What is Knowledge?

 

Ali ibn Muhammad from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Ash‘ari from ‘Abdallah ibn Maymun al-Qaddah from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) from his ancestors (the Imams (a. s.) who has said the following. "Once a man came to the holy Prophet (s.a.) and said, ‘O messenger of Allah what is knowledge?’ The holy Prophet replied, "It is silence." The man then asked, "Then what?" The holy Prophet said, "It is listening." The man asked, "Then what?" The holy Prophet (s.a.) said, "Then it is memorizing." The man asked, "Then what?" The holy Prophet said, "Then it is practice accordingly." The man then asked, "Then what O messenger of Allah?" The holy Prophet said, "Then it is to propagate what one has learned."

H 127, Ch. 16, h 4 Kitab Al Kafi

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لا يُقاتِلونَكُم جَميعًا إِلّا في قُرًى مُحَصَّنَةٍ أَو مِن وَراءِ جُدُرٍ بَأسُهُم بَينَهُم شَديدٌ تَحسَبُهُم جَميعًا وَقُلوبُهُم شَتّى ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُم قَومٌ لا يَعقِلونَ [Al-Ḥashr: 14]

(14) They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls. Their violence [i.e., enmity] among themselves is severe. You think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.

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