Home / Books / Nahj al-Balāgha / Volume 1 / The learned's duty to teach precedes the ignorant's duty to learn / Hadith 2260 hadith 2260 ۞ 478. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Allāh has not made it obligatory on the ignorant to learn till He has made it obligatory on the learned to teach. ٤٧٨. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): مَا أَخَذَ اللهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَهْلِ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمُوا حَتَّى أَخَذَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يُعَلِّمُوا. Similar narrations Al-Kāfi #94 “I read in the book of Imam Ali (a.s.) that Allah had no commitment from and covenant with the ignorant people to seek knowledge before... Al-Kāfi #94 “I read in the book of Imam Ali (a.s.) that Allah had no commitment from and covenant with the ignorant people to seek knowledge before... All narrations in The learned's duty to teach precedes the ignorant's duty to learn Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 2260 ۞ 478. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Allāh has not made it obligatory on the ignorant to learn till He has made it obligatory on the learned to teach. ٤٧٨. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): مَا أَخَذَ اللهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَهْلِ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمُوا حَتَّى أَخَذَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يُعَلِّمُوا.