أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ
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سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ إِنَّ فِي عَلِيٍّ ع سُنَّةَ أَلْفِ نَبِيٍّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ الَّذِي نَزَلَ مَعَ آدَمَ ع لَمْ يُرْفَعْ وَ مَا مَاتَ عَالِمٌ فَذَهَبَ عِلْمُهُ وَ الْعِلْمُ يُتَوَارَثُ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
4. Abu Ali al-Ash‘ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan from Musa ibn Bakr from al-Fudayl ibn Yasar who has said that he heard abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say the following. “In Imam Ali (a.s.) there was the Sunnah (traditions) of a thousand prophets. The knowledge that came with Adam was not taken away. No man of knowledge ever died along with knowledge. Knowledge is inherited.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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