9, h 7 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn...

9, h 7 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from Muhammad ibn Sinan from abu al-Jarud from abu Ja'far (a.s.) who has said the following. "May Allah grant forgiveness to a man who revives knowledge." Abu al-Jarud has said, "I asked the Imam, 'What is reviving knowledge?'" The Imam (a.s.) replied, "It is his discussing knowledge among the religious people and the people of piety." H 89, Ch.

9, h 8 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from 'Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Hajjal from certain persons of our people in a marfu' manner from the Messenger of Allah who has said the following. He said addressing the people said, "Discuss facts, meet each other and speak to each other because speaking is brightness for the hearts.

Hearts become stained just as the swords become stained and speaking cleanses it up." In some scripts it is 'Iron' instead of 'speaking' at the end of the sentence." H 90, Ch. 9, h 9 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from his father from Faddala ibn Ayyub from 'Umar ibn Aban from Mansur al-Sayqal who has said the following.

"Imam abu Ja'far (a.s.) has said, 'Discussing knowledge is study and study is a good prayer.'" Chapter 10 : Chapter on Giving Knowledge as Charity H 91, Ch. 10, h 1 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from Muhammad ibn 'Isma'il ibn Bazi' from Mansur ibn Hazim from Talha ibn Zayd from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.

"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 having a commitment from and covenant with the scholars to give knowledge as charity to the ignorant ones because knowledge existed before ignorance." H 92, Ch.

10, h 2 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Barqi from his father from 'Abdullah ibn Mughirah and Muhammad ibn Sinan from Talha ibn Zayd from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) about this verse. "Do not scornfully turn your face away from people. . ." (31:18) 'so that people would all be equal in matters of knowledge.'" H 93, Ch.

10, h 3 Through the same chain of narrators he has narrated from his father from Ahmad ibn Nadr from 'Amr and ibn Shimr from Jabir from abu Ja'far (a.s.) who has said the following. "Zakat, the tax, on knowledge is teaching it to the servants of Allah." H 94, Ch.