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hadith 2190
Hadith #
2190
Book
Mīzān al-Ḥikma
Volume
1
Part
Knowledge
Chapter
The Superiority of Knowledge to Acts of Worship
Source
Muḥammad Muḥammadī Rayshahrī
Publisher
ICAS Press
۞
Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The knowledgeable man who is beneficial [to others] as a result of his knowledge is better than seventy thousand worshippers.
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): عالِمٌ يُنتَفِعُ بِعِلمِه ، أفضَلُ مِن سَبعينَ ألفِ عابِدٍ.

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