"Protect divine knowledge from those who do not deserve it and do not withhold it from those who are deserving. He who withholds divine knowledge from those who are worthy of it, will indeed desecrate what he has been entrusted with and will commit sacrilege against his religion; and the conviction of him who divulges it to those who are not deserving will be diverted from following the truth. Scripture must therefore be protected from those who do not deserve it."
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Hamza ibn Ali regarding the secrecy of the epistles of wisdom.
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