Ālim (عالِم)

The Divinely Appointed Scholar – The Imam

بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ‏ لَا وَ اللَّهِ‏ لَا يَكُونُ عَالِمٌ جَاهِلًا أَبَداً عَالِمٌ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ جَاهِلٌ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, from Muhammad Bin Al Fuzeyl, from Al Sumaly who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’far-asws saying: ‘No, by Allah-azwj! ‘عَالِمٌ’ a scholar-asws cannot happen to be ignorant, ever, knower of a thing and ignorant of a thing’.[1]


[1]                         بحار الأنوار (ط – بيروت)، ج‏26، ص: 109

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