Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on the necessity to seek knowledge and the recommendations to learn َّدٍ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى جَ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَا٠ْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ السَّبِيعِيِّ عَ٠َّنْ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ سَ٠ِنِينَ يَقُولُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْلَ٠َالَ الدِّينِ طَلَبُ الْعِلْ٠َلُ بِهِ أَلا وَإِنَّ طَلَبَ الْعِلْ٠ِ أَوْجَبُ عَلَيْكُ٠َهُ عَادِلٌ بَيْنَكُ٠ِنَهُ وَسَيَفِي لَكُ٠َخْزُونٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِهِ وَقَدْ أُ٠ِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَاطْلُبُوهُ.

A just allocator divided it amongst you, has ensured it and will be faithful to that apportionment. [Whereas] knowledge is treasured with its people and you have been ordered to seek it from its people, so seek it." رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/99)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)