The Real Alim (Scholar)

Sa’d ibn Ibrahim (rahmatullahi alayhi) was asked, ‘Who is the most learned person in Madina?’ He replied, ‘The one who has the most fear for his Lord.’ Hadhrat Hasan al-Basri [rahmatullahi alayhi] comments on this aayat that an Aalim is that person who fears Allah in secrecy and openness, he desires those things that Allah encourages and he dislikes those things that Allah dislikes. Hadhrat Abdullah ibn Mas’ood [Radhiallaahu anhu] said, ‘Ilm is not a lot of speech, but rather Ilm is a lot of fear of Allah.’ The summary of this is the amount which he fears Allah, is the level of his Ilm. Ahmad ibn Saalih al-Misri [rahmatullahi alayhi] said, ‘Plentiness of Ilm is not the means of recognising the fear but rather the following of the Qur’aan and...

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