hadith
1497
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Imam Ali (AS) said, An ignorant person is [like the] dead among the living.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْجاهِلُ مَيِّتٌ بَيْنَ الأحْياءِ
Similar narrations
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #2181 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The scholar is alive even when he is dead, whereas the ignorant man is dead even though he may be alive.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1448 Imam Ali (AS) said, Ignorance is [a form of] death.
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1762 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘An ignorant person is dead, even though he is living.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #1511 Imam Ali (AS) said, An ignorant person is dead, even when he is alive.