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Those firmly rooted in knowledge
Arabic?
Romanizational-rasikhuna fi 'l-'ilm
Literal meaningThose firmly rooted in knowledge

Those firmly rooted in knowledge is a recurring theme in the Qur'an and Sunnah. This term is of special interest for the Shi'a.

Qur'an

The term and its like is used in Al-Imran [Quran 3:7] and [Quran 4:162].

Sunni view

All those who speak truth, their hearts are firm in belief, do not commit any unlawful acts, those who are well grounded in their knowledge of Deen, their knowledge translates into their actions, does not swear or take false oaths, does not consume wealth unlawfully.

Sunni view that those firmly rooted in knowledge are the body of Muslim Jurists ([Ulema] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) who interpret the Divine Law ([sharia] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), deriving the Islamic Jurisprudence ([Fiqh] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)).

Ulema is the plural of Alim, Arabic for knowledgeable. This connects to the Arabic for knowledge, ilm, the last word of this term: "al-rasikhuna fi 'l-'ilm"

Shi'a view

Shi'a view those firmly rooted in knowledge to be Muhammad's household and ([Ahl al-Bayt] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) himself.[1] See Al-Imran [Quran 3:7] for some hadith in this regard.

View from Nahj al-Balagha

"Know that the firmly rooted in knowledge (rasikhuna fil-ilm) are those who refrain from opening the curtains that lie against the unknown, and their acknowledgement of ignorance about the details of the hidden unknown prevents them from probing further. Allah has praised them for their admission that they are unable to get knowledge not allowed to them. They do not go deep ino the discussion of what is not enjoined upon them about knowing Him and it is this quality that Allah has called "Rusookh" (firmness)."[2]

This portion, taken from a sermon of Imam Ali, makes it clear that in his view the rasikhuna fil-ilm are not grouped together with Allah in the Qur'an Al-Imran [Quran 3:7]as pertains to the interpretation of the ambiguous verses of the Qur'an.

References

  1. ^ Lesson Twenty-One: The Sources of the Imam's Knowledge
  2. ^ From Sermon 90: Section - Attributes of Allah as described in the Quran
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