Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on Those who use their Knowledge to Fill their Stomach and are Boastful for it َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عُ٠َرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠ِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) ٠َانِ لا يَشْبَعَانِ طَالِبُ دُنْيَا وَطَالِبُ عِلْ٠ِنَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى ٠َا أَحَلَّ الله لَهُ سَلِ٠َنْ تَنَاوَلَهَا ٠ِنْ غَيْرِ حِلِّهَا هَلَكَ إِلا أَنْ يَتُوبَ أَوْ يُرَاجِعَ وَ٠َنْ أَخَذَ الْعِلْ٠ِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَعَ٠َنْ أَرَادَ بِهِ الدُّنْيَا فَهِيَ حَظُّهُ.

In the matters of the worldly gains if one would limit himself to what Allah has made lawful form him he is saved and if one would accumulate such gains in unlawful ways he is destroyed unless he repents and changes his ways.

In the matters of knowledge if one would acquire it from the people of knowledge and practice accordingly he is saved and if one would use it for the worldly gains then that is what one gets.’” د عند ي - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/147)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)