عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما السَّلَامُ) قَالَ:
«لَوْ يَعْلم النَّاسُ مَا فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ لَطَلَبُوهُ وَلَوْ بِسَفْكِ الْمُهَجِ، وَخَوْضِ اللُّجَجِ؛ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَوْحَى إِلَى دَانِيَالَ: انَّ أَمْقَتَ عَبِيدِي إِلَيَّ الْجَاهِلُ الْمُسْتَخِفُّ بِحَقِّ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، التَّارِكُ لِلِاقْتِدَاءِ بِهِمْ، وَانَّ أَحَبَّ عَبِيدِي إِلَيَّ التَّقِيُّ الطَّالِبُ لِلثَّوَابِ الْجَزِيلِ، اللَّازِمُ لِلْعُلَمَاءِ، التَّابِعُ لِلْحُلَمَاءِ، الْقَابِلُ عَنِ الْحُكَمَاءِ».
— أصـول الكافـي
Abi Hamzah (-) 'Ali ibn al-Husayn (p.b.u.t.) as saying:
"Had the people known the real worth of the acquisition of knowledge they would have acquired it even if they had to pay for it with a bleeding heart or if they had to dive in the deep seas. Almighty Allah revealed to Daniyal (the prophet), 'Most wretched among My creation is the rustic who makes light of the learned and stops following them.
