Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The chapter because of which we named this book, the Book of the Meanings of the Reports
أبي - رحمه الله - قال حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن بريد الرزاز، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال أبو جعفر عليه السلام: يا بني أعرف منازل الشيعة على قدر روايتهم ومعرفتهم، فإن المعرفة هي الدراية للرواية و بالدرايات للروايات يعلو المؤمن إلى أقصى درجات الايمان، إني نظرت في كتاب لعلي عليه السلام فوجدت في الكتاب أن قيمة كل امرء وقدره معرفته، إن الله تبارك وتعالى يحاسب الناس على قدر ما آتاهم من العقول في دار الدنيا.
2. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hashim, from Muhammed bin ‘Isa, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Zaid al-Razzaz, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, said: O my son, know that the rank of the Shi’a [1] is based upon the degree of their narrating and conscious knowledge, for indeed, conscious knowledge is comprehension. With comprehensions of the narrations, the believer elevates to the farthest levels of faith. Indeed, I have looked into the book of Ali, peace be upon him, and I found in the book: Indeed, the value and rank of every person is his conscious knowledge. Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, will judge people in accordance to the amount of what He has granted them of intellects in the life of this world.
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