْمُلُوكِ الَّذِينَ طَاعَتُهُمْ مُتَّصِلَةٌ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ حَقُّهُمْ وَاجِبٌ وَ نَفْعُهُمْ
«2»- l, al-Khisal: al-Qattan, from Ahmad al-Hamdani, from 'Ali b. al-Hasan b. Faddal, from his father, from Marwan b. Muslim, from al-Thumali, from Ibn Tarif, from Ibn Nubata, who said: The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: The sages in ages past used to say: it is fitting that the frequenting of doors be for ten purposes. The first of them is the House of God (3), mighty and majestic, for the performing of one's rite and the fulfilling of His right and the discharging of His obligation. And the second, the doors of the kings whose obedience is joined to the obedience of God, mighty and majestic, and whose right is obligatory and whose benefit