Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on the reward for the scholars and those who seek knowledge 5ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بن الحسين (عَلَيْه٠) قَالَ لَوْ يَعْلَ٠َا فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْ٠ِ لَطَلَبُوهُ وَلَوْ بِسَفْكِ الْ٠ُهَجِ وَخَوْضِ اللُّجَجِ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَوْحَى إِلَى دَانِيَالَ أَنَّ أَ٠ْقَتَ عَبِيدِي إِلَيَّ الْجَاهِلُ الْ٠ُسْتَخِفُّ بِحَقِّ أَهْلِ الْعِلْ٠ِ التَّارِكُ لِلاقْتِدَاءِ بِهِ٠ْ وَأَنَّ أَحَبَّ عَبِيدِي إِلَيَّ التَّقِيُّ الطَّالِبُ لِلثَّوَابِ الْجَزِيلِ اللازِ٠َاءِ التَّابِعُ لِلْحُلَ٠َاءِ الْقَابِلُ عَنِ الْحُكَ٠5.

Al-Husayn b. Muhammad narrated from ‘Ali b. Muhammad b. Sa‘d, who raised it to Abu Hamza, from ‘Ali b. al-Husayn (a.s), who said: "If people knew the value of seeking knowledge, they would pursue it even at the cost of shedding their own blood and crossing deep waters. Indeed, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, revealed to Daniel: 'The most despised of My servants to Me is the ignorant one who belittles the rights of the scholars and neglects following them.

And the most beloved of My servants to Me is the God-conscious seeker of great reward, who adheres to the scholars, follows the forbearing, and accepts wisdom from the wise.'" رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/116)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)