«80»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله زَكَاةُ الْعِلْمِ تَعْلِيمُهُ مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ.
From him, may God bless him and his family: The alms due on knowledge is that you teach it to one who does not know it.
«81»- وَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عليه السلام لِكُلِّ شَيْ ءٍ زَكَاةٌ وَ زَكَاةُ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَهُ أَهْلَهُ.
Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: Everything has its alms, and the alms of knowledge is that one teach it to those worthy of it.
«82»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله يَا عَلِيُّ نَوْمُ الْعَالِمِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ الْعَابِدِ يَا عَلِيُّ رَكْعَتَانِ يُصَلِّيهِمَا الْعَالِمُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ رَكْعَةً يُصَلِّيهَا الْعَابِدُ.
The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: O 'Ali, the sleep of the scholar is better than the worship of the worshipper. O 'Ali, two prayer-cycles performed by the scholar are better than seventy prayer-cycles performed by the worshipper.
«83»- مُنْيَةُ الْمُرِيدِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله رَحِمَ اللَّهُ خُلَفَائِي فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ خُلَفَاؤُكَ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يُحْيُونَ سُنَّتِي وَ يُعَلِّمُونَهَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ.
Munyat al-Murid: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: May God have mercy on my successors. It was said: O Messenger of God, who are your successors? He said: Those who revive my practice and teach it to God's servants.
«84»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله فَقِيهٌ وَاحِدٌ أَشَدُّ عَلَى الشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ أَلْفِ عَابِدٍ.
The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: A single jurist is harder upon Satan than a thousand worshippers.
«85»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله إِنَّ مَثَلَ الْعُلَمَاءِ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَثَلِ النُّجُومِ فِي السَّمَاءِ يُهْتَدَى بِهَا فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ فَإِذَا طُمِسَتْ أَوْشَكَ أَنْ تَضِلَّ الْهُدَاةُ.
The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: The likeness of the scholars on earth is that of the stars in the sky, by which one is guided in the darknesses of land and sea; and when they are blotted out, the guides are like to go astray.
«86»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِلْعُلَمَاءِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنِّي لَمْ أَجْعَلْ عِلْمِي وَ حُكْمِي فِيكُمْ إِلَّا وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَغْفِرَ لَكُمْ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْكُمْ وَ لَا أُبَالِي.
The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: On the Day of Resurrection God, mighty and exalted, says to the scholars: I did not place My knowledge and My wisdom among you but that I wish to forgive you whatever sin you have, and I do not care.
«87»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مَا تَصَدَّقَ النَّاسُ بِصَدَقَةٍ مِثْلَ عِلْمٍ يُنْشَرُ.
The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: People have given no charity like knowledge spread abroad.
«88»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مَا أَهْدَى الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ هَدِيَّةً أَفْضَلَ مِنْ كَلِمَةِ حِكْمَةٍ يَزِيدُهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا هُدًى وَ يَرُدُّهُ عَنْ رَدًی.
The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: No Muslim man has given his brother a better gift than a word of wisdom by which God increases him in guidance or turns him back from ruin.
«89»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله أَفْضَلُ الصَّدَقَةِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ الْمَرْءُ عِلْماً ثُمَّ يُعَلِّمَهُ أَخَاهُ.
The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: The best charity is that a man should learn some knowledge and then teach it to his brother in faith.
«90»- وَ قَالَ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله الْعَالِمُ وَ الْمُتَعَلِّمُ شَرِيكَانِ فِي الْأَجْرِ وَ لَا خَيْرَ فِي سَائِرِ النَّاسِ.
The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: The scholar and the learner are partners in reward, and in the rest of mankind there is no good.
«91»- وَ قَالَ مُقَاتِلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَجَدْتُ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ لِعِيسَى عليه السلام عَظِّمِ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَ اعْرِفْ فَضْلَهُمْ فَإِنِّي فَضَّلْتُهُمْ عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِي إِلَّا النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ كَفَضْلِ الشَّمْسِ عَلَی الْكَوَاكِبِ وَ كَفَضْلِ الْآخِرَةِ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا وَ كَفَضْلِي عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ ءٍ ١.
Muqatil b. Sulayman said: I found in the Gospel that God, exalted, said to Jesus, peace be upon him: Honour the scholars and acknowledge their merit; for I have preferred them above all My creation save My prophets and messengers — as the sun is preferred above the stars, and the Hereafter above this world, and as I am preferred above all things.
«92»- كِتَابُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ أُحَدِّثُ أَهْلِي قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَ أَهْلِيكُمْ ناراً وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَ الْحِجارَةُ وَ قَالَ وَ أْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلاةِ وَ اصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْها.
The book of Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Shurayh: Jabir al-Ju'fi related from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he said: A man came in to Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, and said: May God have mercy on you — instruct me concerning my family. He said: Yes! God has said in the Qur'an: "O you who believe, guard yourselves and your families against a Fire whose fuel is people and stones"; and He has said: "And bid your family to prayer, and be steadfast therein."