Sayings · The peril of abandoning "I do not know"

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

٨٥. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): مَنْ تَرَكَ قَوْلَ لَا أَدْرِي أُصِيبَتْ مَقَاتِلُهُ.

Original English translation

85. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Whoever abandons saying, “I do not know” meets his destruction.

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