الكِتابُ

WRITING

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2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘A book is the best of conversers.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9948]

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever amuses themselves with books, amusement will not miss them.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no 8126]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Your messenger is the interpreter of your intellect, and your letter is more eloquent at expressing your true self.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 301]

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘A man’s book is the title of his intellect and the proof of his virtue.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7260]

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The intellects of the meritorious are around their pens.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6339]

7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Capture knowledge through writing.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 29332]

8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Write down knowledge before the departure of the scholars, for the departure of knowledge ensues from the death of scholars.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28733]

9– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Write, for you will not learn until you write.’
[al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 52, no. 9]

10– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The heart relies on writing.’
[al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 52, no. 8]

11– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘If a believer dies and leaves behind one piece of paper that has knowledge on it, that paper will be a guard for him on the Day of Judgment between him and the Hellfire, and Allah Almighty will give him for every word written on that paper a city seven times larger than the world.’
[Amali al-Saduq, p. 40, no. 3]

12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever writes knowledge or a narration on my authority, a reward will continuously be written for him as long as that knowledge and narration exists.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 28951]

13– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘
[The phrase] In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful is the key for every book.’
[al-Durr al-Manthur, v. 1, p. 27]

14– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Do not leave out ‘In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful’ even if what follows is poetry.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 672, no. 1]

15– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The reply to a letter is a right
[incumbent upon one] just like the reply to a greeting (salam).’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 29294]

16– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The contact between brothers is maintained by visiting each other when present, and the contact during travel is maintained through correspondence.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 358]

17– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The reply to a letter is obligatory just like the obligation of replying the greeting (salam).’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 670, no. 2]