Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: All the Knowledge of the People is in Four Areas 4-87 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن القاس٠د الاصبهاني، عن سلي٠نقري، عن سفيان بن عيينة قال: س٠عت أبا عبـدالله عليه السلا٠في أربع أولها أن تعرف ربك، والثاني أن تعرف ٠ا صنع بك، والثالث أن تعرف ٠نك، والرابع أن تعرف ٠4-87 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Isfahani, on the authority of Suleiman ibn Davood al-Minqari, on the authority of Sufyan ibn Ayyineh that he had heard AbaAbdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) say, “I found that all the knowledge of the people is in four areas:1- to know your Lord;2- to know what He has done with you;3- to know what He expects of you; and4- to know what will deviate you from your religion.”