If a man seeks knowledge to act according to it, his knowledge gratifies him, and if he seeks knowledge for other than acting according to it, then his knowledge [merely] increases him in pride and...
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Beautify knowledge
Beautify knowledge [by acting in accordance to it], and do not beautify yourself with it.
Women attending Islaamic study circles in the masaajid
Is it permissible for women to go to the masaajid and the [Islaamic] study lessons (circles)?
Women attending circles of knowledge in the masjid
Is it permissible for a muslim woman to attend gatherings of knowledge (study circles) and fiqh lessons in the masaajid?
Knowledge
Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorised.
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...