Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1177b
"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قالَ: مَا أَخَذَ الله مِيثَاقًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَهْلِ بِطَلبِ الْعِلْمِ حَتَّى أَخَذَ مِيثَاقًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِبَيانِ الْعِلْمِ؛ لأنَّ الْجَهْلَ قَبْلَ الْعِلْمِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAli
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"On the authority of 'Ali, who said: Allah did not take a covenant from the people of ignorance to seek knowledge until He took a covenant from the people of knowledge to make knowledge clear, because ignorance comes before knowledge."
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المرهبى في العلم
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