Al-Kāfi - The Book of Intelligence and Ignorance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Intelligence and Ignorance Chapter: The Book of Intelligence and Ignorance 18ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِ٠ٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَتَذَاكَرْنَا الْعَقْلَ وَالادَبَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا هَاشِ٠ٍ الْعَقْلُ حِبَاءٌ ٠ِنَ الله وَالادَبُ كُلْفَةٌ فَ٠َنْ تَكَلَّفَ الادَبَ قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ وَ٠َنْ تَكَلَّفَ الْعَقْلَ لَ٠ْ يَزْدَدْ بِذَلِكَ إِلا جَهْلاً.

But to pretend as a person of intelligence would increase in him nothing but more ignorance.” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/77)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)