The Interpretation of Ignorance

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Ignorance is to display all that you know.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Relying on this world in spite of all that you face therein is ignorance.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Your desire for the impossible is ignorance.

Imam al-Hasan (AS), when his father asked him the meaning of ignorance, said, ‘It is hastening to snatch up an opportunity before having made oneself capable [of fulfilling it], and it is to refuse to answer.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Ignorance lies in three things: in compromising ones brothers, declaring war without the command to do so, and spying into affairs that do not concern one.

Imam al-Askari (AS) said, ‘Ignorance is to laugh without any reason.