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4 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Wakīʿ narrated to us; Sufyan ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Sūqah, from al-ʿAlāʾ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, who said: ʿAli ibn Abi Ṭālib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: ⦗33⦘
“Certainty rests upon four branches: penetrating understanding, the vastness of knowledge, the blossom of sound judgment, and the garden of forbearance. Whoever truly understands will unfold the beauty of knowledge; whoever unfolds the beauty of knowledge will recognize the ordinances of wisdom; and whoever recognizes the ordinances of wisdom becomes forbearing, fails not in his affairs, and lives harmoniously among people.”
٤ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ , ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ , عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ , عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ , قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ﵁: ⦗٣٣⦘ " الْيَقِينُ عَلَى أَرْبَعِ شُعَبٍ: عَلَى غَائِصِ الْفَهْمِ , وَغَمْرَةِ الْعِلْمِ , وَزَهْرَةِ الْحُكْمِ , وَرَوْضَةِ الْحِلْمِ , فَمَنْ فَهِمَ فَسَّرَ جَمِيلَ الْعِلْمِ , وَمَنْ فَسَّرَ جَمِيلَ الْعِلْمِ عَرَفَ شَرَائِعَ الْحُكْمِ , وَمَنْ عَرَفَ شَرَائِعَ الْحُكْمِ حَلُمَ وَلَمْ يُفَرِّطْ فِي أَمْرِهِ وَعَاشَ فِي النَّاسِ "