الْأَمَلِ فَأَمَّا اتِّبَاعُ الْهَوَى فَيَصُدُّ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَ أَمَّا طُولُ الْأَمَلِ فَيُنْسِي الْآخِرَةَ ١.

hopes. Following desire bars one from the truth, and long hope makes one forget the Hereafter.

أقول: تمامه في باب علة عدم تغيير أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام بعض البدع من كتاب الفتن.

Al-Majlisi says: the hadith in full will come in the chapter on why the Commander of the Faithful did not change certain innovations, in the Book of Trials.

«38»- نَوَادِرُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله الْفُقَهَاءُ أُمَنَاءُ الرُّسُلِ مَا لَمْ يَدْخُلُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا دُخُولُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا قَالَ اتِّبَاعُ السُّلْطَانِ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَاحْذَرُوهُمْ عَلَى أَدْيَانِكُمْ.

Nawadir al-Rawandi: Imam Musa b. Ja'far, peace be upon him, related from his forefathers, from the Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — that he said: The jurists are the trustees of the prophets so long as they have not entered into the world. It was said: O Messenger of God, what is their entering into the world? He said: Following the ruler; and when they follow the ruler, then fear for your religion from them.

«39»- وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مَنْ أَحَبَّ الدُّنْيَا ذَهَبَ خَوْفُ الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ وَ مَا آتَى اللَّهُ عَبْداً عِلْماً فَازْدَادَ لِلدُّنْيَا حُبّاً إِلَّا ازْدَادَ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى بُعْداً وَ ازْدَادَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ غَضَباً.

The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: Whoever loves this world, the fear of the Hereafter departs from his heart; and God has given no servant knowledge such that it increases the love of this world in his heart but that he grows that much more distant from God and God increases His wrath upon him.

«40»- كِتَابُ الدُّرَّةِ الْبَاهِرَةِ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله الْعِلْمُ وَدِيعَةُ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ وَ الْعُلَمَاءُ أُمَنَاؤُهُ عَلَيْهِ فَمَنْ عَمِلَ بِعِلْمِهِ أَدَّى أَمَانَتَهُ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِعِلْمِهِ كُتِبَ فِي دِيوَانِ الْخَائِنِينَ.

Kitab al-Durra al-Bahira: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: Knowledge is God's trust upon His earth, and the scholars are its trustees. So whoever acts upon his knowledge has discharged his trust; and whoever does not act is recorded in the divine register among the betrayers of trust.

«41»- نهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام لَا تَجْعَلُوا عِلْمَكُمْ جَهْلًا وَ يَقِينَكُمْ شَكّاً إِذَا عَلِمْتُمْ فَاعْمَلُوا وَ إِذَا تَيَقَّنْتُمْ فَأَقْدِمُوا.

Nahj al-Balagha: The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: Do not turn your knowledge into ignorance, nor your certainty into doubt. When you know, act; and when you are certain, step forward.

«42»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام قَطَعَ الْعِلْمُ عُذْرَ الْمُتَعَلِّلِينَ.

And he, peace be upon him, said: Knowledge has cut off the excuse of those who make excuses.

«43»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام الْعِلْمُ مَقْرُونٌ بِالْعَمَلِ فَمَنْ عَلِمَ عَمِلَ وَ الْعِلْمُ يَهْتِفُ بِالْعَمَلِ فَإِنْ أَجَابَهُ وَ إِلَّا ارْتَحَلَ عَنْهُ.

And he, peace be upon him, said: Knowledge must be joined to action; and whoever has learned must set to work. Knowledge calls out for action: if it answers, well; and if not, it turns away from him.

«44»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام لِجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ يَا جَابِرُ قِوَامُ الدُّنْيَا بِأَرْبَعَةٍ عَالِمٌ مُسْتَعْمِلٌ عِلْمَهُ وَ جَاهِلٌ لَا يَسْتَنْكِفُ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ وَ جَوَادٌ لَا يَبْخَلُ بِمَعْرُوفِهِ وَ فَقِيرٌ لَا يَبِيعُ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنْيَاهُ فَإِذَا ضَيَّعَ الْعَالِمُ عِلْمَهُ اسْتَنْكَفَ الْجَاهِلُ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ وَ إِذَا بَخِلَ الْغَنِيُّ بِمَعْرُوفِهِ بَاعَ الْفَقِيرُ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنْيَاهُ.

And he said to Jabir b. 'Abd Allah al-Ansari: Jabir, the world stands upon four: a learned man who puts his knowledge to use; an ignorant man who does not refuse to learn; a generous man who is not miserly in his giving; and a poor man who does not sell his Hereafter for his world. So if the scholar squanders his knowledge, and the ignorant does not set about learning, and the rich man is miserly in his giving — then the poor man sells his Hereafter for this world.

«45»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام فِي بَعْضِ الْخُطَبِ وَ اقْتَدُوا بِهَدْىِ نَبِيِّكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ أَفْضَلُ الْهَدْىِ وَ اسْتَنُّوا بِسُنَّتِهِ فَإِنَّهَا أَهْدَى السُّنَنِ وَ تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْحَدِيثِ وَ تَفَقَّهُوا فِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ رَبِيعُ الْقُلُوبِ وَ اسْتَشْفُوا بِنُورِهِ فَإِنَّهُ شِفَاءُ الصُّدُورِ وَ أَحْسِنُوا تِلَاوَتَهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَنْفَعُ الْقِصَصِ فَإِنَّ الْعَالِمَ الْعَامِلَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمِهِ كَالْجَاهِلِ الْحَائِرِ الَّذِي لَا يَسْتَفِيقُ مِنْ

And he, peace be upon him, said in one of his sermons: Follow the guidance of your Prophet, for it is the most excellent guidance; and take his practice as your way, for it is the most rightly guiding of practices. Learn the Qur'an, for it is the best of speech; and understand it well, for it is the springtime of hearts. Seek healing from its light, for it is the healing of ailing breasts; and recite it beautifully, for it is the most profitable of narratives. For a scholar who acts upon other than his knowledge is like a bewildered ignorant man