«4»- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي رَوَى مُنِيفٌ ١عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ مَوْلَاهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع
«4»- ma, the Amali of al-Shaykh al-Tusi: Munif (1) related, from Ja'far b. Muhammad his master, from his father, from his grandfather, peace be upon him, who said: 'Ali, peace be upon him, said:
صَبَرْتُ عَلَى مُرِّ الْأُمُورِ كَرَاهَةً- وَ أَيْقَنْتُ فِي ذَاكَ الصَّوَابَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ-
I bore patiently the bitterness of affairs, unwillingly — and I was certain, in that, of the right course in the matter —
إِذَا كُنْتَ لَا تَدْرِي وَ لَمْ تَكُ سَائِلًا- عَنِ الْعِلْمِ مَنْ يَدْرِي جَهِلْتَ وَ لَا تَدْرِي
When you do not know, and you have not been one to ask about knowledge him who knows — you are ignorant and do not know.
«5»- نَوَادِرُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عليهم السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله سَائِلُوا الْعُلَمَاءَ وَ خَالِطُوا الْحُكَمَاءَ وَ جَالِسُوا الْفُقَرَاءَ.
«5»- The Nawadir of al-Rawandi, by his chain, from Musa b. Ja'far, from his forefathers, peace be upon them, who said: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: Question the scholars, and mix with the sages, and sit with the poor.
«6»- مُنْيَةُ الْمُرِيدِ، رَوَى زُرَارَةُ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ وَ بُرَيْدٌ الْعِجْلِيُّ قَالُوا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام إِنَّمَا يَهْلِكُ النَّاسُ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْأَلُونَ.
«6»- Munyat al-Murid: Zurara and Muhammad b. Muslim and Burayd al-'Ijli related, saying: Abu 'Abd Allah, peace be upon him, said: People perish only because they do not ask.
«7»- وَ عَنْهُ عليه السلام أَنَّ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ عَلَيْهِ قُفْلٌ وَ مِفْتَاحُهُ السُّؤَالُ.
«7»- And from him, peace be upon him: Indeed this knowledge has a lock upon it, and its key is questioning.
باب 4 مذاكرة العلم و مجالسة العلماء و الحضور في مجالس العلم و ذم مخالطة الجهال
Chapter 4: Discussing knowledge, keeping company with scholars, attending gatherings of learning, and the censure of mixing with the ignorant
«1»- لي، الأمالي للصدوق مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْعَدَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ وَرْدَانَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله الْمُؤْمِنُ إِذَا مَاتَ وَ تَرَكَ وَرَقَةً وَاحِدَةً عَلَيْهَا عِلْمٌ تَكُونُ تِلْكَ الْوَرَقَةُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ سِتْراً فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ النَّارِ وَ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ مَكْتُوبٍ عَلَيْهَا مَدِينَةً أَوْسَعَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يَقْعُدُ سَاعَةً عِنْدَ الْعَالِمِ إِلَّا نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَلَسْتَ إِلَى حَبِيبِي وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَأُسْكِنَنَّكَ الْجَنَّةَ مَعَهُ وَ لَا أُبَالِي.
«1»- li, the Amali of al-Saduq: Muhammad b. 'Ali, from 'Ali b. Muhammad b. Abi al-Qasim, from his father, from Muhammad b. Abi 'Umar al-'Adani, from Abu al-'Abbas b. Hamza, from Ahmad b. Sawwar, from 'Ubayd Allah b. 'Asim, from Salama b. Wardan, from Anas b. Malik, who said: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: The believer, when he dies and leaves behind a single sheet upon which is knowledge, that sheet will be on the Day of Resurrection a screen between him and the Fire; and God, blessed and exalted, gives him, for every letter written upon it, a city seven times wider than this world. And there is no believer who sits an hour with the scholar but that his Lord, mighty and majestic, calls to him: You have sat with My beloved; by My might and My majesty, I shall surely settle you in the Garden with him, and I shall not care.