True Purpose of Seeking Knowledge
Dunya is Like the Womb
October 28, 2011
Humble in Doing Good, Defiant Against Sins
October 28, 2011
Knowledge is sought after only so that one can use it to fear Allah (and ward off His punishment); it is in this context that knowledge is deemed a superior thing; otherwise, it is like all other things.
—Sufyān al-Thawrī [d. 161H/778CE]
(Read on pg 156, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thauree. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2005.)
