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Diseased Scholars

Wealth is the disease of this nation, and a scholar is the doctor of this nation. Now, when a scholar draws this disease onto himself, then how will he cure others?

—Sufyān al-Thawrī [d. 161H/778CE]

(Read on pg 90-91, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thauree. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2005.)

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