hadith
3269
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Abd al-Salam b. Salim al-Harawi said, ‘I heard Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha (AS) saying, ‘May Allah have mercy on anyone who revives our cause. I asked, ‘How does he revive your cause? He replied, ‘He learns our sciences and teaches them to the people, for verily if people were to know the goodness in our speech, they would follow us.
عبدُ السلامِ بن صالح الهَرَوي
سَمعتُ أبا الحسنِ الرِّضا (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) يَقولُ: رَحِمَ اللّهُ عَبداً أحيا أمرَنا . فَقُلتُ لَهُ: فَكَيفَ يُحيي أمرَكُم ؟! قالَ: يَتَعَلَّمُ عُلومَنا وَيُعَلِّمُها النّاسَ ؛ فَإنَّ النّاس لَو عَلِموا مَحاسِنَ كَلامِنا لاتَّبَعونا.
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