Hawzah News Agency- Muhammad ibn Ali Majilawih narrated to us that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Abbas ibn Ma’ruf, from Ali ibn Mahzyar, from Hakam ibn Buhlul, from Isma’il ibn Hammam, from Umar ibn Udhaina, from Aban ibn Abi Ayyash, from Sulaiman ibn Qais al-Hilali, who said: I heard Imam Ali (pbuh) say to Abu al-Tufail Amir ibn Wathila al-Kinani:
يَا أَبَا الطُّفَيْلِ , الْعِلْمُ عِلْمَانِ:
عِلْمٌ لَا يَسَعُ النَّاسَ إِلَّا النَّظَرُ فِيهِ وَ هُوَ صِبْغَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ
وَ عِلْمٌ يَسَعُ النَّاسَ تَرْكُ النَّظَرِ فِيهِ وَ هُوَ قُدْرَةُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.
O Abu al-Tufayl! Knowledge is of two kinds:
1. The knowledge that people must reflect on, and that is the knowledge of Islam.
2. And the knowledge that people can abandon reflecting on, and that is the power of Allah, the Exalted.
Al-Khisal,Book 3,Chapter 22
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