The meaning of the saying of al-Sadiq, peace be upon them both: «The one who learns (some) knowledge that he might use it to quarrel with fools, boast with it before scholars or draw the faces of people towards himself, then he is in the Fire of Hell»

Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār · Volume 1 · Section 159 · 1 narrations

Hadith 290

I heard Abu’l-Hasan al-Rida, peace be upon him, say: May Allah have mercy upon a servant who revives our cause. Then I said to him: So how would he revive your cause? He said: By him learning our sciences and teaching it…

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