[50] بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَتْ فِي عَلِيٍّ ع سُنَّةُ أَلْفِ نَبِيٍّ (The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Al Bazanty, form Hammad Bin Usman, from Fuzeyl, ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘In Ali -asws there were Sunnahs of a thousand Prophets -as ’.
وَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ الَّذِي نَزَلَ مَعَ آدَمَ لَمْ يُرْفَعْ وَ مَا مَاتَ عَالِمٌ فَذَهَبَ عِلْمُهُ وَ إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ لَيُتَوَارَثُ إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَا تَبْقَى بِغَيْرِ عَالِمٍ. And he -asws said: ‘The knowledge which descended with Adam -as was not raised, and no ‘عَالِمٌ’ scholar -asws passes away and his -asws knowledge goes away, and that the knowledge gets inherited. The earth cannot remain without ‘عَالِمٌ’ a scholar -asws ’’.
(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Barqy, from Al Nazar, from Yahya Al Halby, from Abdul Hameed Al Taie, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘The knowledge is inherited, and no ‘عَالِمٌ’ scholar -asws passes away except he -asws leaves behind one -asws who knows similar to his -asws knowledge, or whatever Allah -azwj so Desires’’.
(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Abdullah Bin Musa, from Al Khashab, from Muhammad Bin Salim, from Al A’ala, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘Ali -asws was a ‘عَالِمَ’ (scholar) of this community, and the knowledge is inherited, and a dying one does not die from them -asws until he -asws gives one -asws from his -asws family, similar to his -asws knowledge’’.