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Hadith 79
Hadith #
79
Book
Al-Amālī
Volume
1
Section
12
Part
Seventh Assembly
Chapter
Knowledge precedes ignorance
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Mufīd
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12. He said: ’Abu Ghalib Ahmad ibn Muhammad reported to me from Abu Tahir Muhmmmad ibn Sulaiman al-Zurari, who reported from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim, from Kharijah ibn Mas’ab, from Muhammad ibn Abu Umair al-Abdi, who reported that: Amirul Mu’mineen ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, said
"Allah did not take away covenant from the ignorant people for seeking the expoundings of Knowledge, before He had taken a covenant from the learned people to expound unto the ignorant people. That is because knowledge preceded ignorance."
12 - قال: أخبرني أبو غالب أحمد بن محمد قال: حدثنا أبو طاهر محمد بن سليمان الزراري قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين، عن محمد بن يحيى ، عن غياث بن إبراهيم قال: حدثنا خارجة بن مصعب، عن محمد بن أبي عمير العبدي قال
قال أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام: ما أخذ الله ميثاقا من أهل الجهل بطلب تبيان العلم حتى أخذ ميثاقا من أهل العلم ببيان العلم للجهال، لأن العلم كان قبل الجهل .
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