Ameer al-Momineen (a.s) said: “Do not acquire knowledge to seek the worldly goods, since God does not consider “those who know and those who do not know” [The Holy Quran: Zumar 39:9] equal in retribution.
عنه (عليه السلام) في كلام له
لا تطلبوا العلم لتطلبوا به الدنيا، فإنه لا يستوي في العقوبة عند الله ﴿الذين يعلمون والذين لا يعلمون﴾.
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