Those firmly rooted in knowledge
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| Arabic |
| ? |
| Transliteration |
| al-rasikhuna fi 'l-'ilm |
| Translation |
| Those firmly rooted in knowledge |
Those firmly rooted in knowledge is a reaccuring theme in the Qur'an and Sunnah. This term is of special interest for the Shi'a.
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[edit] Qur'an
The term and its like is used in Aale Imran, 7 and 4:162.
[edit] Sunni view
Sunni view that those firmly rooted in knowledge are the body of Muslim Jurists (Arabic: Ulema) who interpret the Divine Law (Arabic: sharia), deriving the Islamic Jurisprudence (Arabic: Fiqh).
Ulema is the plural of Alim, Arabic for knowledgeable. This connects to the Arabic for knolwedge, ilm, the last word of this term: "al-rasikhuna fi 'l-'ilm"
[edit] Shi'a view
Shi'a view those firmly rooted in knowledge to be the Islamic prophet Muhammad's household and (Arabic: Ahl al-Bayt) himself [1]. See Aale Imran, 7 for some hadith in this regard.
