[237] And from the Book of the Two Truthful Ones, our master the Commander of the Faithful, His glory is might, said: "Seek me and you shall find me beneath the crowns of kings." For the kings are the scholars, because they are the possessors of divine knowledge; and the crown of the scholars is the most excellent of them in knowledge and the most expansive of them in understanding, and his crown is his tongue. Its meaning is: seek my knowledge from the mouths of the scholars.

[238] The Messenger of Allah, His glory is might, said: "The blood of a Muslim person is not lawful except by one of three meanings: disbelief after faith, adultery after legal fortification [marriage], and the killing of a soul without right."

[239] And he, His glory is might, said: "Do not sleep except in a state of purification, for souls are resurrected upon that which they were taken."

[240] And he, His glory is might, said: "Whatever comes to you on my authority, expose it to the Book of Allah; if it agrees with it, then it is my statement, and whatever contradicts it, cast it against the wall, for it is a lie attributed to me.

[241] And he, His glory is might, said: "Verily, I am leaving behind among you the two weighty matters;