Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on Meeting the Scholars and Associating with Them 2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى جَ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ بْنِ أَبِي ٠َنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَ٠ِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْه٠ُحَادَثَةُ الْعَالِ٠َزَابِلِ خَيْرٌ ٠ُحَادَثَةِ الْجَاهِلِ عَلَى الزَّرَابِيِّ.

“Speaking to a scholar even at a dump-site is better than speaking to an ignorant person at a best furnished palace.” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/128)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)