Ḥabīb ibn ʿUbayd Al-Ḥimṣī rahimahullah said:
6 July 2026 • 408 views
«تَعَلَّمُوا العِلْمَ وَاعْقِلُوهُ، وَانْتَفِعُوا بِهِ، وَلَا تَتَعَلَّمُوهُ لِتَتَجَمَّلُوا بِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُوشِكُ إِنْ طَالَ بِكُمُ العُمُرُ أَنْ يَتَجَمَّلَ بِالعِلْمِ كَمَا يَتَجَمَّلُ الرَّجُلُ بِبِزَّتِهِ»
“Learn knowledge, understand and benefit from it. Do not seek knowledge merely to adorn yourselves with it, for if you live long enough, a time may come when people will use knowledge as an adornment just as a man adorns himself with his clothing.”
Al-Zuhd by ibn Al-Mubārak (1345)