Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on the Qualities of the Scholars َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ اطْلُبُوا الْعِلْ٠َ وَتَزَيَّنُوا ٠ِ وَالْوَقَارِ وَتَوَاضَعُوا لِ٠َ وَتَوَاضَعُوا لِ٠َ وَلا تَكُونُوا عُلَ٠َاءَ جَبَّارِينَ فَيَذْهَبَ بَاطِلُكُ٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya al-‘Attar from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Mu‘awiya ibn Wahab who has said the following. “Imam abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) has said. “Seek knowledge and beautify it with forbearance and dignity. Be humble to your students and to those from whom you learn.

Do not be a tyrant scholar lest your falsehood would destroy the truth in you.” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/118)) صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (1/4))