If you understand this tradition, there is no need for too much knowledge. I chose this particualar one because I think the wisdom of these words is deep and will be of benefit to us all, insha’Allah. The following is the seventeenth of twenty-four counsels Imam Al-Ghazali gave to his student. As the prophet, peace be upon him, once prayed to Allah, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge which does not benefit”. The student sought knowledge that would benefit him the most in his life, and in his death, and sought to abandon that knowledge which would be of no benefit, and to hold onto that knowledge which would benefit him the most, thus following the prophetic tradition. The title of this post is taken from a well-known reply of Imam al-Ghazali to one of his students, translated in his book, Dear Beloved Son. In the Name of Allah Most-Compassionate, Most-Merciful
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