ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha (s) 25 - حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه الوَرَّاقُ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ ٠هرويه القزويني قالَ: حَدَّثَنا داوُدِ بْنِ سُلَيْ٠ان الغازي، عَن أَبي الحَسَن عَلِىِّ بْنِ ٠ُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ، عَن أَبيهِ، عَن آبائِه، عَن أَ٠ِنين‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ أَنَّهُ قالَ الدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَاجَهْلٌ إِلا ٠َوَاضِعَ الْعِلْ٠ُ كُلُّهُ حُجَّةٌ إِلا ٠ِلَ بِهِ وَالْعَ٠َلُ كُلُّهُ رِيَاءٌ إِلا ٠ُخْلَصاً وَالإِخْلاصُ عَلَى خَطَرٍ حَتَّى يَنْظُرَ الْعَبْدُ بِ٠28-25 Ali ibn Abdullah al-Warraq - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Mehrawayh al-Qazvini quoted on the authority of Dawood ibn Soleiman al-Qadhi, on the authority of Abil Hassan Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his father (s), on the authority of his forefathers (s), on the authority of the Commander of the Faithful (s), “The world is all ignorance except for the positions of knowledge.

All knowledge is considered to be a proof against man,unless it is acted accordingly. All acts are out of hypocrisy, unless they are done sincerely. Sincerity is subject to danger unless a servant (i.e. a person) ponders over what his final ending will be.”