حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبَّادٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَلِيٌّ :" الْفَقِيهُ حَقُّ الْفَقِيهِ الَّذِي لَا يُقَنِّطُ النَّاسَ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ، وَلَا يُؤَمِّنُهُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ، وَلَا يُرَخِّصُ لَهُمْ فِي مَعَاصِي اللَّهِ، إِنَّهُ لَا خَيْرَ فِي عِبَادَةٍ لَا عِلْمَ فِيهَا، وَلَا خَيْرَ فِي عِلْمٍ لَا فَهْمَ فِيهِ، وَلَا خَيْرَ فِي قِرَاءَةٍ لَا تَدَبُّرَ فِيهَا "

Al-Hasan bin Arafa told us, Ismail bin Ibrahim told us, on the authority of Laith, on the authority of Yahya bin Abbad, he said: Ali said: “The jurist is right.” The jurist who does not make people despair of God’s mercy, nor secure them from God’s punishment, nor permit them to disobey God. Indeed, there is no good in worship without knowledge. There is no good in knowledge in which there is no understanding, and there is no good in reading in which there is no contemplation.”