إِنَّ الْقُلُوبَ لَتَرِينُ كَمَا يَرِينُ السَّيْفُ وَ جِلَاؤُهَا الْحَدِيثُ.

— indeed hearts rust as the sword rusts, and their polishing is the report.

«17»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ تَذَاكُرُ الْعِلْمِ بَيْنَ عِبَادِي مِمَّا تَحْيَا عَلَيْهِ الْقُلُوبُ الْمَيْتَةُ إِذَا انْتَهَوْا فِيهِ إِلَى أَمْرِي.

«17»- And he — may God bless him and his family — said: Indeed God, mighty and majestic, says: The mutual discussion of knowledge among My servants is of that by which dead hearts are revived, when they come in it to My command.

منية المريد، عن أبي عبد اللّٰه عليه السلام عنه صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مثله.

Munyat al-Murid, from Abu 'Abd Allah, peace be upon him, from him — may God bless him and his family — the like of it.

«18»- غو، غوالي اللئالي قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ لِعِيسَى عليه السلام يَا رُوحَ اللَّهِ مَنْ نُجَالِسُ قَالَ مَنْ يُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللَّهَ رُؤْيَتُهُ وَ يَزِيدُ فِي عِلْمِكُمْ مَنْطِقُهُ وَ يُرَغِّبُكُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَمَلُهُ.

«18»- ghw, Ghawali al-La'ali: The Prophet — may God bless him and his family — said: The disciples said to Jesus, peace be upon him: O Spirit of God, with whom shall we sit? He said: With him the sight of whom reminds you of God, and whose speech increases you in knowledge, and whose deed makes you desire the hereafter.

«19»- غو، غوالي اللئالي رُوِيَ عَنْ بَعْضِ الصَّادِقِينَ عليهم السلام أَنَّهُ قَالَ: الْجُلَسَاءُ ثَلَاثَةٌ جَلِيسٌ تَسْتَفِيدُ مِنْهُ فَالْزَمْهُ وَ جَلِيسٌ تُفِيدُهُ فَأَكْرِمْهُ وَ جَلِيسٌ لَا تُفِيدُ وَ لَا تَسْتَفِيدُ مِنْهُ فَاهْرُبْ عَنْهُ.

«19»- ghw, Ghawali al-La'ali: It is related from one of the truthful ones, peace be upon them, that he said: Sitting-companions are three: a companion from whom you benefit — so keep to him; and a companion whom you benefit — so honour him; and a companion whom you neither benefit nor benefit from — so flee from him.

«20»- جا، المجالس للمفيد الْمَرَاغِيُّ عَنْ ثَوَابَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ سبابة [شَبَابَةَ] بْنِ سَوَّارٍ عَنِ الْمُبَارَكِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ خَلِيلٍ الْفَرَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُحَبَّرِ ١قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله أَرْبَعَةٌ مَفْسَدَةٌ لِلْقُلُوبِ الْخَلْوَةُ بِالنِّسَاءِ وَ الِاسْتِمَاعُ مِنْهُنَّ وَ الْأَخْذُ بِرَأْيِهِنَّ وَ مُجَالَسَةُ الْمَوْتَى فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا مُجَالَسَةُ الْمَوْتَى قَالَ مُجَالَسَةُ كُلِّ ضَالٍّ عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ وَ جَائِرٍ فِي الْأَحْكَامِ.

«20»- ja, the Majalis of al-Mufid: al-Maraghi, from Thawaba b. Yazid, from Ahmad b. 'Ali b. al-Muthanna, from Muhammad b. al-Muthanna, from Sababa [Shababa] b. Sawwar, from al-Mubarak b. Sa'id, from Khalil al-Farra', from Abu al-Muhabbar (1), who said: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: Four are a corruption for hearts: seclusion with women, and listening to them, and taking their opinion, and keeping company with the dead. And it was said to him: O Messenger of God, and what is the keeping company with the dead? He said: The keeping company with everyone astray from faith and deviating in the rulings.

«21»- جع، جامع الأخبار عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ الْجُلُوسُ سَاعَةً عِنْدَ مُذَاكَرَةِ الْعِلْمِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ قِيَامِ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُصَلَّى فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ أَلْفُ رَكْعَةٍ وَ الْجُلُوسُ سَاعَةً عِنْدَ مُذَاكَرَةِ الْعِلْمِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ أَلْفِ غَزْوَةٍ وَ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ كُلِّهِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مُذَاكَرَةُ الْعِلْمِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ كُلِّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ الْجُلُوسُ سَاعَةً عِنْدَ مُذَاكَرَةِ الْعِلْمِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ كُلِّهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمُذَاكَرَةِ الْعِلْمِ فَإِنَّ بِالْعِلْمِ تَعْرِفُونَ الْحَلَالَ مِنَ الْحَرَامِ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ الْجُلُوسُ سَاعَةً

«21»- j', Jami' al-Akhbar: from Abu Dharr, God be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: O Abu Dharr, the sitting for an hour at the discussion of knowledge is more beloved to God than the standing of a thousand nights in which a thousand cycles of prayer are prayed each night; and the sitting for an hour at the discussion of knowledge is more beloved to God than a thousand campaigns and the reciting of the whole Qur'an. He said: O Messenger of God, is the discussion of knowledge better than the reciting of the whole Qur'an? And the Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: O Abu Dharr, the sitting for an hour at the discussion of knowledge is more beloved to God than the reciting of the whole Qur'an twelve thousand times. Take to the discussion of knowledge; for by knowledge you know the lawful from the unlawful. O Abu Dharr, the sitting for an hour