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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Al-sadiq 4- His Sayings Al- S&liq, peace be on him, has original sayings and rare words. They raise the good souls to the classes of angels and lead people to the virtue and happiness when they use and consider them carefully. I have collected and selected a group of them in earnest. He, peace be on him, said: Intellect is that with which people worship the Most Gracious (Allah) and with which they obtain gardens.

Verily, the reward is equal to intellect. The most perfect of men in intellect is the best of them in ethics. Intellect is the pillar of man. Intellect is the guide of the believer.’ [1] The perfection of intellect is in three (things): humbleness for Allah, good certainty, and silence except for good. Ignorance is in three (things): Haughtiness, the intense of dispute, and the ignorance in Allah.

The best nature of intellect is worship, the strongest speech for it is knowledge, and its most abundant luck is maxim.[2] To consider knowledge very much opens intellect.[3] Knowledge is a shield, truthfulness is might, ignorance is abasement, understanding is glory, generosity is success, good behavior causes friendship, he who has knowledge about his time, ambiguous things do not attack him, and determination is mistrust. If you want that you are honored, then be soft.

And if you want that you are abused, then be rough. He whose origin is noble, his heart is soft, and he whose race is rough, his liver is thick. Whoever is extreme gets involved, and whoever is afraid of the consequence refrains from entering what he does not know.

Whoever attacks a matter without knowledge cuts off his own nose.[4] Scholars are trustees, the Allah- fearing are strongholds, and guardians are masters.[5] Verily, knowledge is a lock and its key is the question.[6] Whoever acts without prescience is like the walker without way, the speed of walking does not increase him but farness. 1 Al- Kafi: Chapter on Reason. 2 Bihar al- Anwar: 1/131/24. 3 Ibid: 1/159/32. 4 A1- Kafi, Chapter on Reason.

5 Ibid, Chapter on the Quality and merit of knowledge and the outstanding merits of scholars. 6 Ibid, Chapter on the question and its discussion Allah does not accept any act without knowledge, there is no knowledge without act, so whoever knows, knowledga leads him to act, and whoever does not act gets no knowledge, but belief is a little of a little.