"If your intention is one of these three, do not seek knowledge.."

Published 5 February 2013. Filed under Tasawwuf, Seeking knowledge.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Ibn Mas`ûd (رضي الله عنه) would advise his students:

If your intention is one of these three, do not seek knowledge, 1) To shame the ignorant, or 2) To argue with the Fuqahâ’ (scholars), or 3) To cause people to turn their faces in your direction.
Intend with your actions and words that which is with Allâh, for indeed that which is with Allâh shall remain and everything else shall perish.

From the archive. First published on Splendid Pearls, the earlier name of this library. Where an entry reproduces the work of a named scholar or translator, the credit given in the entry applies.

"If your intention is one of these three, do not seek knowledge.."

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