In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Say: Are those who know equal to those who do not know?
The elegance of knowledge among the wise
By Dr. Hamza Ibn Faye Al Fathi
May God protect him
Correcting scientific intent
Hisham Al-Dastawi, may God have mercy on him, said
He died in the year one hundred and fifty-four AH
I swear I can't say
I never went one day
Ask to talk
I want the face of God Almighty
What is most tiring for the student and the teacher in the sciences
His pain and good direction
So that its path is correct
And their interactions are good
It does not spoil its owner’s effort and career
Here Hisham, may God have mercy on him, is honest with himself and with the people
And worldly trends crowd out his intention and purpose
Therefore, Imam Al-Dhahabi, may God have mercy on him, comments on Al-Dastawa’i’s words and says:
I swear neither do I
The predecessors sought knowledge for God
They excelled and became imams to be followed
Some of them sought it first, not for God
And they got it
Then they woke up and held themselves accountable
Knowledge inspired them to sincerity along the way
As Mujahid and others said
We sought this knowledge
We have no great intention in it
Then God gave us the intention after that
And some of them say
We sought this knowledge from someone other than God
He refused to be anyone but God
This is also good
Then they published it with good intentions
Some people asked for it with corrupt intentions
For the sake of the world
And praise them
They will have what they intended
These are people's goals in knowledge
Golden divides them
It shows the superiority of those who preceded them over those who succeeded them
And they are in jihad and treatment
Until their affairs are straightened out
Their conditions are improved
The statement of some of them does not mean that there is a weakness of intention
He is satisfied with it
Rather, he works hard and corrects it
Until he conquers self-desires
Sincerity shines in his heart
Otherwise tropical and golden
May God have mercy on them
One of the great imams of Islam
Among those who benefited from their effects
Perhaps this was a form of struggle
Or out of humility
I swear to God, the success