A miser with his knowledge

Reference: al-Akhlaaq wSiyar A’laam an-Nubalaa – Ibn Hazm al-Andalusee

Ibn Hazm al-Andalusee رحمه الله mentions:

A man who is a miser with his knowledge is worse than a man who is a miser with his money, for the money-miser is afraid of using up what he possesses but the knowledge-miser is being mean with something which does not get used up and is not lost when it is given away.


Translation originally published on 11 July, 2003.

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.

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