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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Al-sadiq His Scientific Life His knowledge was Inspiration: There is no virtue like knowledge. With knowledge nations live, become happy, progressive, and immortal. With knowledge the person becomes famous, gets a high position, and purifies himself. There is no wonder when knowledge is better than worship a hundredfold because the worshipper is righteous on the way of salvation. He has saved himself only.

But the scholar is the reformer who is able to take great worlds out of the darkness of misguidance. Also he himself is righteous. He has opened his eyes for his way. And he has seen the way through opening his eyes. There is no virtue like knowledge in reforming people, availing them, and remaining in existence forever. That is because worship, bravery, generosity, and the like, avail people as long as their owner exists in this world.

When he dies he will have nothing except the good speech, while the advantage of the scientists remains as long as his science remains. The Sunna has praised science and scientists very much. Also in the Koran, there are many verses which laud science and scientists This is a clear matter, so there is no need to produce quotation or evidence for it. Yes, the importance of this praise concerns religious knowledge and scholars or it concerns every science and every scholar.

I think that this praise concerns religious knowledge and scholars. That is because the Prophetic traditions have denoted that. It is enough to mention the following Words of Allah, the Exalted, from the book:” Those of His servants only who are possessed of knowledge fear Allah.”[1] Besides, perhaps, this praise does not concern non- religious scholars because they do not fear Allah and some of them do not believe in the Existence of Allah and His Oneness.

Religious scholars are worthy of this praise because they spare no effort to do good for men. Everywhere and every time, they are guides and savers. Religious knowledge is obtained through two ways. They are: inspiration and acquisition. Acquisition may lead the scholar to error or correctness.

So, the error of the scholar lead all the world to the error because people follow the scholar in Commandments, the lawful, and the unlawful, while Allah, the Great and Almighty, wants people to act according to His Law and Commandments. Therefore, the scholar should be infallible to lead men to Allah’s Law and Commandments.