al-Kafi (161)
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Utilization of Knowledge 5
One whose words agree with his deeds you must consider his testimony as valid and one whose words do not agree with his deeds (if he may have faith) it is temporarily.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Utilization of Knowledge 4
Do not inquire to know what you do not know until you practice what you know because not practicing what one knows does not increase to one anything but disbelief and nor it increases anything…
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Utilization of Knowledge 3
If a scholar preaches and does not practice his words bounce away from the hearts of the audience like rains that bounce away off the rocks.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Utilization of Knowledge 2
Knowledge and work are closely related. One who has knowledge he works and one who works he learns. Knowledge invites work and if it is not accepted knowledge departs the deeds.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Utilization of Knowledge
The scholars are of two kinds: One kind consists of those who uphold their knowledge, and they gain their salvation. The other kind consists of those who disregard their knowledge and face their…
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Those who Act without Knowledge 3
Those who work without knowledge destroy more than what they gain.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Those who Act without Knowledge 2
Allah does not accept a deed without good understanding; proper understanding does not come into being without work.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Those who Act without Knowledge
Working without understanding and insight is like travelling in the wrong direction, which only takes one farther away from the destination.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Prohibition on Speaking without Knowledge 7
Those who act based on analogy (qiyas) will face their destruction and lead others to their destruction.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Prohibition on Speaking without Knowledge 6
Allah addressed His servants in two verses of the holy Quran very particularly: Did they not make a covenant (with God) in the Book not to speak anything other than the Truth about God and to…
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Prohibition on Speaking without Knowledge 5
People must say what they know and abstain from saying anything that they have no knowledge of.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Prohibition on Speaking without Knowledge 4
It is very proper for a scholar to say, ‘Allah knows best’ if he does not know. This is not for a none scholar.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Prohibition on Speaking without Knowledge 3
A man refers to a verse in the holy Quran and gives it a meaning that is farther from the truth than the heavens are from earth.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Prohibition on Speaking without Knowledge
Imam Sadiq peace be upon him warns about two forms of behavior that lead a man to destruction.
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Hadithi ya leo:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Giving Knowledge as Charity 3
Do not speak the words of wisdom to the ignorant people because you will be doing injustice to them (words of wisdom).
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Giving Knowledge as Charity 2
Zakat, the tax, on knowledge is teaching it to the servants of Allah.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Giving Knowledge as Charity
Allah had no commitment from and covenant with the ignorant people to seek knowledge before having a commitment from and covenant with the scholars to give knowledge as charity to the ignorant…
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Asking the Scholar and Discussing with him 4
Discussing knowledge is study and study is a good prayer.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Asking the Scholar and Discussing with him 3
Hearts become stained just as the swords become stained and speaking cleanses it up.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Asking the Scholar and Discussing with him 2
"May Allah grant forgiveness to a man who revives knowledge." Imam al-Baqir (pbuh) said
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Asking the Scholar and Discussing with him
The scholars' discussions among God's servants are of the matters that bring the dead hearts to life if they come to and end up to His commandments.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Meeting the Scholars and Associating with Them 5
The place where I may sit with one who I trust is more comforting to my soul than working for one whole year.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Meeting the Scholars and Associating with Them 4
Association with religious people is an honor in this life as well as in the next life.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Meeting the Scholars and Associating with Them 3
The disciples asked Jesus, ‘O the spirit of Allah who should we associate with?’ Jesus replied, “Associate with those whose visitation would remind you of Allah, whose speech and logic increase…
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Meeting the Scholars and Associating with Them 2
Speaking to a scholar even at a dump site is better than speaking to an ignorant person at a best-furnished palace.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on Meeting the Scholars and Associating with Them
Choose your gatherings wisely. If you see a group remembering Allah (swt), then sit with them. If you are knowledgeable, your knowledge will benefit you, and if you are ignorant, they will teach…
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on the Loss of a Scholar 5
My soul shows generosity in accepting the quickening of our death or being murdered. It is due to the words of Allah that say, 'Have they not considered that We have taken over the land and reduced…
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on the Loss of a Scholar 4
When the scholar dies it takes away his knowledge and after this the unjust ones come and they go astray and mislead people and there is no good in things without basis.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on the Loss of a Scholar 3
When a true believer dies the angels and the parts of earth where he worshipped Allah weep because of his death.
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Hadith of the day:
ReligiousAl-Kāfi / Chapter on the Loss of a Scholar 2
When a believer who is a Faqih dies, it causes irreparable damage in the Islamic system.