«72»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله فَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ سَبْعِينَ دَرَجَةً بَيْنَ كُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ حُضْرُ الْفَرَسِ سَبْعِينَ عَاماً وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَدَعُ الْبِدْعَةَ لِلنَّاسِ فَيُبْصِرُهَا الْعَالِمُ فَيَنْهَى عَنْهَا وَ الْعَابِدُ مُقْبِلٌ عَلَى عِبَادَتِهِ لَا يَتَوَجَّهُ لَهَا وَ لَا يَعْرِفُهَا.

And he also said: The scholar excels the worshipper by seventy degrees, between every two degrees being the running of a horse for seventy years. That is because Satan sets up an innovation for the people, and the scholar sees it and forbids it; whereas the worshipper has turned to his own worship, pays it no heed and does not recognise it.

«73»- ضه، روضة الواعظين قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله أَ لَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ أَقْوَامٍ لَيْسُوا بِأَنْبِيَاءَ وَ لَا شُهَدَاءَ يَغْبِطُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَ الشُّهَدَاءُ بِمَنَازِلِهِمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَلَى مَنَابِرَ مِنْ نُورٍ ١ فَقِيلَ مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يُحَبِّبُونَ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ يُحَبِّبُونَ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِلَيَّ قَالَ يَأْمُرُونَهُمْ بِمَا يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ وَ يَنْهَوْنَهُمْ عَمَّا يَكْرَهُ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا أَطَاعُوهُمْ أَحَبَّهُمُ اللَّهُ.

Rawdat al-Wa'izin: And the Prophet — may God bless him and his family — said: Shall I tell you of folk who are neither prophets nor martyrs, whom on the Day of Resurrection the prophets and the martyrs will envy for their stations before God upon pulpits of light? It was said: O Messenger of God, who are they? He said: They are those who cast the love of God into the hearts of His servants and make the servants beloved to God. We said: We understand casting the love of God into the servants' hearts; but how do they make the servants beloved to God? He said: They bid the servants do what God loves and forbid them what He dislikes; and when they obey, God loves them.

«74»- غو، غوالي اللئالي قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَنْتَزِعُ الْعِلْمَ انْتِزَاعاً وَ لَكِنْ يَنْتَزِعُهُ بِمَوْتِ الْعُلَمَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ اتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُؤَسَاءَ جُهَّالًا فَأَفْتَوُا النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَضَلُّوا وَ أَضَلُّوا.

'Awali al-La'ali: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: God does not snatch knowledge away outright; rather He takes it away by the death of the scholars, until not one of them remains. Then people take ignorant men as their leaders, and these give fatwas without knowledge; so they go astray and lead others astray.

«75»- ختص، الإختصاص قَالَ الْعَالِمُ عليه السلام مَنِ اسْتَنَّ بِسُنَّةٍ حَسَنَةٍ فَلَهُ أَجْرُهَا وَ أَجْرُ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْ ءٌ وَ مَنِ اسْتَنَّ بِسُنَّةٍ سَيِّئَةٍ فَعَلَيْهِ وِزْرُهَا وَ وِزْرُ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنْ أَوْزَارِهِمْ شَيْ ءٌ.

Al-Ikhtisas: Imam Musa al-Kazim, peace be upon him, said: Whoever establishes a good practice has its reward, and the reward of everyone who acts upon that good practice, without anything being diminished from the rewards of those who act; and whoever establishes an evil practice bears its sin, and the sin of everyone who acts upon it, without anything being diminished from their sins.

«76»- نَوَادِرُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عليهم السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مَنْ يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً حَسَنَةً أَوْ أَمَرَ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ نَهَى عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ أَوْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ أَوْ أَشَارَ بِهِ فَهُوَ شَرِيكٌ وَ مَنْ أَمَرَ بِسُوءٍ أَوْ دَلَّ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ أَشَارَ بِهِ فَهُوَ شَرِيكٌ.

Nawadir al-Rawandi: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: Whoever makes a good intercession, or enjoins what is right, or forbids what is wrong, or directs someone to a good deed, or points to a good deed, shall be a partner in those good deeds — just as one who by a hint or a direction drives another to a wrong and improper act is a partner with the wrongdoer in the deed and its punishment.

«77»- كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام لَمْ يَمُتْ مَنْ تَرَكَ أَفْعَالًا تُقْتَدَى بِهَا مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَ مَنْ نَشَرَ حِكْمَةً ذُكِرَ بِهَا.

Kanz al-Karajaki: 'Ali, peace be upon him, said: He does not die who leaves behind good deeds that others follow; and whoever spreads abroad a word of wisdom is remembered by it.

«78»- وَ مِنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله قَالَ: أَرْبَعٌ تَلْزَمُ كُلَّ ذِي حِجًى مِنْ أُمَّتِي قِيلَ وَ مَا هُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ اسْتِمَاعُ الْعِلْمِ وَ حِفْظُهُ وَ الْعَمَلُ بِهِ وَ نَشْرُهُ.

The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: Four things are incumbent upon every person of understanding in my community. It was said: O Messenger of God, what are they? He said: Listening to knowledge, committing it to memory, acting upon it, and spreading it.

«79»- عدة، عدة الداعي عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله قَالَ: مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ الرَّجُلُ الْعِلْمَ وَ يُعَلِّمَهُ النَّاسَ.

'Uddat al-Da'i: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: It is a kind of charity that a man should learn knowledge and teach it to people.