وَ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "أَرْبَعٌ يَذْهَبْنَ ضَيَاعاً مَوَدَّةٌ تُمْنَحُ مَنْ لاَ وَفَاءَ لَهُ وَ مَعْرُوفٌ يُوضَعُ عِنْدَ مَنْ لاَ يَشْكُرُهُ وَ عِلْمٌ يُعَلَّمُ مَنْ لاَ يَسْتَمِعُ لَهُ وَ سِرٌّ يُودَعُ مَنْ لاَ حَضَانَةَ لَهُ".
It is narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from Ali ibn Ismail, from Abdullah ibn Al-Waleed, from Abu Basir, from Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq Ja'far ibn Muhammad (a.s), who said: "Four things are wasted in vain: Affection granted to one who has no loyalty, A favor bestowed upon one who does not appreciate it, Knowledge taught to one who does not listen, And a secret entrusted to one who has no sense of safeguarding."