Finally...
Finally, we present a Hadith here, which very well summarises all the above: Why leave the ‘ Grand River ’ and drink from (muddy) puddles? قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَمَصُّونَ الثِّمَادَ وَ يَدَعُونَ النَّهَرَ الْأَعْظَمَ فَسُئِلَ عَنْ مَعْنَى ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ عِلْمُ النَّبِيِّينَ بِأَسْرِهِ أَوْحَاهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَجَعَلَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ ع.
Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘They are licking (from) the (muddy) puddle and are leaving out the grand river!’ He -asws was asked about the meaning of that. He -asws said: ‘Knowledge of the Prophets -as with its secrets. Allah -azwj have Revealed it to Muhammad -saww , and Muhammad -saww made all of that to be with Ali -asws ’’.
[14] Also in another Hadith: وَ قَالَ ع تَمَصُّونَ الرَّوَاضِعَ وَ تَدَعُونَ النَّهَرَ الْعَظِيمَ فَقِيلَ مَا تَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ (And he -asws said: ‘You are licking from the (muddy) puddle and are leaving the mighty river!’ It was said, ‘What do you -asws mean by that?’ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَوْحَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عِلْمَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِأَسْرِهِ وَ عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ مَا لَمْ يُعَلِّمْهُمْ فَأَسَرَّ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قُلْتُ فَيَكُونُ عَلِيٌّ ع أَعْلَمَ مِنْ بَعْضِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ He -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj Revealed to Rasool-Allah -saww Taught the Prophets -as His -azwj Secrets and Allah -azwj Taught him -saww what they -as did not know.
He -saww divulged that, all of it to Amir Al-Momineen -asws ’. I said, ‘So Ali -asws happened to be more knowledgeable than some of the Prophets -as ’.
فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَفْتَحُ مَسَامِعَ مَنْ يَشَاءُ أَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حَوَى عِلْمَ جَمِيعِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ عَلَّمَهُ [اللَّهُ] مَا لَمْ يُعَلِّمْهُمْ وَ إِنَّهُ جَعَلَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ ع فَتَقُولُ عَلِيٌّ أَعْلَمُ مِنْ بَعْضِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Opens the hearing of the ones He -azwj so Desires to.
I -asws am saying that Rasool-Allah -saww contained the knowledge of entirety of the Prophets -as and Allah -azwj Taught him -saww what they did not know, and he -saww made all of that to be with Ali -asws , and you are saying Ali -asws is more knowledgeable than some of the Prophets -as ?’ ثُمَّ تَلَا قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى قالَ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتابِ ثُمَّ فَرَّقَ أَصَابِعَهُ وَ وَضَعَهَا عَلَى صَدْرِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ عِنْدَنَا وَ اللَّهِ عِلْمُ الْكِتَابِ كُلُّهُ.
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