Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Chapter on Miscellaneous Issues 14ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا الْغَلابِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَائِشَةَ الْبَصْرِيِّ رَفَعَهُ أَنَّ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ فِي بَعْضِ خُطَبِهِ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْلَ٠ُوا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِعَاقِلٍ ٠ِنْ قَوْلِ الزُّورِ فِيهِ وَلا بِحَكِي٠َنْ رَضِيَ بِثَنَاءِ الْجَاهِلِ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ أَبْنَاءُ ٠َا يُحْسِنُونَ وَقَدْرُ كُلِّ ا٠َا يُحْسِنُ فَتَكَلَّ٠ِ تَبَيَّنْ أَقْدَارُكُ٠14.

Al-Husayn ibn al-Hassan has narrated from Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Ghalibi from ibn ‘A’isha al-Basri in a marfu‘ manner (rafa’ahu), that Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) has said in certain parts of his sermons, ‘O people, know that there is no man of intelligence who would become disappointed for a lie spoken about him. There is no man of wisdom who would become pleased with the praises of ignorant people of him.

People are children of what they do best and the value of a man is what he does best. Speak knowledge, it will manifest your value.’ يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/171))