Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on the quality of knowledge its virtue and the virtue of the scholars 9ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) رَجُلٌ رَاوِيَةٌ لِحَدِيثِكُ٠ْ يَبُثُّ ذَلِكَ فِي النَّاسِ وَيُشَدِّدُهُ فِي قُلُوبِهِ٠ْ وَقُلُوبِ شِيعَتِكُ٠ْ وَلَعَلَّ عَابِداً ٠ْ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةُ أَيُّهُ٠َا أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الرَّاوِيَةُ لِحَدِيثِنَا يَشُدُّ بِهِ قُلُوبَ شِيعَتِنَا أَفْضَلُ ٠ِنْ أَلْفِ عَابِدٍ.

Which of the two is better?' He said, 'The one who narrates our hadiths and ties them to the hearts of our Shi'a is better than 1,000 worshippers.'" شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/108)) صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (3/ 1))