The Continuity of the Divine Testament Since the Time of Adam عليه السلام
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 22
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma
Book 2, Chapter 22
The Continuity of the Divine Testament Since the Time of Adam عليه السلام
وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ مَعَ آدَمَ عليه السلام لَمْ يُرْفَعْ وَ مَا مَاتَ مِنَّا عَالِمٌ إِلَّا وَرَّثَ عِلْمَهُ مَنْ بَعْدَهُ إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَا تَبْقَى بِغَيْرِ عَالِمٍ.
And from the same chain of narrators from Harith bin Mughaira from Abi Abdullah عليه السلام that he said: “Indeed the knowledge brought down with Adam عليه السلام was not taken back. None of us passes away without bequeathing his knowledge (to one after him). Indeed the earth is never without a scholar.”