I invite anyone who may be able to add on to these pearls any other beautiful statements of the salaf to do so as to keep this thread productive and a means of approach to Allaah!
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I invite anyone who may be able to add on to these pearls any other beautiful statements of the salaf to do so as to keep this thread productive and a means of approach to Allaah!
Two great statements concerning knowledge:
Abdullah ibn 'Abbaas said:
"Studying knowledge a portion of the night is more beloved to me than spending a portion of it in worship."
(Musanaf Abdur Razzaq 11/253)
Imam az-Zuhri said:
"Allah is not worshipped with anything greater than knowledge."
(Al Bidayah wal Nihayah 9/345)
ابو عبد الرحمن إرل
Abu Abdurrahman Erol
Two great statements concerning 'Ulamaa:
Sufyaan ath-Thawree said:
"The scholars are similar to rain, wherever they fall, they benefit."
(Jam'ee Bayaan al 'Ilm wa Fadlihee 1/56)
Hasan al-Basri said:
"If there were no scholars, people would become like animals."
(Muktsir Minhaaj Al Qasideen pg. 17)
ابو عبد الرحمن إرل
Abu Abdurrahman Erol