Same indexed hadith alkafi-35; it ends on this printed page after beginning on pages 28-29.
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عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَزَّازِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع
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فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ الْأُمُورِ وَ مَبْدَأَهَا وَ قُوَّتَهَا وَ عِمَارَتَهَا الَّتِي لَا يُنْتَفَعُ بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا بِهِ الْعَقْلُ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ زِينَةً لِخَلْقِهِ وَ نُوراً لَهُمْ فَبِالْعَقْلِ عَرَفَ الْعِبَادُ خَالِقَهُمْ وَ أَنَّهُمْ مَخْلُوقُونَ وَ أَنَّهُ الْمُدَبِّرُ لَهُمْ وَ أَنَّهُمُ الْمُدَبَّرُونَ وَ أَنَّهُ الْبَاقِي وَ هُمُ الْفَانُونَ وَ اسْتَدَلُّوا بِعُقُولِهِمْ عَلَى مَا رَأَوْا مِنْ خَلْقِهِ مِنْ سَمَائِهِ وَ أَرْضِهِ وَ شَمْسِهِ وَ قَمَرِهِ وَ لَيْلِهِ وَ نَهَارِهِ وَ بِأَنَّ لَهُ وَ لَهُمْ خَالِقاً وَ مُدَبِّراً لَمْ يَزَلْ وَ لَا يَزُولُ وَ عَرَفُوا بِهِ الْحَسَنَ مِنَ الْقَبِيحِ وَ أَنَّ الظُّلْمَةَ فِي الْجَهْلِ وَ أَنَّ النُّورَ فِي الْعِلْمِ فَهَذَا مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلَيْهِ الْعَقْلُ قِيلَ لَهُ فَهَلْ يَكْتَفِي الْعِبَادُ بِالْعَقْلِ دُونَ غَيْرِهِ قَالَ إِنَّ الْعَاقِلَ لِدَلَالَةِ عَقْلِهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ قِوَامَهُ وَ زِينَتَهُ وَ هِدَايَتَهُ عَلِمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَ أَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّهُ وَ عَلِمَ أَنَّ لِخَالِقِهِ مَحَبَّةً وَ أَنَّ لَهُ كَرَاهِيَةً وَ أَنَّ لَهُ طَاعَةً وَ أَنَّ لَهُ مَعْصِيَةً فَلَمْ يَجِدْ عَقْلَهُ يَدُلُّهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ لَا يُوصَلُ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا بِالْعِلْمِ وَ طَلَبِهِ وَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْتَفِعُ بِعَقْلِهِ إِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْ ذَلِكَ بِعِلْمِهِ فَوَجَبَ عَلَى الْعَاقِلِ طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ وَ الْأَدَبِ الَّذِي لَا قِوَامَ لَهُ إِلَّا بِهِ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
35. A number of our companions, from Abdillah al-Bazzaaz, from Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Rahman bin Hammaad, from al-Hasan bin 'Ammar that Abu ‘Abdillah (al-Sadiq) (as) in a long narration said, “The first, the beginning, the force and the structure of something is that without which something would be of no benefit. The thing that Allah has made beauty and light for His creatures, the people, is intelligence. With intelligence people come to know their creator and that they are created and that He is the one who has designed them and they are the ones who are being maintained. That it is the creator that is eternal and it is the creatures that are mortals. It is intelligence with which they reason from His creatures, like the heavens, the earth, and the sun the moon, night, the day. In this way they learned that they and the creatures have a creator and maintainer who is eternal. With intelligence they learn about good and bad and that darkness is in ignorance and light is in knowledge. These are facts that they learn with intelligence.” People asked the Imam (a.s), “Can intelligence only be enough for people?” The Imam (a.s) then replied, ‘With guidance from intelligence that Allah has made him to depend on and it is, his beauty and guide, a person of intelligence learns that Allah is his creator and that He is his Lord. Through intelligence one learns that his creator loves and that He dislikes certain things, that the Lord must be obeyed and that certain acts are disobedience to Him and that nothing but intelligence shows him all these facts. One also (with intelligence) learns that only with knowledge and searching one may reach the Creator. That one may not benefit from his intelligence if he can not learn the truth about Him through his knowledge. It then is necessary for a person of intelligence to acquire knowledge and proper moral discipline without which there is nothing else so dependable.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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[5](*) هاتان الروايتان المرموزتان:« الف، ب» لم نجدهما في أكثر النسخ التي بأيدينا و انما وجدناهما في نسختين مخطوطتين( فى حدود القرن العاشر) أثبتناهما هنا مزيدا للفائدة و اقتفاء بالمحدث الكبير المجلسيّ( قدّس سرّه) حيث قال في باب حدوث العالم في شرحه للكافى( مرآة العقول) ص 50 عند ذكر الحديث الثالث ما نصه: و ليس هذا الحديث في أكثر النسخ لكنه موجود في توحيد الصدوق و رواه عن الكليني .... الخ.ص 28
[1]أي لم يجد عقله يدله على ما يحبه اللّه و لا على ما يكرهه اللّه حتّى يعرف العصيان من الطاعة.ص 29