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In Elal al-Sharayeh it is narrated that Imam Reza (a.s) said
“One's intellect is his friend, and one's ignorance is his enemy.”
من كتاب علل الشرائع: قال الرضا (عليه السلام): صديق كل امرئ عقله وعدوه جهله.
Similar narrations
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1978 Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘The friend of every man is his intellect and his enemy is his ignorance.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #6614 Imam Ali (AS) said, The friend of every person is his intellect and his enemy is his ignorance.
- ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā #197 The friend of any individual is his mind and his enemy is his ignorance.”
- Al-Kāfi #5 he heard (Imam) al-Ridha (as) saying, “The friend of every person is his intellect and his enemy is ignorance.”
- Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara #2 I heard al-Ridha عليه السلام saying: the friend of every man is his intellect, and his enemy is his ignorance.
- ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā #1 Everyone’s friend is his intellect and everyone’s enemy is his ignorance.”