رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله يَا أَخَا ثَقِيفٍ إِنَّ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ قَدْ سَبَقَكَ بِالْمَسْأَلَةِ فَاجْلِسْ كَيْمَا نَبْدَأَ بِحَاجَةِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَبْلَ حَاجَتِكَ.س

The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: O brother of Thaqif, the man of the Ansar asked his question before you, so sit, that I may first answer him.

باب 13 النهى عن كتمان العلم و الخيانة و جواز الكتمان عن غير أهله

Chapter 13: The prohibition of concealing knowledge and of betraying it, and the permissibility of concealing it from those unworthy of it

الآيات؛

The verses:

البقرة: «وَ لا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْباطِلِ وَ تَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَ أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ»(42) (و قال تعالى): «إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ ما أَنْزَلْنا مِنَ الْبَيِّناتِ وَ الْهُدی مِنْ بَعْدِ ما بَيَّنَّاهُ لِلنَّاسِ فِي الْكِتابِ أُولئِكَ يَلْعَنُهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ يَلْعَنُهُمُ اللَّاعِنُونَ»(159) (و قال تعالى): الَّذِينَ آتَيْناهُمُ الْكِتابَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَما يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْناءَهُمْ وَ إِنَّ فَرِيقاً مِنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَ هُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ»(146) (و قال تعالى): «إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ ما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْكِتابِ وَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلًا أُولئِكَ ما يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ إِلَّا النَّارَ»(174)

al-Baqara: "And do not mix truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know it." "Those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance We have sent down, after We have made them plain for people in the Book — God curses them, and the cursers curse them." "Those to whom We have given the Book know him as they know their own sons; and indeed a party of them conceal the truth while they know it." "Those who conceal what God has sent down of the Book and sell it for a paltry price — they swallow nothing into their bellies but fire. God will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor purify them, and theirs is a painful punishment."

آل عمران: «يا أَهْلَ الْكِتابِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ الْحَقَّ بِالْباطِلِ وَ تَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَ أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ»(71) (و قال تعالی): «وَ إِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَ لا تَكْتُمُونَهُ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَراءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَ اشْتَرَوْا بِهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلًا فَبِئْسَ ما يَشْتَرُونَ»(187)

Al 'Imran: "O People of the Book, why do you mix truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know it?" "And [recall] when God took a covenant from those who were given the Book: You shall surely make it clear to people and shall not conceal it. Then they cast it behind their backs and bought for it a paltry price — and evil is what they bought."

«1»- جا، المجالس للمفيد ابْنُ قُولَوَيْهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ غَزْوَانَ وَ عِيسَى بْنِ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ عَنِ ابْنِ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: نَفَسُ الْمَهْمُومِ لِظُلْمِنَا تَسْبِيحٌ وَ هَمُّهُ لَنَا عِبَادَةٌ وَ كِتْمَانُ سِرِّنَا جِهَادٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام يَجِبُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ بِمَاءِ الذَّهَبِ.

Majalis of al-Mufid: Ibn Taghlib related from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he said: A grieving sigh over the wrong done to us has the reward of glorification of God; to be sorrowful on our account is an act of worship; and to keep our secrets hidden is a striving in the way of God. Then Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: This hadith ought to be written in gold.

«2»- م، تفسير الإمام عليه السلام فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى هُدىً لِلْمُتَّقِينَ قَالَ بَيَانٌ وَ شِفَاءٌ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مِنْ شِيعَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِیٍّ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا إِنَّهُمُ اتَّقَوْا أَنْوَاعَ الْكُفْرِ فَتَرَكُوهَا وَ اتَّقَوُا الذُّنُوبَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ ١ فَرَفَضُوهَا وَ اتَّقَوْا إِظْهَارَ أَسْرَارِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ أَسْرَارِ أَزْكِيَاءِ عِبَادِهِ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله فَكَتَمُوهَا وَ اتَّقَوْا سَتْرَ الْعُلُومِ عَنْ أَهْلِهَا الْمُسْتَحِقِّينَ لَهَا وَ فِيهِمْ نَشَرُوهَا.

The Commentary of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari, peace be upon him: Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari, peace be upon him, said concerning the verse "a guidance for the God-fearing": The Qur'an is an illumination and a healing for the God-fearing among the Shi'a of Muhammad and 'Ali, peace be upon them both — those who kept clear of every kind of unbelief, then left the grave sins and guarded against them and abandoned them, and kept away from disclosing the secrets of God, exalted, and the secrets of the pure among God's servants, the successors of Muhammad — may God bless him and his family — and kept their secrets hidden; and who guarded against veiling knowledge from those worthy of it, and spread it among them.

«3»- ج، الإحتجاج عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ

Al-Ihtijaj: 'Abd Allah b. Sulayman related: I was sitting with Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, when a man of