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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The most despised of creatures in the sight of Allah is a man who gathers scattered pieces of knowledge, deceiving [people] in the darkness of chaos, and blinded to what lies hidden in tranquility. His peers from among the people call him a scholar, but he himself has never benefited one full day from his knowledge.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ أبغَضَ خَلقِ اللّهِ إلَى اللّهِ رجُلٌ قَمَشَ عِلْماً، غارّاً في أغْباشِ الفِتْنةِ، عَمِيا بما في غَيبِ الهُدْنةِ، سَمّاهُ أشْباهُهُ مِن النّاسِ عالِما، ولَم يُغْنَ في العِلمِ يَوماً سالِماً .
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