Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorised.
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In order to compete with the scholars
Do not acquire knowledge in order to compete with the scholars, nor to argue with the ignorant, nor to gain mastery over the gatherings. Since whoever does that, then: The Fire! The Fire!
Nothing more harmful to the branches of knowledge
There is nothing more harmful to the branches of knowledge and its people than those who enter themselves into it and they are not from its people.
A dedicated fanatic
I do not say this as a dedicated fanatic since he (al-Haafidth Abi 'Ali an-Neesaabooree رحمه الله) was my teacher, but I simply never saw anything comparable to him.
Expiation of sins is by good actions
So the expiation [of sins] is by good actions.
The more a person increases in knowledge
There is no doubt, the more a person increases in knowledge, naturally he increases in learning and differentiating the truth from the falsehood, and the harmful from the beneficial, and like this he...
No comparison between one who has knowledge and one who does not
There is no comparison between one who has knowledge and one who does not, just as there is no comparison between the living and the dead, and one who hears and one who is deaf, and one who can see...
He who has knowledge does not become tired in protecting it
That he who has knowledge does not become tired in protecting it.
One who is shy will never gain knowledge
One who is shy will never gain knowledge, nor one who is proud.
Not befitting for a scholar to remain silent
It is not befitting for a scholar to remain silent upon his knowledge, and nor is it befitting for one who is ignorant to remain silent upon his ignorance.