ABUHANIFEH the famous sonni religious leaderand scholar who was contemporary to Imam Sadiq has said," I haven't seen any one deeper in religious knowledge than Imam Sadiq.( JAAFAR IBN MOHAMMAD ). [1]

MALIK IBN ANAS, another leading man has said," I used to go to JAAFAR IBN MUHAMMAD forsome times. I always found him in one of the three conditions: He was either in prayer, fasting or reciting QURN. I am of opinoion, added ANAS, ' that no one can excel him in knowledge or worship of God. '. [2]

for brevity we leave aside the great manycomplements of the SONNI'S leading Men about Imam Sadiq.

87 THE ROLE OF SHIITE IN ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE

WE BELIEVE that SHIITE has played a vital rolein the Islamic knowledge, and some scholars are of opinion that Islamic knowledge is founded by SHIITE.

[1]-TAZKARATOLHEFA ZZAHABIvol .1 p .661

[2]-ALTAHZIBVOL .2 P .401