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Knowledge is that which benefits not that which is memorized.

— Al-Shafi‘i

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He who seeks pearls immerses himself in the sea.

Anyone who claims to love both the world and the Creator of the world is lying.

Do not love the one who doesn’t love Allah. If they can leave Allah, they will leave you.

He said to the effect that no knowledge of Islam can be gained from books of Kalam, as kalam is not from knowledge and that "It is better for a man to spend his whole life doing whatever Allah has prohibited - besides shirk with Allah - rather than spending his whole life involved in kalam.

O Allah! You blessed me with Islam and I didn’t ask You for it, O Allah bless me with Jannah and I am asking for it.

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