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Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara · Hadith 3

Book of Intellect and Knowledge · Merit of Knowledge and the Scholar and the Obligation of Knowledge · Volume 1, book 1, chapter 3, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

[3/11] الكافي: عن علي، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن جميل، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: يغدو الناس على ثلاثة أصناف عالم ومتعلم وغثاء فنحن العلماء وشيعتنا المتعلمون وسائر الناس غثاء

Published English translation

3. [3/11] al-Kafi: From Ali from Muhammad b. Isa from Yunus from Jamil from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام – he (Jamil) said: I heard him saying: The people rise up (every morning) being in one of three categories: knowledgeable scholar, student seeking knowledge or scum. So we are the scholars and our Shia are the students and the rest of the people are scum.

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Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni: معتبر

Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara

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