Status: ⚠️ To be checked — reference to be verified.
Said by: Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (as)
Arabic:
مَوْتُ الْعَالِمِ ثُلْمَةٌ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَا يَسُدُّهَا شَيْءٌ مَا اخْتَلَفَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ
English translation:
The death of a scholar is a breach in Islam that nothing can fill as long as night and day alternate.
Reference: Al-Kafi, Kitab Fadhl al-'Ilm — [reference — to be verified]
💡 Explanation: When a true scholar passes away, the whole community loses something no one else can replace — his knowledge, his guidance, his answers to hard questions. That is why we should value scholars while they are alive, learn from them, and write down what they teach.
When a true scholar passes away, the whole community loses something no one else can replace — his knowledge, his guidance, his answers to hard questions.