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Knowledge: The Measure of a Man; Worldly & Spiritual Learnings from Ali - Maulana Syed Rizvi

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Channel: Jaffari Community Centre · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism

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- The power of reasoning distinguishes humans from the animal world
- Khowledge is the first gift of God to humans, placing them as the greatest creation
- The religion of Islam promotes reading and writing, as exemplified throughout the Qur'an, the Prophet, and the Ahlul Bayt
- Imam Ali measures the worth of people based on their level of knowledge
- Imam Ali tells Kumail bin Ziyad, 4 ways that knowledge is important: protects the wealth, protects you while you protect wealth, wealth decreases with use, while knowledge increases when sharing, knowledge rules while wealth is ruled, guardians of wealth are unknown while still alive but scholars are alive as long as the world exists
- Ayatullah Sistani's advice to the youth, emphasizing the pursuit of knowledge, and the betterment of the future community
- History of Islam shows that it was Muslims who lit the flame of the renaissance of Europe, with various examples throughout time
- Many people go to other sources such as Sufism for knowledge and spiritual enlightenment, despite the fact that the source of all their knowledge comes from Imam Ali

"A follower of ‘Ali should not only be an educated person, he must also try to excel in his field of knowledge since there is no barrier of any kind in seeking knowledge: neither age or gender nor place and location."

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13th Rajab 1437 - Wiladat Imam Ali (a.s.)
Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi
Date: April 21st, 2016

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