The people would have all perished

Reference: Rasaa.il Ibn Hazm v3 p152

Ibn Hazm said:

If it were not for the scholars transmitting the knowledge, and teaching the people – generation after generation, the people would have all perished. And that is why they are called the inheritors of the Prophets.


Translation originally published on 7 March, 2019.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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