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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar is one whose actions attest to the veracity of his words.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Scholars are strangers [in their own land] because of the large numbers of ignorant people.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar is one who is not satisfied with [his] knowledge nor does he allow himself to be satiated by it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar recognizes the ignorant one because he used to be ignorant [himself] before.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar who is truly a scholar, is one who does not prevent the servants from having hope in the mercy of Allah and [at the same time] does not give them false security from the scheme of Allah.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar and the student are partners in reward; there no good in anything between this.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Scholars are the purest of people in character and the least rooted in [vain] desires.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar is a living [person] among the dead.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be careful not to disparage scholars, for indeed this will degrade you and make others think ill of you and expect evil from you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most learned among you are the most fearful of you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The people who are most deserving of the [guidance of the] Prophets are those who have the most knowledge about what they came with.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most learned person is the one who is most infatuated with knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most learned of people about Allah, the Glorified, are the most fearful of Him.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most learned of people about Allah, the Glorified, are the most satisfied with His decree.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The greatest of people in knowledge are the most intense in [their] fear of Allah, the Glorified.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most learned of people about Allah are those who are most fearful of Him.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most hated of servants in the sight of Allah is the haughty scholar.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Those with the greatest burden among the people are the scholars who exceed the limits.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most regretful of all people at the time of death are the scholars who don't act on their knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most learned of people is one whose doubt does not dispel his certainty.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The person who is most learned about Allah is he who asks from Him the most.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily the narrators of knowledge are many, but those who are careful of [acting upon] it are few.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily the people who are most deserving of the [guidance of the] Prophets - peace be upon them - are those who have the most knowledge about (or act upon) their teachings.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar is honoured because of his knowledge, the elderly because of his age, the doer of good because of his goodness and the king because of his kingship.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholars are judges over the people.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar is alive even when he is dead.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar is one who knows his [own] status [and worth].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar sees with his heart and his mind while the ignorant one sees with his eyes and his eyesight.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The scholar is a person who does not get weary of gaining knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Scholars live on as long as the day and night remains.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The concealer of knowledge is not certain of being correct in it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Only he is a scholar whose knowledge calls him to piety and God-wariness, to abstinence from the pleasures of the transient world and to infatuation with the heavenly abode.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The bane of scholars is love for leadership [and authority].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When you see a [true] scholar, be a servant to him.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Congratulations to the scholar who knows and thus restrains himself [from sin], and who fears the sudden coming [of death] so he prepares himself and gets ready. If he is questioned he articulates, and if he is left he remains silent; his speech is accurate and his silence is not because of his inability to give an answer.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Sit in the company of scholars and you will be felicitous.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Sit in the company of scholars and you will increase your knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The beauty of a scholar is [in] his acting upon his knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Sit with the scholars and your knowledge will increase, your etiquette will improve and your soul will become purified.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be close to the scholars and you will perceive.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Many a scholar is killed by his knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Many a person who claims to have knowledge is not a scholar.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Many a scholar does not benefit [from his knowledge].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The rank of a scholar is the highest of ranks.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The lapse [and misguidance] of a scholar corrupts entire worlds.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The lapse of a scholar is like the breaking up of a ship, it sinks and causes others to sink along with it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The lapse of a scholar is a serious offence.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

It is upon the scholar to learn that which he does not know and to teach the people what he has learnt.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

It is the duty of the scholar to act upon what he knows and then seek to learn that which he does not know.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A scholar who opposes you is better than the ignorant person who assists you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Every scholar is fearful [of Allah].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How many a scholar is corrupt and [how many] a worshipper is ignorant, so be wary of the corrupt among the scholars and the ignorant among the worshippers.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

It is enough of ignorance for a scholar that his actions contradict his knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be either a knowledgeable speaker or a keen listener, and beware of being the third type.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be knowledgeable about the truth and act upon it, [and through this] Allah, the Glorified, will save you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

If the people of knowledge were to carry it as it deserves to be carried, Allah and His angels would surely love them, but they bear it in order to seek worldly gain, so Allah, the Exalted, is displeased with them and they are thus abased by it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who has knowledge asks good [and pertinent] questions.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who knows must act upon his knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who gains knowledge (or acts [upon his knowledge]) is rightly guided.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who wastes his knowledge [by not acting upon it] faces turmoil.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who reveres a scholar has revered his Lord.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Whoever does not nurture his knowledge in solitude, it humiliates him among the people.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who claims to have reached the end of knowledge has manifested the highest level of ignorance.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

It is necessary for every scholar to secure his sides with piety and to extend his knowledge to the one who seeks it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Considering your knowledge (or action) as little is from the excellence of your knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

He who does not act upon his knowledge has not truly gained knowledge.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How many are those who gain knowledge but do not follow it!

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Allah, the Glorified, did not make it incumbent upon the ignorant one to learn until He had made it incumbent upon the learned to teach.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Only two [types of] people have broken my back: the impudent scholar and the ignorant worshipper. One drives people away from the truth by his immorality and the other invites people to falsehood with his devotion.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The competition (or argumentation) of the scholars results in their gaining benefit and their earning merits.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The keepers of material treasures are annihilated while they are [still] alive while the scholars remain as long as the nights and days remain. Their bodies are lost but their examples [and teachings continue to] remain in the hearts.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Never disrespect a scholar, even if he is lowly.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is no lapse more serious than the lapse of a scholar.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A scholar is not a true scholar until he stops being jealous of one who is above him, does not demean one who is below him and does not take in return for his knowledge anything of the vanities of this world.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The knowledge of a man should surpass his speech and his intelligence should prevail over his tongue.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The bane of the masses is a corrupt scholar.

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Ethics Virtues THE SCHOLAR