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Also attributed to him:
52- “O ʿAlī, be a scholar, a learner, or an attentive listener*, and do not be the fourth**, lest you perish.”
⦗83⦘ This is not established as a saying of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), but it is reported from some of the early Muslims.
[Note by the preparer of the text for al-Shāmila]
* The al-Maktab al-Islāmī edition reads: aw mustamiʿan aw wāʿiyan (“or a listener, or one who understands”), with uncertainty as to the wording. The reading adopted here is from the al-Dār al-Misriyya al-Lubnāniyya and Dār al-Āthār editions.
** The al-Dār al-Misriyya al-Lubnāniyya and Dār al-Āthār editions read: al-rābiʿ (“the fourth”).
ومنها: ٥٢- «يَا عَلِيُّ، كُنْ عَالِمًا أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمًا أَوْ مُسْتَمِعًا وَاعِيًا* وَلَا تَكُنِ الرَّابِعَةَ** فَتَهْلِكَ» .
⦗٨٣⦘ هذا عن النبي ﷺ ليس بثابت. لكنه مأْثور عن بعض السلف.
[تعليق مُعِدّ الكتاب للشاملة]
* في نسخة المكتب الإسلامي: (أو مستمعًا أو واعيًا) على الشك. والمثبت من نسختي الدار المصرية اللبنانية ودار الآثار.
** في نسختي الدار المصرية اللبنانية ودار الآثار: (الرابع) .