إِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تُحَدِّثَنِي فَقَالَ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي تَرَكْتُ الْحَدِيثَ فَقُلْتُ إِمَّا أَنْ تُحَدِّثَنِي وَ إِمَّا أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكَ فَقَالَ حَدِّثْنِي فَقُلْتُ حَدَّثَنِيَ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ نَجْمٍ الْجَزَّارِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عليهما السلام يَقُولُ مَا أَخَذَ اللَّهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَهْلِ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمُوا حَتَّى أَخَذَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يُعَلِّمُوا قَالَ فَحَدَّثَنِي بِأَرْبَعِينَ حَدِيثاً.

Relate a hadith to me if you will. He said: Do you not know that I have given up relating hadith? I said: Either you relate a hadith to me, or I relate one to you. He said: Relate one to me. I said: Al-Hakam b. 'Utayba related from Najm al-Jazzar that he said: I heard 'Ali, peace be upon him, saying: God did not take a pledge from the ignorant that they should acquire knowledge, but He took a pledge from the people of knowledge that they should teach knowledge to the people. Al-Hasan b. 'Umara said: Then al-Zuhri related forty hadiths to me.

«82»- نهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام لَا خَيْرَ فِي الصَّمْتِ عَنِ الْحُكْمِ كَمَا أَنَّهُ لَا خَيْرَ فِي الْقَوْلِ بِالْجَهْلِ.

Nahj al-Balagha: The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: Where right speech is due, there is no good in silence, just as there is no good in speaking out of ignorance.

«83»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام مَا أَخَذَ اللَّهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَهْلِ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمُوا حَتَّى أَخَذَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يُعَلِّمُوا ١.

The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: God did not take a pledge from the ignorant that they should learn until He had taken a pledge from the learned that they should teach.

«84»- كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام شُكْرُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَى عِلْمِهِ أَنْ يَبْذُلَهُ لِمَنْ يَسْتَحِقُّهُ.

Kanz al-Karajaki: And he said: The scholar's thanksgiving for the blessing of his knowledge is that he give it freely to whoever is worthy of it and teach it to him.

باب 14 من يجوز أخذ العلم منه و من لا يجوز و ذم التقليد و النهي عن متابعة غير المعصوم في كل ما يقول و وجوب التمسك بعروة اتباعهم عليهم السلام و جواز الرجوع إلی رواة الأخبار و الفقهاء الصالحين

Chapter 14: From whom it is permissible to take knowledge and from whom it is not; the censure of blind imitation and the prohibition of following anyone other than the Infallible in all that he says; the obligation of holding fast to the firm rope of the Infallibles' companions, peace be upon them; and the permissibility of referring to the narrators of reports and to righteous jurists

الآيات؛

The verses

المائدة: «وَ إِذا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعالَوْا إِلى ما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَ إِلَی الرَّسُولِ قالُوا حَسْبُنا ما وَجَدْنا عَلَيْهِ آباءَنا أَ وَ لَوْ كانَ آباؤُهُمْ لا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئاً وَ لا يَهْتَدُونَ»(107)

al-Ma'ida: "And when it is said to them: Come to what God has sent down and to the Messenger, they say: Enough for us is what we found our fathers upon. What, even though their fathers knew nothing and were not guided?"

الأعراف: «وَ إِذا فَعَلُوا فاحِشَةً قالُوا وَجَدْنا عَلَيْها آباءَنا»(27)

al-A'raf: "And when they commit an indecency they say: We found our fathers upon it, and God has commanded us to do it. Say: God does not command indecency. Do you ascribe to God what you do not know?"

يونس: «أَ فَمَنْ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُتَّبَعَ أَمَّنْ لا يَهِدِّي إِلَّا أَنْ يُهْدی فَما لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ»(35) (و قال تعالی): «قالُوا أَ جِئْتَنا لِتَلْفِتَنا عَمَّا وَجَدْنا عَلَيْهِ آباءَنا»(78)

"Say: Is there any among your associate-gods who guides to the truth? Say: God guides to the truth. Is then one who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed, or one who finds no way unless he be guided? What is the matter with you — how do you judge?" "They said: Have you come to us to turn us away from what we found our fathers upon, so that greatness in this land may be yours two? We do not believe in you two."

مريم: «يا أَبَتِ إِنِّي قَدْ جاءَنِي مِنَ الْعِلْمِ ما لَمْ يَأْتِكَ فَاتَّبِعْنِي أَهْدِكَ صِراطاً سَوِيًّا»(43)

Maryam: "O my father, there has come to me of knowledge what has not come to you. So follow me, and I will guide you to a straight path."

الشعراء: «قالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنا آباءَنا كَذلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ»(74)

"They said: No, but we found our fathers doing the same."